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Aces And Resilience: Increasing Patient Knowledge Of Adverse Childhood Experiences And Stress Coping Techniques, Mary Griffin
Aces And Resilience: Increasing Patient Knowledge Of Adverse Childhood Experiences And Stress Coping Techniques, Mary Griffin
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
At The Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Plainfield, Vermont, providers have begun an initiative to screen patients during routine clinic visits for their Adverse Childhood Experiences score. In a population subject to the social, economic, and health-related challenges of rural Vermont, providers have identified the screening process as a vital tool for better understanding their patients' health. To better aid in both provider comfort and patient education during said interactions, a pamphlet was created to guide provider conversations concerning ACEs. The pamphlet details information about ACEs and health consequences, the importance of the relaxation response in dealing …
Ace’S Contextualization For Healthcare Workers, Nektarios Konstantinopoulos
Ace’S Contextualization For Healthcare Workers, Nektarios Konstantinopoulos
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
There is a well-established causative relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) and pathology. Despite strong supporting evidence, some healthcare workers are unaware of how deep this relationship is. I conducted an educational session surrounding ACEs targeting healthcare workers in an attempt to contextualize the relationship between ACE’s and consequent disease.