Rural-Urban Differences in Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences

Presenter: 

Elizabeth Crouch, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of the Rural and Minority Health Research Center, University of South Carolina

This session will discuss whether ACE and positive childhood experiences (PCE) exposure differs between rural and urban children by type and by count. This session will also examine racial/ethnic disparities in ACE and PCE exposure across rural communities.

Learning Objectives: 

1) Describe both adverse and positive childhood experiences

2) Explore whether ACE and positive childhood experiences (PCE) exposure differs between rural and urban children

3) Discuss racial/ethnic disparities in ACE and PCE exposure across rural communities