Draft Recommendation on Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | PACEsConnection

Ramona OsborneMember

Dear ACEs Community,

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released a Draft Recommendation Statement on Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions. Opportunity for public comment expires on June 18, 2018 at 8:00 PM EST. View the full Draft at:

https://www.uspreventiveservic...erventions1#consider

Here's an excerpt from the recommendation:

In 2013, the USPSTF found insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment. The current recommendation reaffirms this position.

Gaining the USPSTF's endorsement for standardized ACE screening as a component of history taking moves primary care providers one step closer to payer reimbursement for screening. Reimbursement will lead to wider adoption in primary care practices nationwide.

Are there any advocacy initiatives underway from within the ACEs Connection Community to encourage modification of the USPSTF's recommendation?

Thanks,

Ramona Osborne

6/10/182:24 PM

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Laura Haynes CollectorMember

Thank you for pointing this out. It seems incredible that parental ACEs info would not be seen as ways of identifying kids at risk before harm occurs.

Laura Haynes CollectorMember

Furrther, there is a pro-attachment intervention that doubles the rate of secure attachment: when at risk mothers are told to make efforts to carry their baby as much as they can. This is something easy to scale up by recommending it to all new parents at well baby visits.

6/18/1811:25 AM

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