Adverse Childhood Experiences and Harmful Health Behaviour among Youth: A Cross-sectional Study in Western Uttar Pradesh

  • Huma Khan Associate professorDepartment of Community Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Ravi Kumar Statistician Department of Community Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Abhinav Pandey Assistant professor Department of Community Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
DOI https://doi.org/10.21761/jms.v7i02.03

Abstract

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are quite
common and significantly affect adolescent health, reproductive
health, smoking, alcoholism, illicit drug use, sexual behaviour,
mental health, and job performance. The present study aims
to determine how prevalent ACE are among youth and the
prevalence of harmful behaviour among research participants.
Further determine the correlation of ACE with the harmful
behaviour among study participants.

Keywords: Adverse childhood experiences international questionnaire, Adverse childhood experiences, Depression, Smoking, Illicit drug abuse.

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H. Khan, R. Kumar, and A. Pandey, “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Harmful Health Behaviour among Youth: A Cross-sectional Study in Western Uttar Pradesh”, SRMsJMS, vol. 7, no. 02, pp. 42-45, Apr. 2023.
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Vol 7 No 02 (2022): SRMS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Research Articles