title: Adverse childhood events: incarceration of household members and health-related quality of life in adulthood.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Incarceration of a household member has been associated with adverse outcomes for child well-being.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed the association between childhood exposure to the incarceration of a household member and adult health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the 2009/2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System controlling for age, race/ethnicity, education, and additional adverse childhood experiences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adults who lived in childhood with an incarcerated household member had higher risk of poor HRQOL compared with adults who had not (adjusted relative risk [ARR] 1.18; 95% CI 1.07, 1.31). Among Black adults the association was strongest with the physical health component of HRQOL (ARR 1.58 [95% CI 1.18, 2.12]); among White adults, the association was strongest with the mental health component of HRQOL (ARR 1.29, [95% CI 1.07-1.54]).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Living with an incarcerated household member during childhood is associated with higher risk of poor HRQOL during adulthood, suggesting that the collateral damages of incarceration for children are long-term.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gjelsvik
authors.forename: Dora M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nunn
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000069586:Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events; D000368:Aged; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult; D001741:Black or African American