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ON SCREEN TEXT: How might
Adverse Childhood Experiences
affect your patients?
Dr. Robin Blitz speaks to someone off-camera.
ON SCREEN TEXT: Dr. Robin K. Blitz
Senior Medical Director, Special Needs Initiative at UnitedHealthcare
ROBIN: As a developmental pediatrician, all of my patients have developmental disabilities and/or complex medical conditions, and unfortunately we know that children with disabilities are three to four times more likely to suffer from abuse or neglect.
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ROBIN: So it's always important for me and my colleagues to remember that and screen for any signs in all visits.
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ROBIN: I've also taken care of a lot of children in foster care whose health have suffered due to the exposure to toxic stress, including abuse, neglect, as I mentioned, parental substance abuse and parental mental illness, as well as domestic violence.
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ROBIN: It's really important for every health care provider to be aware of ACEs in order to screen for it during visits as well as providing the resources for interventions.
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ROBIN: In the Special Needs Initiative, our family advisors can provide these resources to families and caregivers to provide the necessary interventions early.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: Why should health care
professionals participate
in the ACEs webinar?
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ROBIN: Part of the Special Needs Initiative is to provide internal and external education, not just to physicians and other primary care providers, like nurse practitioners and physician assistants, but also to case managers, educators, psychologists, social workers, anybody who touches the life of a child.
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ROBIN: We want to make sure that all of those people in our communities are aware of ACEs, screen for ACEs, and refer for appropriate interventions early, so that we as a society can decrease the negative impact that ACEs may have on our long-term health outcomes.
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Robin speaks from the chair.
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