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Childhood trauma a crucial public health issue
A fearful child seeks to protect herself. (Photo: 271 EAK MOTO, via Shutterstock)Preventing childhood trauma should be one of the top goals of California policymakers, a coalition of child advocates say. In California alone, more than 1.5 million children have had two or more adverse childhood experiences, according to advocacy group Children Now, another co-sponsor of the policymaker education day.