Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with forced and very early sexual initiation among Black women accessing publicly funded STD clinics in Baltimore, MD.
Kiyomi TsuyukiNoor A Al-AlusiJacquelyn C CampbellDeMarjion MurryAndrea N CiminoArgentina E ServinJamila K StockmanPublished in: PloS one (2019)
This study highlights the critical need to develop interventions that reduce the impact of ACEs on women's health and delay age at sexual initiation. Health education efforts are needed for clinicians and parents to identify and prevent childhood abuse and to identify and report sexual coercion and abuse for girls and adolescents.
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