A hypothetical intervention to reduce inequities in anxiety for Multiracial people: simulating an intervention on childhood adversity.

Multiracial people report higher mean Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scores and prevalence of anxiety than other racial groups. Studies using statistical interactions to test if associations between ACEs and anxiety are greater for this group than others have shown mixed results. Using data from waves 1 (1995-1997) through 4 (2008-2009) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we simulated a stochastic intervention over 1000 resampled datasets to estimate the race-specific cases averted per 1000 of anxiety if all racial groups had the same exposure distribution of ACEs as Whites.

Racial differences in associations between adverse childhood experiences and physical, mental, and behavioral health.

Purpose: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor adulthood health. Multiracial people have elevated mean ACEs scores and risk of several outcomes. We aimed to determine whether this group should be targeted for prevention efforts.

A hypothetical intervention to reduce inequities in anxiety for Multiracial people: simulating an intervention on childhood adversity.

Multiracial people report higher mean Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) scores and prevalence of anxiety than other racial groups. Studies using statistical interactions to estimate racial differences in ACEs-anxiety associations do not show stronger associations for Multiracial people. Using data from Waves 1 (1995-97) through 4 (2008-09) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we simulated a stochastic intervention over 1,000 resampled datasets to estimate the race-specific cases averted per 1,000 of anxiety if all racial groups had the same exposure distribution of ACEs as Whites.

Racial Differences in Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Physical, Mental, and Behavioral Health.

Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor adulthood health, with individuals experiencing multiple ACEs at greatest risk. Multiracial people have high mean ACEs scores and elevated risk of several outcomes, but are infrequently the focus of health equity research. This study aimed to determine whether this group should be targeted for prevention efforts.