Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Difference between revisions
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) Add author link. |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) Relocate text; Add text. |
||
| Line 135: | Line 135: | ||
|accessdate=2023-08-06 | |accessdate=2023-08-06 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
==Health risks== | |||
ACEs have a dose-response relationship with many health problems. That is, as the number of ACEs accumulates, the greater the health risks to the individual. | |||
ACEs come from the CDC-Kaiser Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, a groundbreaking public health study that discovered that childhood [[trauma]] leads to the adult onset of chronic diseases, depression and other mental illness, violence and being a victim of violence, as well as financial and social problems.<ref name="felitti1998" /> | |||
==Classification of genital cutting== | ==Classification of genital cutting== | ||
| Line 154: | Line 158: | ||
}}</ref> These early traumas are not yet included on the ACE checklist. | }}</ref> These early traumas are not yet included on the ACE checklist. | ||
[[Dan Bollinger| Bollinger]] (2023) reported a preliminary survey comparing [[intact]] and [[circumcised]] men using the ACE test. The circumcised men had higher ACE scores than the intact men. Bollinger has called for additional study to determine if male genital cutting (circumcision) should be classified as an Adverse Childhood Experience.<ref name="bollinger2023" /> | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Circumcision and violence]] | * [[Circumcision and violence]] | ||