Rural-Urban Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample of Children.
Elizabeth CrouchElizabeth RadcliffJanice C ProbstKevin J BennettSelina Hunt McKinneyPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2019)
Our findings suggest that poverty is a key policy lever that may mitigate the burden of ACE exposure. The findings of this study may be instructive for policymakers and program planners as they develop interventions to stop, reduce, or mitigate ACE exposure and the long-term impact of ACEs among children in rural America.