Journal article
Intergenerational Associations of Parent Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Health Outcomes
Pediatrics (Evanston), v 141(6)
01 Jun 2018
PMID: 29784755
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) robustly predict future morbidity and mortality. Researchers are just beginning to investigate intergenerational effects. We hypothesize there are intergenerational associations between parent ACE exposure and worse child health, health behaviors, and health care access and use.
METHODS: We linked data from 2 population-based cross-sectional telephone surveys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that were used to ask parents about their past exposure to ACEs and their child's health, respectively. Participants were 350 parent-child dyads. Logistic regression models adjusted for parent and child characteristics. Parent ACE score was used to summarize indicators of parents' childhood adversity. Child health outcomes were poor overall health status, asthma diagnosis, obesity, low fruit and vegetable consumption, any soda consumption, inadequate physical activity, excessive television watching, no health insurance, no usual source of health care, and no dental examination in past 12 months.
RESULTS: Of adult participants, 80% were female participants and 45% were non-Latino African American. Eighty-five percent of parents had experienced >= 1 ACE and 18% had experienced >= 6 ACEs. In adjusted models, each additional parent ACE was associated with higher odds of poor child overall health status (odds ratio [OR] = 1.19; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07-1.32), asthma (OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 1.05-1.30), and excessive television watching (OR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.05-1.28).
CONCLUSIONS: The full scope of the health effects of ACEs may not be limited to the exposed individual, highlighting the need for a 2-generation approach to addressing the social determinants of child health.
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- Title
- Intergenerational Associations of Parent Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Health Outcomes
- Creators
- Felice Le-Scherban - Drexel UniversityXi Wang - Drexel UniversityKathryn H. Boyle-Steed - Drexel UniversityLee M. Pachter - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Publication Details
- Pediatrics (Evanston), v 141(6)
- Publisher
- Amer Acad Pediatrics
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Health Federation of Philadelphia CHG Charitable Trust Stoneleigh Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Scattergood Foundation Drexel Urban Health Collaborative pilot project funding First Hospital Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000437406200037
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85048145815
- Other Identifier
- 991019168276404721
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