Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Adverse Childhood Experiences, traumatic toxic stress, child abuse, emotional abuse, household dysfunction.

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Bryan Adrian Priego-Parra
Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, México.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1506-806X
José María Remes-Troche
Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8478-9659
Héctor Vivanco-Cid
Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, México

Abstract

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are stressful situations that occur before the age of 18, these are highly prevalent in our environment and are associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes in physical health, life opportunities, education, social behavior and mental health in the short, medium and long term. Due to the immaturity of several physiological systems, children exposed to ACE may suffer traumatic toxic stress and its consequences, which could be transmitted transgenerationally by epigenetic mechanisms that are not fully understood. There are different population groups that have been economically or socially marginalized and are at greater risk of suffering from ACE, for which different public health policies have been proposed to prevent or reduce children exposure to Childhood trauma. This article reviews Childhood adversity, toxic stress, ACE in disproportionately affected populations and strategies for prevention.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences. (2022). Estancias, 2(4), 151-168. https://revistas.uaq.mx/index.php/estancias/article/view/1046
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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2022): Des/Encuentros entre derecho y bio/ética: el desafío de la salud en la persona humana y no humana
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Bryan Adrian Priego-Parra, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, México.

Médico Cirujano egresado de la Universidad Veracruzana. Estudiante del Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, y adscrito al Centro de Investigaciones biomédicas, ambos en la misma casa de estudios.Especialista en prevención del suicidio, certificado por Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene RFMH de la Columbia University, y en liderazgo y manejo de programas para la prevención de infecciones, certificado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (WHO). Sus líneas de investigación son el eje microbiota-intestino-cerebro, neuro motilidad gastrointestinal, ansiedad y depresión, MAFLD. Algunas de sus publicaciones más recientes son “Higher Cardiovascular Risk Scores and Liver Fibrosis Risk Estimated by Biomarkers in Patients with Metabolic-Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease”, 2022; “Body Composition and Phase Angle by Bioimpedance In Patients with MAFLD”, 2022; y “Prevalence and Clinical-Epidemiologic Characteristics of A Mexican Population with Metabolic (Dysfunction) Associated Fatty Liver Disease: An Open Population Study”, 2022.

José María Remes-Troche, Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, México

Especialista en Medicina interna y Gastroenterología, egresado del Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médica y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán. Ha realizado sus estudios de posgrado en Neurogastroenterología en la Iowa University, Carver College of Medicine, Estados Unidos, así como la Maestría en Ciencias Médicas por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Es Director del Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana. Miembro del SNI (nivel 2). Presidente de la Sociedad Mexicana de Neurogastroenterologia y Motilidad y editor de la Revista de Gastroenterología de México. Sus líneas de investigación son: eje microbiota-intestino-cerebro, motilidad gastrointestinal, trastornos anorectales, fisiología digestiva. Algunas de sus publicaciones más recientes (en co-autoría) son: “Higher Cardiovascular Risk Scores and Liver Fibrosis Risk Estimated by Biomarkers in Patients with Metabolic-Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease”, 2022; “Body Composition and Phase Angle by Bioimpedance In Patients with MAFLD”, 2022; y “Consenso latinoamericano de diagnóstico de la enfermedad por reflujo gastroesofágico”, 2022.

Héctor Vivanco-Cid, Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, México

Doctor en Ciencias con especialidad en inmunología por la Escula Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Profesor titular de tiempo completo C en Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana. Es miembro del SNI (Nivel 1), y tiene el Perfil Prodep de la SEP. Sus líneas de investigación son: inmunología, inmunidad adaptativa, respuesta inmune en enfermedades virales endémicas. Algunas de sus publicaciones recientes son (en-coautoría): “Optimization of PbTiO3 Single Crystals with Flux and Laser Floating Zone Method”, 2022; “Discovery of Honeycomb and Kagomé Quantum Magnets”, 2022; y “Anomalous Residual Surface Conductivity in a Superconductor with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling”, 2021.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences. (2022). Estancias, 2(4), 151-168. https://revistas.uaq.mx/index.php/estancias/article/view/1046

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