Date of Graduation
Spring 5-19-2017
Document Access
Project/Capstone - Global access
Degree Name
Master of Public Health (MPH)
College/School
School of Nursing and Health Professions
Abstract
Studies have identified that trauma experienced as a child directly affects your health later in life. In Sonoma County, one in four children have experienced two or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) before the age of 18. Twenty-two percent of Sonoma County adults reported experiencing four or more ACEs before the age of 18. With the high rates of ACEs in our community this fieldwork placement aimed to bring awareness and build community capacity to understand and address ACEs and foster resiliency. To raise awareness in our community we developed the ACES and Resiliency Fellowship Series, which trained 60 fellows in ACEs science and resiliency. To further extend outreach we held a presence on the national ACEs Connection networking website. This was a great resource and archive for Sonoma County to share best practices with other communities, as well as our own. To assess the impact and knowledge retention of this work, surveys were completed at all fellowship events. Future works will include potentially training another cohort of trainers, as well as engaging key stakeholders at the policy level to shift the question from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”
Recommended Citation
Najmabadi, Elizabeth s., "The Health Consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building Resilient Communities" (2017). Master's Projects and Capstones. 505.
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/505
