Infants and Young Children at Risk

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Infants and Young Children at Risk
From Community Service Council of Greater Tulsas
Community Profile 2007
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Top Risk Factors for Infants and Young Children

• Low-income and poverty
• Teen mother, especially those with more than one
  child
• Absent father
• Short spacing between births (less than 24
  months)
• Parent, especially the mother, without a high
  school education
• Lack of positive emotional, physical and
  intellectual experiences
• Adverse childhood experiences

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Poverty
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Absent Parent
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Early Care Learning
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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

• Major American research project that poses the
  question of whether and how childhood experiences
  affect adult health decades later
• Provides compelling evidence that
• Adverse childhood experiences are surprisingly
  common
• ACEs happen even in the best of families
• ACEs have long-term, damaging consequences
• Findings reveal powerful relationships between
  emotional experiences as children and physical
  and mental health as adults

ACE Study
Source The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
website www.acestudy.org, About the Adverse
Childhood Experiences Study.
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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
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ACE Study
Source The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
website www.acestudy.org, About the Adverse
Childhood Experiences Study.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences
Growing up in a household with

• Recurrent physical abuse
• Recurrent emotional abuse
• Sexual abuse
• An alcohol or drug abuser
• An incarcerated household member

• Someone who is chronically depressed, suicidal,
  institutionalized or mentally ill
• Mother being treated violently
• One or no parents
• Emotional or physical neglect

ACE Study
Source The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
website www.acestudy.org, What are Adverse
Childhood Experieinces (ACEs).
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Lead to Health-Risk Behaviors

• Smoking
• Overeating
• Physical inactivity
• Heavy alcohol use
• Drug use
• Promiscuity

ACE Study
Source The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
website www.acestudy.org
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Which Cause Disease, Disability and Social
Problems in Adulthood

• Heart disease
• Cancer
• Chronic lung and liver disease
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Sexually transmitted diseases

• Nicotine addiction
• Alcoholism
• Drug addiction
• Obesity
• Depression
• Suicide
• Injuries
• Unintentional pregnancy

ACE Study
Source Felitti, Vincent J., The Relationship
of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Adult Health
Turning gold into lead CDC Media Relations,
May 14, 1998, Adult Health Problems Linked to
Traumatic Childhood Experiences.
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Risk Factors Increase Likelihood of Adverse
Health and Social Outcomes

• Adverse Outcomes for Infants and Young
  Children

• Infant death
• Poor health
• Poor development
• Lack of school readiness
• Poor school performance
• Physical, mental or sexual abuse or neglect

Adverse Outcomes
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Infant Mortality
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Births to Teens
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Impact of Adult Literacy Education Levels on
Children

• As the educational level of adults improves, so
  does their children's success in school helping
  low-literate adults improve their basic skills
  has a direct and measurable impact on both the
  education and quality of life of their children.
• Children of adults who participate in literacy
  programs improve their grades and test scores,
  improve their reading skills and are less likely
  to drop out.
• Children's literacy levels are strongly linked to
  educational level of their parents, especially
  their mothers.
• Children of parents who are unemployed and have
  not completed high school are five times more
  likely to drop out than children of employed
  parents.

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Child Abuse Neglect in Oklahoma and Tulsa County

• Reports of child abuse and neglect have increased
  from 51,000 in 1997 to 61,610 in FY 2005 in
  Oklahoma (21 increase), and from 5,835 to 7,970
  in Tulsa County (37 increase).
• Confirmed child neglect cases make up 2/3 of the
  confirmed cases. These types of cases increased
  4 between 2000 and 2005.
• Overall, confirmed cases of abuse and neglect
  decreased by 21 between 2000 and 2005 in Tulsa
  County.
• In Oklahoma, 14.7 of every 1,000 children are
  victims of abuse and/or neglect. In Tulsa
  County, the rate is 7.9 of every 1,000 children
  (54 of the state rate).
• Oklahoma ranks 35 in the nation in the rate of
  children who are victims of abuse and/or neglect.
• Parents make up 74.3 of all perpetrators,
  followed by step-parents at 7, no relation at
  6.8, and grandparents at 3.8.
• Substance abuse is a major contributing factor to
  child neglect.

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