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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to reduced vascular function and diminished sleep quality in young adults, according to a study at the University of Iowa. In addition, researchers found that poor sleep efficiency may contribute to vascular dysfunction with increasing ACEs exposure. Researchers will present their work this week at the American Physiology Summit, the flagship annual meeting of the American Physiological Society (APS), in Long Beach, California. 

ACEs are highly stressful and potentially traumatic events happening during the first 18 years of life, which is the critical development period in a person's life. It's already known that people who experience ACEs have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease later in life. Yet, the biological mechanisms underlying this health disparity are not fully understood. The goal of this study was to better understand how ACEs increase the risk of cardiovascular disease to aid the development of better preventive measures and treatments.

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   NOTHAFT, USA TODAY

Trauma-informed care is in the details. It assumes people are people. And people experience trauma.

Trauma informed care or TIC assumes that every person may have a history of trauma, so steps are taken to minimize harm by anticipating triggers and promoting a culture of safety and healing.

Trauma-informed care was originally an organizational framework for healthcare organizations that interact with patients, like hospitals, but it has been expanded over time to other settings, like education, explains Dr. Lauren Ng, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles and director of the Treatment and Research for the Underserved with Stress and Trauma (TRUST) Lab.

What is the meaning of trauma-informed care?

In a whitepaper published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, researchers described that from a healthcare perspective, TIC aims to understand a patient’s life experiences in order to deliver effective care. It has been shown that TIC has the potential to improve patient engagement, increase treatment adherence, improve health outcomes and promote a culture of provider and staff wellness.

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   THE JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Kids who face more adversity during childhood may have a higher risk for type 2 diabetes in early adulthood, according to a new study published earlier in April.

The research, published in peer-reviewed Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes), looked at over 1.2 million Danish individuals born in 1980 through 2001 and found that there was an increased likelihood of type 2 diabetes in the group with high rates of adversity compared with the low adversity group for both genders. The study defines adversity as poverty or parental long-term unemployment, death or threat of death of a parent or sibling, and family dynamics such as parental mental illness, alcohol abuse or foster care placement.

The team found that the relative risks of developing type 2 diabetes following childhood adversity were lower among women than men across all groups. The findings led to 36.2 more cases of type 2 diabetes per 100,000 person-years for men and 18.6 more cases among women over a mean 11-year follow-up.

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   THE INTELLIGENCER.COM

In fall of 2020, Collinsville High School health teacher Julie Hazzard agreed to be among educators from 16 high schools in Illinois to pilot ParentABLE parenting curriculum in her classroom.

Two years later, her positive experience, feedback and passion for the program led to her being asked to participate in a new documentary about it.

According to a press release, ParentABLE from positive parenting education and advocacy group ParenTeach is a 10-day curriculum to help students develop a foundational understanding of positive parenting and caregiving practices. The web-based tools provided to teachers include a teacher’s guide, PowerPoint presentations, videos, interactive exercises, quizzes with feedback, note assists and handouts.

ParentABLE curriculum includes:

• Information about the effects of unintentional harmful parenting
• The consequences of adverse childhood experiences
• The power of resilience and positive parenting and caregiving

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   THE INTELLIGENCER.COM

NEAR Science Mentor Trainers Caitlin Hendrex and Carly Dunn are offering a virtual NEAR presentation on May 23^rd from 1:30-2:30 via Zoom. We’re hoping to continue this every other month, just as Misty Boyd and Jennifer Jesse offer on alternate months, so we can have one virtual NEAR presentation per month across our training network.

If you know of anyone looking to attend or know of any group who might be interested, please pass the registration information along: https://okstate-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uceuvqTkvHNySQKNa0nEoubczn4VuBXTJ?os=ipad#/registration

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APRIL MEETING RECORDING & HANDOUTS

Click here for the Power Point slides that go along with the presentation.

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Next month's meeting will be Thursday, May 25th at 10:00 a.m. The tentative topic will focus on family voice and will feature the work Nurture Connection, a network that promotes strong, positive and nurturing early relationships to help build healthier, more connected communities. 

You can register for the meeting ahead of time to get the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meetin...