Uniform Definitions and Measures for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Childhood Protective Factors This project is a collaboration between HOPE and the RAND Corporation. Supported by the CDC and the American Public Health Association (APHA), the goals are to conduct…
Help Me Grow – Goal Concordant Care Help Me Grow, an organization made up of affiliates throughout the nation, is built on a system model that emphasizes the importance of identifying and networking available community resources to optimize early childhood…
Child Physical Abuse Did Not Increase During the Pandemic HOPE suggests that providers identify, celebrate, and promote positive childhood experiences. In this paper, published in the American Medical Association’s journal, JAMA Pediatrics, Bob Sege and Allison Stephens do just that.…
Transforming Practice with HOPE This paper describes the growing evidence that supports the health effects of positive childhood experiences, and uses these insights to promote HOPE: a paradigm shift that will incorporate the identification, celebration, and support of PCEs as…
Reasons for HOPE (Sege, 2021) This article discusses the ways pediatricians benefit from adopting the HOPE framework in their practice. Focusing on identifying the strengths of families during the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting resilience for families and developing an antiracist approach…
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Data to Action In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, HOPE is engaged in a CDC supported projects aimed at preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and promoting positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The project is…
Measuring the Impact of Violence against Children and Women during a Pandemic – Family Snapshot Survey Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HOPE is working with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Prevent Child Abuse…
Positive childhood experiences protect adult mental health Are positive childhood experiences (PCEs) associated with adult depression and/or poor mental health? In 2015, HOPE Director Robert Sege, MD, PhD, Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH, and others conducted an adult population study…
Family Resilience and Connection Promote Flourish Among U.S. Children, Even Amid Adversity This study looked at flourishing, defined as: engagement, positive relationships, competence, positive emotion, and self esteem. The authors measured children’s interest and curiosity in learning new things, persistence…
Reimagining Health – Flourishing This opinion piece presents flourishing as a better metric for measuring health (compared to physical measures like blood pressure or life expectancy) because it takes multiple parts of a person’s life into account. The six domains…