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  Review this curated collection of scholarly articles and research focused on positive childhood experiences (PCEs), designed to provide insights and evidence-based practices that highlight how nurturing environments and supportive relationships can foster resilience and promote healing in children.

  Ten Takeaways from PCEs Research
  Citation: Sege RD, Aslam MV, Peterson C, et al. Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Health and Opportunity Outcomes in 4 US States. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(7):e2524435

  Positive Childhood Experiences: Juvenile Justice System
  Citation: Winn, A., Hannan, K., Sege, R., & Burstein, D. (2025). Reimagining the juvenile justice system through the healthy outcomes from positive experiences framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(5), 782.
  
  

  Recent Review and Research on PCEs
  Citation: Hero, J., Gallant, L., Burstein, D., Newberry, S., Qureshi, N., Feistel, K., Anderson, K. N., Hannan, K., & Sege, R. (2025). Health associations of positive childhood experiences: A scoping review of the literature. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(1), 59.

  Impact of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adolescence
  Citation: Kemp, L., Elcombe, E., Blythe, S., Grace, R., Donohoe, K., & Sege, R. (2024). The Impact of Positive and Adverse Experiences in Adolescence on Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Early Adulthood. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(9), 1147.
  
  

  Prevalence of positive childhood experiences among adults, Four States 2015-2021
  Citation: Sege, R., Swedo, E. A., Burstein, D., Aslam, M. V., Jones, J., Bethell, C., & Niolon, P. H. (2024). Prevalence of positive childhood experiences among adults — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Four States, 2015–2021. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73(17), 399–404.
  
  

  Transforming practice with HOPE
  Citation: Burstein, D., Yang, C., Johnson, K., Linkenbach, J., & Sege, R. (2021). Transforming practice with HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences). Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(7), 1019–1024.
  
  

  Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental Health

  Citation: Bethell, C., Jones, J., Gombojav, N., Linkenbach, J., & Sege, R. (2019). Positive childhood experiences and adult mental and relational health in a statewide sample: associations across adverse childhood experiences levels. JAMA pediatrics, 173(11), e193007.