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As evidenced in the literature, it is clear that Native American children experience more Adverse Childhood Experiences than other groups, including non-Hispanic whites [1]. Native American children are more than twice as likely to grow up in a household where one or both parents use drugs and/ or alcohol [1]. Additionally, NA children are more than three times as likely to have lived with a parent who has been incarcerated, and are seven times as likely to have been treated unfairly due to...

There is a high rate of child abuse and neglect in Alachua County, and this school-based intervention will target children ages 5-11 in public elementary schools in Alachua County. The intervention will allow students to: learn more about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), discuss some of their worries, and build their resilience. Trained professionals will facilitate activities, discussions, and reflections among the students (and occasionally the parents) while utilizing five out of the...

The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions partnered with Peace4Tarpon under the Robert Wood Johnson Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) grant funding period and have sustained their strong community-academic partnership. Together they created a 9-credit online graduate certificate in trauma-informed and resilience-based public health. Peace4Gainesville also contributed to this certificate. This post is intended to showcase some of the work of...