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Chabot, Marina J.
Sun, Dan
Reynen, David J.
Leff, Sarah
Flynn, Anna B.
Mitchell, Connie
Yeh, Jarmin C.
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Accepted: 27 July 2025
First Online: 13 August 2025
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the State of California or UCSF.
: This study examines the potential protective role of neighborhood third places (libraries, parks, or recreation centers) in helping mitigate children’s experience of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), with a focus on violence-related ACEs.
: In California, about 34% of children experienced at least one ACE, with 28% exposed to non-violence-related and 6% to violence-related ACEs. Our findings suggest that children who were exposed to any type of ACEs were less likely to live in neighborhood with parks, libraries, or recreation centers, referred to as third places. The presence of a third place was significantly associated with lower odds of experiencing violence-related and non-violence-related ACEs, even after adjusting for family and neighborhood factors.
