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Alternative Title:
Advers Resil Sci
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00063-z
Personal Author:
Hutchins, Helena J. ; Barry, Caroline M. ; Wanga, Valentine ; Bacon, Sarah ; Njai, Rashid ; ... More +
Hutchins, Helena J. ; Barry, Caroline M. ; Wanga, Valentine ; Bacon, Sarah ; Njai, Rashid ; Claussen, Angelika H. ; Ghandour, Reem M. ; Lebrun-Harris, Lydie A. ; Perkins, Kiana ; Robinson, Lara R. Less -
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor health. Childhood experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and other forms of racism may underlie or exacerbate other ACEs. We explored health-related associations with perceived racial/ethnic discrimination relative to other ACEs, using data from 2016-2019 National Survey of Children's Health, an annual cross-sectional, nationally representative survey. Parent responses for 88,183 children ages 6-17 years with complete data for ACEs (including racial/ethnic discrimination) were analyzed for associations between racial/ethnic discrimination, other ACEs, demographics, and physical and mental health conditions with weighted prevalence estimates and Wald chi-square tests. To assess associations between racial/ethnic discrimination and health conditions relative to other ACEs, we used weighted Poisson regressions, adjusted for exposure to other ACEs, age, and sex. We assessed effect modification by race/ethnicity. Prevalence of other ACEs was highest among children with racial/ethnic discrimination, and both racial/ethnic discrimination and other ACEs were associated with having one or more health conditions. Adjusted associations between racial/ethnic discrimination and health conditions differed by race/ethnicity (interaction |-values < 0.001) and were strongest for mental health conditions among Hispanic/Latino (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR)=1.62, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.24-2.10) and non-Hispanic/Latino Asian American (aPR=2.25, 95% CI: 1.37-3.71) children. Results suggest racial/ethnic discrimination and other ACEs are associated with child health conditions, with differences in relative associations by race/ethnicity. Public health efforts to prevent childhood adversity, including racial/ethnic discrimination and other forms of racism could be associated with improvements in child health.
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Article Child Health Childhood Adversity Discrimination Mental Health Racism
Source:
Advers Resil Sci. 3(2):181-194
Pubmed ID:
37181947
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC10174208
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
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CDC Public Access
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/128458/cdc_128458_DS1.pdf
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