Library of Publications

Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

February 1, 2021

Jessie Baldwin, Avshalom Caspi, et al.

New research confirms that the ACE questionnaire helps to identify population-level risk but is not accurate in determining whether a particular individual will develop health problems later in life.

Disability, Ethics, and Health Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 1, 2020

Maya Sabatello, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Katherine E. McDonald, and Paul S. Appelbaum

This article considers key ethical, legal, and medical dilemmas arising for people with disabilities in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inside the Adverse Childhood Experience Score: Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications

April 24, 2020

Robert Anda, Laura Porter, and David Brown

The authors, including the co-author of the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, emphasize that the ACE questionnaire was designed to research—not screen—the relationship between childhood adversities and health and social outcomes.

The Effect of Minority Status and Social Context on the Development of Depression and Anxiety

September 30, 2019

Margarita Alegria, Patrick Shrout, et al

Puerto Rican teens growing up as minorities in the South Bronx are more likely to experience anxiety and depression than their peers growing up as a majority in Puerto Rico, even under similar conditions of poverty.

Modifiable Resilience Factors to Childhood Adversity for Clinical Pediatric Practice

July 21, 2019

Flora Traub and Renée Boynton-Jarrett

This 2017 Pediatrics article documents evidence for 5 modifiable resilience factors to improve children's short- and long-term health outcomes.