Researchers from the UK have found an association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and distrust in the National Health Service’s (NHS, UK) COVID-19 information, hesitating against vaccination, finding the government’s COVID-19 restrictions unfair, and violating COVID-19 restrictions 1 . What are adverse childhood experiences? ACEs comprise psychological, physical, and sexual maltreatment, neglect, and growing up in a household with domestic violence, substance abuse, and other criminal activities.
Several studies have shown an association between ACEs and antisocial behavior, violence, severe alcohol use, smoking, and substance abuse 2 . ACEs are also found to relate to mental health and chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer 3,4 . Few studies indicated that the individuals affected with ACEs showed lesser trust in healthcare systems…
