Traumas suffered at a young age can have a lasting influence well into adulthood, according to an influential study.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACEs) can lead to chronic diseases that don't emerge until victims are fully grown, workplace absenteeism as well as increasing health care, mental health, and criminal justice, the study found.
One of the authors of a groundbreaking study into ACEs, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, visits Topeka today to talk about the long term effects and how to build a healthier community. The ACE study he helped write was described by the CDC as the "largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being."
Felitti will be speaking at the 10th annual Florence Crittenton conference, which this year has been dubbed "Building a Resilient Community: Living and Working Beyond ACEs. Organizers are calling ACEs the largest public health discovery of our time.
More than 250 people are expected to attend.
Following his speech local experts will talk about how they can develop new ways to think about ACEs, restructure services, provide safety, and empower families. Expected to speak are Dr. Diane McMillen, from Washburn University; Gail Cozadd, KCSK; Audrey Cress, from the Kansas Dept of Corrections; and Kristina Dietrick, of Creative Business Solutions.
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