Differences in the prevalence of childhood adversity by geography in the 2017-18 National Survey of Children's Health.
CONCLUSIONS: This analysis demonstrates a higher ACE burden in rural compared to suburban children. These findings underscore the importance of ACE screening and suggest investment of healthcare resources in the historically underserved rural population.
PMID: 33218713 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - Category: Child Development Authors: Calthorpe LM, Pantell MS Tags: Child Abuse Negl Source Type: research
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