I am conducting a needs assessment for the county around alcohol and drug use and prevention. As a part of this assessment, we are collecting primary and secondary data on risk and protective factors including ACEs. Please contact me if you have data that we might be able to include or know someone who might have relevant data. Thank you!
Kim Carpenter
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Hi Kim, I am wondering if you had a chance to look through www.kidsdata.org? This is an amazing resource - that once you get the hang of it - can be very useful in pulling key data and presenting it in formats that can be exported - including in pdf, PPT, and into websites.
Here is a bit more of their description: Kidsdata.org, a program of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, promotes the health and well being of children in California by providing an easy to use resource that offers high-quality, wide-ranging, local data to those who work on behalf of children.
I hope this is a helpful suggestion.
Karen
Thank you, Karen! I couldn't have said it better myself. I am senior manager for kidsdata.org.
Kim, kidsdata.org has a few dozen indicators specifically on ACEs for Santa Clara County. One way to gather this information is to create a custom profile for Santa Clara County in the “Data by Region” tab. First, select Santa Clara County, then select “Create Custom Profile” under the county label. Select the “Child Youth and Safety” category then select the “Childhood Adversity and Resilience” topic. I created a custom profile for Santa Clara County for you using these steps.
You can find other information related to childhood adversity throughout the site. You might want to review all data that are available for Santa Clara County by using the “Data by Region” tab.
In the fall, we expect to update indicators about alcohol and drug use among teens based on the California Health Kids Survey. We will also add numerous other indicators related to children’s well-being from this data source. It may be too late for your needs assessment, but you might find it useful for other purposes. We will put out notices when ready.
Feel free to reach out to me if I can assist you further!
Lori
Lori.turk@lpfch.org
If you want to know about ACEs in Santa Clara County, get the local newspaper to help you by publishing the one-page version of the ACE Questionnaire, asking readers to respond anonymously. Then they would publish the pooled, anonymized results. The results will be galvanizing, as they were for us in the ACE Study. The publishers will like this because their advertising rates are based on readership. "Hey, have you seen what's in the paper today? It's incredible!" You will get your information, the publishers will get their readership, and the readers will become more advanced in what they understand about themselves and the world.
Hello Kim,
My suggestion would be to go to the heart of the issue, "the addicts". I am not sure if the county already conducts serveys for parents entering cps and family wellness court. As well as parent or non parents entering the criminal justice system. However I know first hand the affect ACE has on a child, i also know first hand the connection it has with drug and alcohol abuse. Every case, every child, every situation is different, but the fact is when a child experiences trama in any form, it affects them. In verious ways. A child may act out and people may or may not see the cries for help. But what can really be done? But if an adult cries out for help, due to childhood cries unheard or ununderstood. They are punished by the law or society. Because they "know right from wrong". Hurt people, hurt people. Untill the (adult) victims stop being victims and ending the cycle of abuse in any form, it will continue. Adults are the only ones who can mold a child. I stoped saying why me and blaming what my father did for my behavior. And gave my childern a chance to end the cycle by being honest with them about my addiction and the damage it has done to me, I will do everything in my power to show my kids no matter what others do, it does not dictate who you are or will become. I feel if addicts are aware of what they are truly doing to their childern and could some how stop trying to mask their pain or truly accept it. They can help stop the cycle, maybe not complety but I know if someone told me before I ever took drugs or slept with men I didnt love, it will never take my pain away. I had to walk through it, I had to tell my father the pain he inflicted. But I Am also stronger for facing it and knowing he or nothing else has power over me. A child has to know he or she is safe and protected. Stangers can do it, but it will never be the same as a parent. Or when they can feel they are able to keep them self safe
