Washington County has been working with key stakeholders and the community on upstream approaches to decreased tobacco use, chronic disease prevention and suicide prevention, however, early strategies did not include addressing the role ACEs play. Due to the immense range of problems that arise from the exposure to ACEs, Washington County sought to develop a community intervention program― the ACEs Initiative―to promote awareness of ACEs and prevent or mitigate their impact.
The Washington County ACEs Initiative is a multi-sector collaboration among service providers and organizations that are interested in educating the community on the impact of ACEs and developing a coordinated strategy for preventing the negative impact of ACEs.
[For more of this story, written by Octavia Chambers, go to http://traumainformedoregon.or...ts-childhood-trauma/]
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