August 2022

By Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Photo: Unsplash, ASTHO, July 21, 2022 Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are household traumas (e.g., being physically or sexually abused, having a caregiver with a substance use or mental health problem) and community adversities (e.g., inter-personal discrimination, witnessing community violence) experienced before age 18. Almost two-thirds of adults in the United States have experienced at least one ACE. Since the publication of...

Today I would like to share with the PACES community some stories from our first round of OpSAFE camps in Ukraine. OperationSAFE is an evidence-based, community-run program that has been used in countries around the world to help children recover from trauma after disasters and conflict.