Additional Research
Iowa ACEs Report
Past Reports
The Iowa ACEs Report examines multi-year of data collected among Iowa adults measuring 10 types of ACEs. The report highlights the challenges Iowans experience related to ACEs and stories of actions individuals, organizations, and communities are taking to respond. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services collects adult ACEs data through Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
We extend our gratitude to Mid-Iowa Health Foundation for their financial support of Iowa ACEs report development.
Research Papers
For Kids & Families
Kids and Stress
Experiencing a lot of stress can cause changes in the developing brain and affect a child’s health and behavior.
Big Feelings: Take 1 Moment
Infants and toddlers have big feelings that they don’t always understand. It can be difficult sometimes, but it’s important to try to understand what your child is thinking or feeling.
For Educators
Improving Student Outcomes by Creating Healing Environments in Schools
For Expecting Moms
Improving Birth Outcomes Through Family Support
How a child develops is the foundation for a prosperous community. Starting even before birth, a child’s brain architecture is being constructed through an ongoing process that continues into adulthood. Yet, many children experience stress early on that can affect the developing architecture of their brain and have a long-term impact on their ability to learn, be healthy, and fully contribute to our society.
Prenatal Family Engagement
Recent and emerging research studies show that not only are individuals’ lives impacted by early experiences of adversity, this effect can span across generations. “Parent ACEs have been associated with low birth weight and shorter gestational age, maladaptive socioemotional symptoms at age 6 months, and poor physical and emotional health at 18 months.”