Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Health of University Students in Eight Provinces of Vietnam

作者：Quynh Anh Tran^*; Dunne Michael P; Thang Van Vo; Ngoc Hoat Luu

来源：Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2015, 27(8): 26S-32S.

DOI：10.1177/1010539515589812

• adverse childhood experiences
• mental health
• physical health
• university students

Recent systematic reviews have emphasized the need for more research into the health and social impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the Asia-Pacific region. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 2099 young adult students in 8 medical universities throughout Vietnam. An anonymous, self-report questionnaire included the World Health Organization ACE-International Questionnaire and standardized measures of mental and physical health. Three quarters (76%) of the students reported at least one exposure to ACEs; 21% had 4 or more ACEs. The most commonly reported adversities were emotional abuse, physical abuse, and witnessing a household member being treated violently (42.3%, 39.9%, and 34.6%, respectively). Co-occurrence of ACEs had dose-response relationships with poor mental health, suicidal ideation, and low physical health-related quality of life. This first multisite study of ACEs among Vietnamese university students provided evidence that childhood adversity is common and is significantly linked with impaired health and well-being into the early adult years.

• 出版日期2015-11