Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Key Points

• Significance: ACEs are a major public health concern with widespread exposure.

• Goal: Eliminate ACEs to protect individuals, families, and communities.

• Strategy: Use the Essentials for Childhood framework to reduce risk factors and promote protective factors across social ecology.

Action Plan

• Individual Responsibility: Everyone is encouraged to take action to prevent ACEs.
• Community Engagement: Promote involvement from others to create a supportive society.
• Target: Create safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children.

Long-term Vision

• Healthy Growth: Ensure children become healthy, productive adults.
• Cycle of Safety: Help the next generation build safer families and communities.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Ongoing Monitoring: Continue to track data on ACEs.
• Reporting Success: Share achievements and positive changes as they happen.