This report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides an overview of how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact health and opportunity, and lays out a series of strategies to prevent ACEs. These strategies include:
- Strengthening economic supports to families
- Promoting social norms that protect against violence and adversity
- Ensuring a strong start for children
- Teaching skills
- Connecting youth to caring adults and activities
- Intervening to lessen immediate and long-term harms