Video about the definition of ACEs and methods to prevent them.
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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet on how children benefit when parents have safe, stable, nurturing relationships.
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web page provides information on how much sleep is recommended by age group and habits for improving sleep.
A brief describing the importance of safe, stable, nurturing relationships, written for a lay audience.
This document describes a framework to guide communities’ (“community” refers to any group with shared interests such as neighborhoods, counties, states, and professional groups) activities that will support the types of relationships and environments that help children grow up to be healthy and productive members of their communities so that they, in turn, can build stronger and safer families and communities for their children.
Summary on the Kaiser ACEs study conducted from 1995 to 1997.
Helpful tips for positive and effective parenting at different ages.
Video series about preventing ACEs.
Press release regarding ACEs having been linked to at least 5 of the top 10 leading causes of death.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Preventing ACEs: Leveraging the Best Available Evidence
A Guide for preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences.
The Public Health Leadership (PHL) Initiative believes public health agencies can make great strides in preventing child maltreatment. From 2010-2013, the PHL Initiative worked with national and state public health leaders to better understand successes and challenges of public health efforts to address child maltreatment.
Helpful tips for positive and effective parenting at different ages.
Webpage on Social Determinants of Health: Know What Affects Health, with related research, programming, tools, and resources.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed technical packages to help states and communities take advantage of the best available evidence to prevent violence.
Training on understanding, recognizing, and preventing ACEs including evidence-based strategies for reducing or eliminating the impact of ACEs – for anyone interested in ACEs and mental health providers.
Vital Signs report on the prevalence and consequences of ACEs, and the potential for reducing these consequences by preventing ACEs.
CDC’s latest research and efforts in understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), their impact on health and well-being, and how to prevent them.
Article about ACEs as a public health issue nationwide published on November 5, 2019.
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