Concern for the intergenerational effects of adverse childhood experiences: promote a better understanding of children's health

WAN Yuhui; TAO Fangbiao

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.08.001

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WAN Yuhui, TAO Fangbiao. Concern for the intergenerational effects of adverse childhood experiences: promote a better understanding of children's health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2022, 43(8): 1121-1125. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.08.001

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WAN Yuhui, TAO Fangbiao. Concern for the intergenerational effects of adverse childhood experiences: promote a better understanding of children's health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2022, 43(8): 1121-1125. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.08.001

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Concern for the intergenerational effects of adverse childhood experiences: promote a better understanding of children's health

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.08.001

WAN Yuhui,
TAO Fangbiao^,

Department of Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health, School of Public Health/MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health across Life Cycle/Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei(230032), China

Received Date: 2022-05-05
Rev Recd Date: 2022-06-24

Available Online: 2022-08-24

Publish Date: 2022-08-25

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The impact of parental adverse childhood experiences on offspring health has become a heated issue after evaluating the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in individual's physical and mental health. The current study reviews the impact of parental ACEs on children's health from the perspective of intergenerational effects, and explores their potential psychosocial and biological mechanisms. Future research topics are proposed and early interventions are encouraged to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of victimization and health problems.
- Life change events,
- Intergenerational relations; Health promotion; Child,
- Health promotion; Child,
- Child

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