ACES: what the evidence says about adverse childhood experiences

Show Notes

In Episode 3 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast, Dr Rebecca Lacey from ICLS is in conversation with Kirsten Asmussen from the Early Intervention Foundation about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). 

Further reading and useful links

• Early Intervention Foundation (website)
• ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies  (website)
• Adverse childhood experiences: What we know, what we don't know, and what should happen next (EIF report)
• Adverse childhood experiences: Building consensus on what should happen next (EIF report)
• Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice (journal article)
• What should happen next? Identifying next steps for taking the ACEs evidence forward through a consensus-building exercise (blog)
• Health screening using adverse childhood experiences: further evidence highlights the need to hit pause
• Unpicking childhood trauma and its later life effects (blog)

 

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