A recent study of 9508 residents of San Diego, California, published in the American Journal
of Preventive Medicine, documents an assessment of the long-term relationship of childhood …

Background: The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the
breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household …

Background: The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the
breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household …

BACKGROUND: The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the
breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household …

Background The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the breadth
of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction …

OBJECTIVES: Objectives of this population-based study were:(1) to examine the relative
contribution of childhood abuse and other adverse childhood experiences to poor adult …

Background The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is a major research study
that compares current adult health status to childhood experiences decades earlier. With the …

BACKGROUND: Strong, graded relationships between exposure to childhood traumatic
stressors and numerous negative health behaviors and outcomes, healthcare utilization …

Executive Summary The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is a decade-long and
ongoing study designed to examine the childhood origins of many of our Nation's leading …

The article by Flaherty and colleagues' in this issue studies the determinants of health in 805
high-risk children by evaluating them at age 6 and age 12, prospectively matching adverse …