The impact of adverse childhood experiences on an urban pediatric population

• Published in: Child abuse & neglect Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 408 - 413
• Main Authors: Burke, Nadine J., Hellman, Julia L., Scott, Brandon G., Weems, Carl F., Carrion, Victor G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Behavior problem; Behavior Problems; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition; California; Child; Child abuse; Child abuse & neglect; Child Abuse - psychology; Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data; Child clinical studies; Child Health; Child neglect; Child, Preschool; Childhood experiences; Childhood Factors; Children; Clinics; Correlation; Developmental disorders; Female; Graphs; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intervention; Learning; Learning disabilities; Learning Disabilities - epidemiology; Learning Disabilities - psychology; Learning disorder; Learning disorders; Learning Problems; Logistic Models; Low Income; Low income groups; Male; Medical Records; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - psychology; Paediatrics; Parent-Child Relations; Pediatrics; Poverty; Prevalence; Prevention; Psychiatry; Psychological Evaluation; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; San Francisco - epidemiology; Scores; Test Validity; Trauma; Urban Areas; Urban Population; Victimology; Young Adult; Young people; Youth; California; San Francisco; United States > US; San Francisco California; INE, USA, California, San Francisco; Obesity; Child abuse; Child neglect; Trauma; Learning disorder; Behavior problem; Social environment; Human; Pediatrics; Urban environment; Nutrition disorder; Neglect; Victimology; Emotional abuse; Behavioral disorder; Learning disability; Early traumatism; Sexual abuse; Nutritional status

The goal of this study was to investigate the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in youth in a low-income, urban community. Data from a retrospective chart review of 701 subjects from the Bayview Child Health Center in San Francisco are presented. Medical chart documentation of ACEs as defined in...