Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Support for Trauma-Informed Pediatric Emergency Care

Conclusions Adverse childhood experience exposure in this population matched the prevalence reported in the national population. Our results suggest that this group is particularly important when mitigating these risk factors for long-term adverse health outcomes. Adverse childhood experience exposure did not appear to impact recidivism in a period of unprecedented low ED volumes during the coronavirus disease pandemic.
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research