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Integrating Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Risks Screening in Adult Primary Care

India Gill, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Denise Ruvalcaba, Laura M. Gottlieb and Danielle Hessler Jones
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine April 2025, jabfm.2024.240170R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240170R1
India Gill
From the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (IG, LMG, DHJ); Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AT-L, DR); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (LMG, DHJ, AT-L).
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Ariana Thompson-Lastad
From the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (IG, LMG, DHJ); Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AT-L, DR); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (LMG, DHJ, AT-L).
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Denise Ruvalcaba
From the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (IG, LMG, DHJ); Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AT-L, DR); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (LMG, DHJ, AT-L).
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Laura M. Gottlieb
From the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (IG, LMG, DHJ); Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AT-L, DR); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (LMG, DHJ, AT-L).
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Danielle Hessler Jones
From the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (IG, LMG, DHJ); Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AT-L, DR); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (LMG, DHJ, AT-L).
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