Objective: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are harmful or distressing events occurring within a child’s social or family environment which disrupt psychological and physical development. The goal of this DNP project is to answer this question: How do primary care providers (PCPs) perceive their knowledge, training, screening, and interventions when utilizing ACEs research in their practice? This DNP project seeks to answer this question using a mixed method quantitative design. Method: A 20 item electronic questionnaire was distributed to 33 adult outpatient primary care providers. Quantitative data was collected from 19 of the questions. These included inquiries concerning knowledge of ACEs, screening habits, and perceived barriers to integration of ACEs into adult primary care practice as well as participant demographics. The final item of the questionnaire was an invitation to discuss additional motivations and perceptions with the investigator. Results: Minimal statistically significant data is due to the small sample size. Data was analyzed utilizing a chi-square test, mean and median results, and inferential statistics to test project hypotheses. Descriptive statistics were utilized to describe the population, demographics, and data, via graphs and tables. Conclusion: The implementation and results of this project provide few significant findings. However, additional discussion of PCP motivations and perceptions offer a unique perspective to the concept of what is required to translate the ACEs information into adult primary care.

Creator

• McCalla, Ellen M.

Language

• English

Keyword

• primary care providers

• adult outpatient

• adverse childhood experiences

• toxic stress

• trauma-informed care

• motivations

Date created

• 2022

Resource type

• Research Paper

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