This handout walks you through a 2019 publication by Dr. Christina Bethell and Dr. Robert Sege about the relationship between adverse/positive childhood experiences and adult mental health, providing an empirical foundation for the language of HOPE.
In this video, Dr. Sege presents the results of his study published in September, 2019 about the negative lifelong health effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the protective/buffering lifelong effects of Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs).
The four building blocks of HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) as presented by Dr. Sege.
Questions about seven Positive Childhood Experiences related to family, friends, and school/the community were added to the 2015 Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS). From this survey data, this study finds that positive childhood experiences buffer against the negative mental…
HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) educational modules presented by Dr. Sege, produced by the Tufts Clinical Translational Science Institute. To see all the videos in this series playlist, click on the icon that appears to the right of “Share”…
This is a report presenting HOPE data, which shows the powerful impact of positive experiences on the development of healthy children and adults. The report also discusses social norms around parenting and thinks about future changes in society as changes…
This article introduces the Healthy Outcomes of Positive Experiences (HOPE) language, which focuses on promoting child health and well-being through positive experiences that potentially counteract the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This framework stems from holistic approaches of child…