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Learn how to use the Pair of Aces tree to visualize the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and adverse community environments. Explore how to apply this tool to foster conversation, identify root causes, and develop strategies for community resilience.
Apr 2, 2021 · The Pair of ACEs can inform communities on ways to frame and address the adversity in their locality or population of interest. For example, children who live in poverty are three times more likely to be abused and seven times more likely to be neglected than children in higher socioeconomic status families (Sedlak et al., 2010).
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The Pair of ACEs tree illustrates the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences, experienced at the individual level within a family, and Adverse Community Environments. The Pair of ACEs tree communicates – in simple terms – the issues we aim to address.
“ACEs” stands for “Adverse Childhood Experiences.” These experiences can include things like physical and emotional abuse, neglect, caregiver mental illness, and household violence.
Dec 8, 2020 · Learn how local health departments use the Community Resilience (CR) framework to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and community environments (ACEs) and improve population health outcomes. See examples of system dynamics models, policy platforms and cross-sector partnerships from the Resilience Catalyst network.