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Monitoring ACE using the behavioral risk factors surveillance system (BRFSS)


Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

William Thompson, Ph.D., Division of Population Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
The CDC has recently initiated population based surveillance for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse using the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS). Between 2009 and 2011, the BRFSS has administered the ACE module to over 100,000 adults. This presentation will highlight recent research being carried out by the CDC using the BRFSS data to examine the long term health consequences of ACEs on both physical and mental health. In addition, protective factors will be assessed and discussed for inclusion in future intervention studies.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Epidemiology
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe the CDC's population based surveillance for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) Discuss the emotional, physical, and sexual abuse illuminated using the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) Identify the long term health consequences of ACEs on both physical and mental health Evaluate protective factors for inclusion in future intervention studies

Keyword(s): Child Abuse, Child Health Promotion

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an Epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administer the BFFRS program. This topic is an area of my personal and professional research. I have written several articles on this topic.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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