CHILD, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY THRIVING AND COLLECTIVE HEALING

We measure what matters. Our research provides evidence to promote positive childhood experiences, family relational health, child and family healing and resilience, school readiness, and collective healing for thriving communities.

RESEARCH TO PROMOTE CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH, HEALING, AND RESILIENCE

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Family Resilience and Connection to Promote Flourishing Among US Children, Even Amid Adversity (2019)

Bethell CD, Gombojav N, Whitaker RC. Family Resilience And Connection Promote Flourishing Among US Children, Even Amid Adversity. Health Aff. 2019;38(5):729-737. 

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Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample: Associations Across Adverse Childhood Experiences Levels (2019)

Bethell C, Jones J, Gombojav N, Linkenbach J, Sege R. Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample: Associations Across Adverse Childhood Experiences Levels. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(11):e193007. 

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Hope and the New Science of Thriving - A Summit to Build the Field of Positive Health and Nurturance (2016)

The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, in partnership with the Children's Hospital Association, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, and Prevent Child Abuse America. Published 2016.

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Child Well-Being and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the United States Special Academic Pediatrics Issue (2017)

Edited by Solloway MR, Bethell CD, Srivastav, A, Simpson, LA. Child Well-Being and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the US. Academic Pediatrics. 2017;17(7):S1-S158.

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RESEARCH TO PROMOTE CHILD READINESS FOR AND ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL

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Social and Relational Health Risks and Common Mental Health Problems Among US Children: The Mitigating Role of Family Resilience and Connection to Promote Positive Socioemotional and School Related Outcomes (2022)

Bethell CD, Garner AS, Gombojav N, Blackwell C, Heller L, Mendelson T. Social and Relational Health Risks and Common Mental Health Problems Among US Children: The Mitigating Role of Family Resilience and Connection to Promote Positive Socioemotional and School Related Outcomes. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2022 Jan;31(1):45-70.

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School Readiness Among US Children- Development of a Pilot Measure (2019)

Ghandour, R.M., Moore, K.A., Murphy, K. et al. School Readiness among U.S. Children: Development of a Pilot Measure. Child Ind Res 12, 1389–1411 (2019). 

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Family Resilience and Connection to Promote Flourishing Among US Children, Even Amid Adversity (2019)

Bethell CD, Gombojav N, Whitaker RC. Family Resilience And Connection Promote Flourishing Among US Children, Even Amid Adversity. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019;38(5):729-737. 

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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Assessing the Impact on Health and School Engagement and the Mitigating Role of Resilience (2014)

Bethell CD, Newacheck P, Hawes E, Halfon N. Adverse childhood experiences: assessing the impact on health and school engagement and the mitigating role of resilience. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014;33(12):2106-2115. 

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RESEARCH TO PROMOTE THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIVE HEALING

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Recommendations Roadmap for California Proposition 64 Expenditures: Advancing Healing-Centered and Trauma-Informed Approaches to Promote Individual, Family, and Community Resilience (2019)

Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. Recommendations Roadmap for California Proposition 64 Expenditures: Advancing Healing-Centered and Trauma-Informed Approaches to Promote Individual, Family, and Community Resilience. In collaboration with a statewide advisory committee coordinated with the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA). Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 2019.

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National and Across State Profile on Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Children and Possibilities to Heal and Thrive (2017)

Bethell, CD, Davis, MB, Gombojav, N, Stumbo, S, Powers, K. Issue Brief: A National and Across-State Profile on Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Children and Possibilities to Heal and Thrive. Prepared by the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. October 2017.

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