Publications by authors named "Brittany T Smith"
Purpose: Examine possible message topics to promote rural vaccination using psychosocial antecedents of vaccination.
Design: Cross-sectional survey administered by Research America, Inc.
Setting: West Virginia (WV).
Article Synopsis
- - Women with substance use disorder (SUD) often have higher rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which can also negatively affect their children; the study found that mothers with SUD had an average ACE score of 4.9 compared to 1.9 for non-SUD mothers.
- - The research involved a comparison of 50 women with SUD and 50 women without SUD, measuring not just their ACE scores but also those of their children; children's scores were significantly higher (3.9) among those whose mothers had SUD versus 1.3 for children of non-SUD mothers.
- - The study highlights the correlation between maternal and child ACE scores, suggesting that mother-child trauma-informed interventions