Open AccessPoverty as an Adverse Childhood Experience
Author(s) -
Michelle Hughes,
Whitney Tucker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
north carolina medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2379-4313
pISSN - 0029-2559
DOI - 10.18043/ncm.79.2.124
Subject(s) - adverse childhood experiences , poverty , adverse effect , medicine , environmental health , psychology , economic growth , psychiatry , economics , mental health
Research demonstrates the correlation between childhood adversities linked to poverty and negative outcomes in adulthood, indicating that poverty may itself be considered an adverse childhood experience. Because child poverty is a result of family economic circumstance, policy investments promoting family financial health are imperative to protect child well-being and North Carolina's future prosperity.
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