By Amanda Merck, ¡Salud America!, June 28, 2021
For the first time, the Healthy People 2030 guidelines have added four objectives on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), a step to recognize the systemic impact of childhood trauma on health.
ACEs, such as abuse and poverty, are a public health crisis.
None of the past Healthy People editions ─ 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020 ─ had an objective to address ACEs as part of its national guidance to promote health and prevent disease.
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