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Screening For Adverse Childhood Experiences And Other Determinants Of Health In School Based Health Centers: A Program Evaluation, Olivia A. Domini Jan 2021

Screening For Adverse Childhood Experiences And Other Determinants Of Health In School Based Health Centers: A Program Evaluation, Olivia A. Domini

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Introduction: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as abuse, neglect, and various household stressors, are common, connected, and contribute to multiple adverse health and wellbeing outcomes throughout life. Consequently, there has been a push to screen for adversity and toxic stress in primary care to facilitate prevention and early intervention. The purpose of this project was to evaluate and optimize the use of the Broad Level Integrated Screener (BLIS) in Neighborcare Health (NCH) School Based Health Centers (SBHCs) in Seattle, WA.

Methods: An online survey including nineteen Likert-scale questions and five open-ended free response questions was administered to all middle school …