Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common, often co-occur,
and are associated with poor health outcomes across the life course. Emerging research …

Purpose Exposures early in life, beginning in utero, have long-term impacts on mental and
physical health. The ECHO prenatal and early childhood pathways to health consortium …

Pregnant women face an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). In addition to the
risk of violence faced by women, there is a dual concern for risk of harm to the fetus …

Purpose Despite growing recognition that unfortunately common maternal stress exposures
in childhood and pregnancy may have intergenerational impacts on children's psychiatric …

Objective Childhood trauma exacts a lasting toll on one's own mental health and the health
of one's offspring; however, limited research has examined the pathways through which this …

Objective Experiences of stress and adversity, such as intimate partner violence, confer risk
for psychiatric problems across the life span. The effects of these risks are disproportionately …

Women's social experiences can have long-term implications for their offspring's health, but
little is known about the potential independent contributions of multiple periods of stress …

Pregnant women in poverty may be especially likely to experience sleep and circadian
rhythm disturbances, which may have downstream effects on fetal neurodevelopment …

Introduction Prenatal negative life events (NLEs) have been linked to adverse health
outcomes in children. However, few studies examine this relationship during late childhood …

In this article, I highlight core ideas, empirical findings, and advances in the study of how
stress during pregnancy may prenatally program child neurodevelopmental …