A Short Adverse Experiences Measure Among Mothers of Young Children

However, the assessment Boston, Massachusetts, and eDepartment of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, can be challenging because of the questionnaire’s length Pennsylvania, and fPediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and sensitive nature. [...] Pennsylvania; and gDepartment of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: We evaluated a 2-item short ACE measure in a cross-sectional sample of mothers of young Dr Lê-Scherban supervised data collection, conceptualized the study, and drafted the initial manuscript; Dr Wang conducted analyses and contribute. [...] At the close of the survey, partici- tunity during a limited-time survey or healthcare visit for pants were given the option of receiving information on strengths-based discussion of parental and household resil- local resources for a variety of specific services, including ience factors that may mitigate ill effects of parent ACEs on physical, mental, and dental health; social work; domestic chil. [...] The BRFSS questionnaire assesses 2 dimensions we defined high adversity as an affirmative response to of adversity—abuse and household stressors—experienced at least 1 of the following questions: “Did a parent or when the participant was age <18 years.19 The 2 questions other adult in the household often or very often swear at chosen for the short measure were the most frequently you, insult you,. [...] tions of the 2-item and standard measures with binary For this analysis, we modified the measure for the measures of maternal, household, and child health outcomes.