Implementation of the Whole Child Assessment to Screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Main Authors: Ariane Marie-Mitchell MD, PhD, MPH (Author), Joshua Lee MD (Author), Christopher Siplon MD (Author), Francis Chan MD (Author), Sharon Riesen MD (Author), Chad Vercio MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pediatricians are encouraged to screen for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The current study developed and implemented a tool to screen for Child-ACEs at a pediatric resident clinic in San Bernardino, California. Development of the tool, named the Whole Child Assessment (WCA), was based on an...