Healthy People 2030 Adds 4 Objectives on Childhood Trauma, Up From 0 (salud-america.org)

by Amanda Merck
@AMFitnessHealth

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.

Now there are four objectives!

This is a huge win for the 2,214 Salud America! network members who emailed public comments and other child development and public health professionals who submitted nearly 3,000 additional comments to add ACEs-related objectives.

“I was surprised to learn ‘adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)’ and ‘childhood trauma’ are found 0 times in 63 pages of proposed objectives for Healthy People 2030,” the model comment read. “Decades of evidence confirms that exposure to ACEs increases the risks of delayed cognitive development, mental health problems, and chronic health diseases, especially among Latino and other minority populations… I strongly urge you to include objectives addressing ACEs and trauma-informed care services in Healthy People 2030.”

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