Research & Outputs
Explore peer-reviewed publications, academic presentations, and research outputs generated using the ACEs in EHRs framework.
Selected publications and outputs using the ACEs in EHRs library.
Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns and mental health risk and health-care use in siblings
Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of five and 18, if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity during their first....
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ACAMH Seminar - Interrelationships between parental mental health, intimate partner violence and child mental health
Watch our recent ACAMH presentation of our publication exploring clinically relevant family adversity indicators of IPV aimed at improving responses to affected families presenting to healthcare...
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Family adversity and health characteristics associated with intimate partner violence in children and parents
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue that affects millions of women worldwide. One in three women experiences IPV, translating to over 800 million women globally...
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Identifying adverse childhood experiences with electronic health records of linked mothers and children in England
A multistage development and validation study establishing clinically relevant ACE indicators in routine healthcare data. A total of 63 distinct ACE indicators were developed and validated for use in routine EHRs...
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State of the art review: indicators of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM) are forms of family violence that often go unnoticed by services, despite recommendations to improve monitoring efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO)..
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Latest Citing Research
The Role of Artificial Intelligence for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: A Systematic Review
Li et al. - 2026
Intimate partner violence (IPV), encompassing physical, sexual, emotional and economic abuse, remains a pervasive global health concern. Traditional prevention efforts...
Artificial intelligence in applied family research involving families with young children: A scoping review
Lee et al. - 2025
This scoping review systematically examined the applied family science literature involving families raising young children to understand how relevant studies have applied...
Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns and mental health risk and health-care use in siblings: a population-based birth cohort study
Syed et al. - 2025
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) often affect multiple children within families, yet studies tend to focus on the health outcomes of individual children...
Applying analytics to sociodemographic disparities in mental health
Baird & Xia - 2025
Mental health services and treatment are unfortunately subject to sociodemographic disparities. To address this issue, recent studies have begun to apply analytics methods...
Machine learning for prediction of childhood mental health problems in social care
Crowley et al. - 2025
Rates of childhood mental health problems are increasing in the UK. Early identification of childhood mental health problems is challenging but critical to children's...
Examining the rollout of the Triple P system parenting program in Manitoba on rates of child maltreatment
Joshi et al. - 2025
Triple P is a multilevel parenting program aimed at promoting children's emotional, social, and behavioural competence and preventing behavioural problems...
Preconception indicators and associations with health outcomes reported in UK routine primary care data: a systematic review
Schoenaker et al. - 2024
Routine primary care data may be a valuable resource for preconception health research and informing provision of preconception care. Aim: To review how primary...
Revisiting the use of adverse childhood experience screening in healthcare settings
Danese et al. - 2024
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are key modifiable risk factors for mental illness. The potential to detect and mitigate ACEs to improve population mental health...
The association between adverse childhood experiences and mental health, behaviour, and educational performance in adolescence
Lam et al. - 2024
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are thought to have negative effects on mental health and well-being in adolescence. The definition of ACEs varies between studies...
Access without borders: a scoping review to identify solutions to creating portable identity, education and health records for refugee children
Ungar & Seymour - 2024
The focus of this scoping review is to identify studies, reports, and other relevant sources from the peer-reviewed and grey literature that reports on refugee children's access...
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