The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
The largest, most important public health study you never heard of
The study I chose focuses on Adverse Childhood Experiences (A.C.E). I want to give you the technical details about the study. I wish to first introduce the class especially those with health major to the background behind this study. I feel it’s important because it might the patient sitting in front of you that has had an A.C.E. affecting their health. What is surprising is that the medical community took so long to come out with findings that give validation to the fact that Adverse Childhood Experiences affect ones health. The participants were from a variety of backgrounds but most were college graduates and don’t fall into the so …show more content…
These experiences affect not only the survivor but without recognition it will likely affect their children and future generations. Have you had an adverse childhood experience? The definition of an ACE is slightly broader than you might think (child of divorce for example) I invite you to take check your own ACE score. The link below is not the actual survey used for the study but it is modeled after it. https://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/ This study came into being as the result of Dr. Vince Fellitti who was running a small Kaiser Permante weight loss study in San Diego. The patients were severely obese and most had 100 pounds or more to lose. The doctor had trouble figuring out why fifty percent of the patients were dropping out. The patients were leaving despite successful weight loss of 100 lbs or more. Dr Fellitti was very frustrated and set out to find out why they were leaving. He did individual interviews …show more content…
Williamson invited Dr Fellitti to the CDC in Atlanta. One epidemiologist he met there Dr. Robert Anda, was doing research on the affects of depression on heart health and became very interested in Dr. Felliti’s work. Together they designed a more encompassing study that asked questions about many types of adverse childhood events. “Felitti and Anda asked 26,000 people who came through the department “if they would be interested in helping us understand how childhood events might affect adult health,” says Felitti. Of those, 17,421 agreed (Stevens, 2012).” They found the higher the A.C.E score the higher the likelihood the patients had multiple health issues. They kept the score system simple number the scale from 0 to 10 but there was a focus on 4 or more for study purposes. They did notice the health problems began to surface at 3 or more events. At least 2/3 of adult participants reported at least one adverse childhood event. Furthermore, majority of the participants reported more than one A.C.E. There was a consistent pattern discovered in participants based on the findings that was observed repeatedly. It has also been observed repeatedly as the study has continued after the initial findings were presented and similar finding continue to be reported. The effects (temporality) were noted after the A.C.E.’s (cause) had already taken place with thousands and thousands of people (CDC). In this case, conducting a larger study (after the smaller one) and the consistency
The largest, most important public health study you never heard of
The study I chose focuses on Adverse Childhood Experiences (A.C.E). I want to give you the technical details about the study. I wish to first introduce the class especially those with health major to the background behind this study. I feel it’s important because it might the patient sitting in front of you that has had an A.C.E. affecting their health. What is surprising is that the medical community took so long to come out with findings that give validation to the fact that Adverse Childhood Experiences affect ones health. The participants were from a variety of backgrounds but most were college graduates and don’t fall into the so …show more content…
These experiences affect not only the survivor but without recognition it will likely affect their children and future generations. Have you had an adverse childhood experience? The definition of an ACE is slightly broader than you might think (child of divorce for example) I invite you to take check your own ACE score. The link below is not the actual survey used for the study but it is modeled after it. https://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/ This study came into being as the result of Dr. Vince Fellitti who was running a small Kaiser Permante weight loss study in San Diego. The patients were severely obese and most had 100 pounds or more to lose. The doctor had trouble figuring out why fifty percent of the patients were dropping out. The patients were leaving despite successful weight loss of 100 lbs or more. Dr Fellitti was very frustrated and set out to find out why they were leaving. He did individual interviews …show more content…
Williamson invited Dr Fellitti to the CDC in Atlanta. One epidemiologist he met there Dr. Robert Anda, was doing research on the affects of depression on heart health and became very interested in Dr. Felliti’s work. Together they designed a more encompassing study that asked questions about many types of adverse childhood events. “Felitti and Anda asked 26,000 people who came through the department “if they would be interested in helping us understand how childhood events might affect adult health,” says Felitti. Of those, 17,421 agreed (Stevens, 2012).” They found the higher the A.C.E score the higher the likelihood the patients had multiple health issues. They kept the score system simple number the scale from 0 to 10 but there was a focus on 4 or more for study purposes. They did notice the health problems began to surface at 3 or more events. At least 2/3 of adult participants reported at least one adverse childhood event. Furthermore, majority of the participants reported more than one A.C.E. There was a consistent pattern discovered in participants based on the findings that was observed repeatedly. It has also been observed repeatedly as the study has continued after the initial findings were presented and similar finding continue to be reported. The effects (temporality) were noted after the A.C.E.’s (cause) had already taken place with thousands and thousands of people (CDC). In this case, conducting a larger study (after the smaller one) and the consistency