Adverse childhood experiences: Assessing the impact on health and school engagement and the mitigating role of resilience

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2106-2115

  Bethell, Christina D ^a,b   Newacheck, Paul ^c   Hawes, Eva ^a   Halfon, Neal ^d,e,f,g  

^a Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UCLA Center for Healthier Children   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916878861     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0914     Document Type: Article

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