NR 606 Week 7 ACEs Poster Presentation Assignment - Adverse Childhood experiences (ACEs) and Trauma-informed Care

The Impact of ACEs and the
Primary Care Provider’s
Role
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are
traumatic encounters and experiences occurring
during childhood (ages 0 to 17)

TYPES OF ACEs IMPACT ON MENTAL
Physical/verbal/sexual abuse AND PHYSICAL
Physical/emotional neglect
Experiencing parental separation
HEALTH
Witnessing abuse of parent Higher incidence of chronic
Witnessing family member with disease in adulthood:
mental illness Depression
Substance abuse within the Diabetes
family Incarcerated family Cardiovascular disease
member Cancer
Substance use disorder
ACE QUESTIONNAIRE Negative experiences hinders
normal child development
The ACE questionnaire is a validated
screening tool that primary care providers Negative impact on school
can use to assess for various adversities, performance
such as child abuse, household dysfunction, Reckless behavior
and neglect.
Access the questionnaire through the High risk of
following link: suicide
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/ace Premature death
s
/about.html



TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE
Prioritizing trauma-informed care is
essential for addressing the lasting
impact of ACEs on patients' well-
being



Primary care providers play a key