Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Using data from the population-based, nationally-representative Growing Up in Scotland cohort, this study aimed to assess whether the observed relationship between household poverty and the cumulative incidence (i.e. occurence) of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) (which include abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction) is modifiable by families' access to community resources, namely transportation, accommodation, and breastfeeding education, parks, and childcare resources. In this cohort study of 2,816 children, poverty effects on cumulative ACE incidence by age 8 were substantially reduced by households' access to transportation, accommodation, and breastfeeding education-but not by park proximity or childcare. These findings suggest that while second best to the elimination of poverty, improving families' access to community resources may mitigate the effects of poverty on ACE incidence.