Publications
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Cureus: Framing Childhood Anemia as an Adverse Childhood Experiences-Associated Health Condition: An Opportunity to Support Healthy Growth and Development – September 2025
- Cureus: Bridging the Gap from Screening to Services: Evaluating the Impact of ACE Referral Documentation to Improve SPA-1 Service Utilization – June 2025
- Academic Pediatrics: The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health-Related School Absenteeism: Results From a National Survey of Youth – June 2025
- Preventive Medicine Reports: Clinician actions in response to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) screening – November 2024
- Journal of Pediatric Healthcare: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Implementation of ACE Screening in Pediatric Care Settings: A Qualitative Evaluation – December 2023
- Annals of Family Medicine: Clinician and Staff Perspectives on Implementing Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Screening in Los Angeles County Pediatric Clinics – September 2023
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
- Hope Starts With Us: Racism as an Adverse Childhood Experience – February 2024
- UCLA Health: Just one adverse childhood event can nearly double health-related school absences – June 2025
- UCLA Health: Trauma-informed care helps children reach their full potential – June 2023
- PACEs Connection: ACEs screening pilot in L.A. County pivots, troubleshoots barriers to remote visits – September 2020
- PACEs Connection: California healthcare providers adapt ACEs screening from in-person to virtual environment – May 2020
Abstracts and Conference Posters
PAS 2025 (April 2025)
- Examining the association between ACE score and social work service referrals among pediatric patients
- Investigating the relationship between ACE screening and referrals among pediatric patients in primary care
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening and Pediatric Developmental Screening in Primary Care Patients in Los Angeles
- Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the Congenital Heart Disease Population in Los Angeles County
- Mitigation of Adverse Childhood Events with Virtual Mindfulness Meditation
- Trauma-informed Care On The Pediatric Ward: A Novel Application Of Aces/Trauma Screening And Intervention In The Inpatient Medical Setting
PAS 2025 (May 2024)
- Comparison of ACEs Reporting Between Clinic and Telephone-based Screening
- Pediatric Approach to Trauma, Treatment, and Resilience (PATTeR): Trauma-Informed Care Training for Pediatric Trainees
- Are Positive Childhood Experiences Protective Against Housing Insecurity in Adulthood?
- The association between adverse childhood experiences and health-related school absenteeism among California adolescents
- Testing a Scalable Model for ACEs-Related Care Navigation via 211 Telephone Based Services
Impact and Evaluation
- RAND: California’s ACEs Aware Initiative Has Made Substantial Early Progress, but Sustained Investment Is Needed – April 2025
- Pritzker: ACE Screening as a Tool for Improving Health Access and Outcomes for Children and Youth in California: Enhanced Care Management – April 2025
- Pritzker: ACE Screening as a Tool for Improving Health Access and Outcomes for Children and Youth in California: Addressing Youth Depression and Anxiety – April 2025
- Pritzker: ACE Screening as a Tool for Improving Health Access and Outcomes for Children and Youth in California: Social Work Referrals – April 2025
- Pritzker: ACE Screening as a Tool for Improving Health Access and Outcomes for Children and Youth in California: Pediatric Development Screening – April 2025
- ACEs Aware: The ACEs-LA Network of Care Case Study – May 2024
- Center for Care Innovations: Reframing ACEs Screening and Response: CALQIC Completes Its Journey Toward a Relationship-Based Approach to Healing Trauma and Stress – November 2021



