On 27 February 2015 agencies gathered in Ankara for the release of the Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) survey of university students in Turkey report, which incrementally links abuse and other adversity in childhood to higher instances of health harming behaviours in adulthood including smoking, alcohol abuse, street drug use and overall worse physical and mental health. Following several presentations, 90 stakeholders participated in a multisectoral policy dialogue centered on strategies to prevent and address child maltreatment.
At the meeting, Professor Betul Ulukol from Ankara University presented the results of the ACE study, which found that in Turkey the prevalence of reported child physical, sexual and emotional abuse was high (20%, 8% and 11% respectively). 20% of respondents also reported witnessing domestic violence. Although 50% of students had not experienced any ACEs at all, 8% reported experiencing 4 or more.
[For more of this story go to http://www.euro.who.int/en/cou...nts-in-turkey-report]
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