SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly half of America's children live through adverse childhood experiences that can leave them vulnerable to ongoing and future challenges, sometimes severe, according to a new report that documents not just potential harm, but uneven impact based on race and state.
“The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Nationally, by State, and by Race or Ethnicity,” was released by researchers from Child Trends, a Bethesda-based organization that studies American children's lives with an eye toward improving them. The study finds a constellation of events that can add up to "toxic stress" and negatively influence both child development and future adulthood for 45 percent of America's kids.
"This is really a critical public health issue," said Vanessa Sacks, a research scientist who wrote the report with colleague David Murphey, a research fellow.
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