BACKGROUND: The present study examined the effect of childhood @entity130 on adulthood physical health among a randomly selected sample of adults (N = 2,177) in urban Mexico. METHODS: Adults were interviewed about their experiences of @entity130 , @entity1005 , @entity308 , and physical health symptoms using Module K of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies @entity308 Scale, and the Physical Symptoms Checklist. RESULTS: @entity130 was prevalent, with 35% reporting a traumatic event in childhood. In general, @entity1 reported more childhood @entity130 than @entity1 , with the exception of @entity458 where @entity1 reported more exposure. For @entity1 , @entity458 was related to total and all physical health symptom subscales. For @entity1 , @entity458 was related to total, muscular-skeletal, and @entity344 ; hazards/accidents in childhood were related to total, muscular-skeletal, cardio-pulmonary, and nose-throat symptom subscales. @entity308 mediated the relationship between @entity458 and physical health symptoms for @entity1 and @entity1 . Among @entity1 only, @entity1005 mediated the relationship between childhood @entity344 . @entity1005 also mediated the relationship between hazards/accidents in childhood and total, muscular-skeletal, cardio-pulmonary, and nose-throat symptoms. CONCLUSION: These findings can be used to increase awareness among general practitioners, as well as community stakeholders, about the prevalence of childhood @entity130 in Mexican communities and its impact on subsequent physical health outcomes. With this awareness, screening practices could be developed to identify those with @entity130 histories in order to increase positive health outcomes among @entity130 survivors.

Childhood XXXX and adulthood physical health in Mexico.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'depression'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['childhood sexual violence'] @entity1005 :: ('MESH:D013313', 'Disease') :: ['post-traumatic stress disorder', 'PTSD'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal-urinary symptoms', 'sexual violence and total, muscular-skeletal, and gastrointestinal-urinary symptoms'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['Trauma', 'trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['trauma']
