Summary of School Re-Opening Models and Implementation Approaches During the COVID 19 Pandemic July 6, 2020 This document is a brief summary of the models and implementation approaches to re-opening schools that focuses on the approaches used in 15 countries for which we were able to identify data. This is not a comprehensive survey of the models used in all countries that have re-opened schools.
Census data provides baselines for research and advocacy Weekly Pulse Newsletter The U.S. Census Bureau is in a unique position to produce data on the social and economic effects of COVID-19 on American households and small businesses. Here are the latest updates on several of our experimental data products . Household Pulse Survey Updates Explore Data See Data Tables Based on responses collected July 2 through July 7 , the Household Pulse Survey estimates that during the COVID-19 pandemic:...
The Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act, WRCR HR5271, introduced by Reps Gwen Moore (WI) & Marcia Fudge (OH), would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to make it fully refundable and available to more people, including mothers and other unwaged primary caregivers, and get cash directly into mothers’ and families hands
Although Covid-19 is on the top of everyone’s list for attention, the posting earlier this week of a link to Dr. Robert Anda, et al.’s paper, Inside the Adverse Childhood Experience Score: Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications [ajpmonline.org] should also be front and center because it raises profound questions for everyone involved in the ACEs movement. On the surface, the article is a pointed critique of ACEs screening. But it is much more than that. It raises fundamental questions...
A February, 2020 report by the Early Intervention Foundation in London provides an excellent view of Adverse childhood experiences: What we know, what we don't know, and what should happen next ( https://www.eif.org.uk/files/image/reports/aces-key-messages.jpg ). The report concludes that the enthusiasm for ACEs should be aimed at building “comprehensive public health approaches in local communities.” (p.5) The focus on broad public health approaches reflects the fact that “ACEs do not occur...
A February, 2020 report by the Early Intervention Foundation in London provides an excellent view of Adverse childhood experiences: What we know, what we don't know, and what should happen next ( https://www.eif.org.uk/files/image/reports/aces-key-messages.jpg ). The report reminds us that although higher numbers of ACEs increase the likelihood of negative health outcomes in adulthood, the absolute size of the increased risk may be small. For example, in the original ACE research,...
Just a heads-up about a programme being broadcast tonight then available on iPlayer (in UK). 30 minutes looking at Scotland's approach to tackling violent crime by taking a broad 'public health approach' to tackle the roots of the problem. Apparently the journalist Kate Silverton has been retraining as a child psychologist so this is a pet project she wanted to highlight. Don't blame me if the programme is rubbish!
Please welcome the following five communities to ACEs Connection. The Rainbow Resilience Connection of LGBTQ+Survivors Details about each one of these communities can be found below. The Rainbow Resilience Connection of LGBTQ+Survivors: Welcome! This group is for anyone who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ Community or who supports the community. Community Managers: @Jenna Quinn (ACEs Connection Staff) and @Mary Giuliani ACEs Connection Community Facilitators For questions about starting or...
Data mining nutrition, minorities, people with disabilities, unintended consequences
This is a re-post and is included because It combines a socio-cultural perspective and collected physiological data.
By Rachel R. Hardeman, Eduardo M. Medina, and Rhea W. Boyd, New England Journal of Medicine, June 10, 2020 In Minnesota, where black Americans account for 6% of the population but 14% of Covid-19 cases and 33% of Covid-19 deaths, George Floyd died at the hands of police. “Please — I can’t breathe.” He was a black man detained on suspicion of forgery, an alleged offense that was never litigated or even charged, but for which he received an extrajudicial death sentence. “Please — I can’t...
Grabbe searched for models that would help her homeless and addicted patients. “There are good body-based models for psychotherapy, which may be the most effective approach for trauma,” she says, “but hardly any of my patients were receiving any kind of therapy. There are thousands of people in our communities who have high ACE scores who will never get the years of psychotherapy they deserve. CRM is a self-mental wellness care tool and is exquisitely trauma-sensitive—so it can help enormously.”
Whether or not to screen for ACEs in primary care is an important debate—and I hear and respect the passion from both sides of the argument. I fall in the “pro-ACE assessments” camp, but with some important caveats. I think that assessments for ACEs are dramatically different from screening for autism or developmental delays. In my opinion, assessments for ACEs in primary care should be primarily about building relationships.
My views on ACEs
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