Abstract In response to communities where individuals experience both disproportionate numbers of Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other health inequities, narrative change has emerged as a powerful tool to change how ACEs are viewed and addressed by communities. The special issue presents a set of papers examining efforts to use narrative change to address ACEs. In this commentary, we offer reflections on the introduction and three articles of the special issue and point to future considerations for implementation and impact of community narrative initiatives. For example, we assert that to prevent and address the outcomes of ACEs such as substance use and mental health problems, communities need to include and amplify the voices of those with lived experience during decision‐making about policy. We also espouse using research models of resilience in communities as a way to further uptake of narrative change strategies in the literature on ACEs and health disparities in communities. Using trauma‐informed outcomes and measures are also critical to measure how narrative change can move the needle to promote health equity.

Anna Yaros

Phillip W. Graham

American Journal of Community Psychology

The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, and encourages international submissions. The journal also encourages the submission of manuscripts concerned with underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity.    The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well being; educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and, understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.

The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first-person accounts from stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, as well as international submissions. It also welcomes manuscripts that focus on underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity. The American Journal of Community Psychology covers a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health; physical health and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well-being; processes, policies, and opportunities in educational, legal, and work environments; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual, family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and understanding individuals within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.

《American Journal of Community Psychology》发表原创的定量、定性和混合方法研究；理论论文；实证综述；创新社区项目或政策的报告；以及参与研究、项目或政策的利益相关者的第一人称叙述。该期刊鼓励提交创新的多层次研究和干预措施，并欢迎国际投稿。期刊也鼓励提交关注弱势群体及人类多样性问题的稿件。《American Journal of Community Psychology》涵盖广泛主题的研究、理论和创新干预的描述，包括但不限于：个体、家庭、同伴和社区的心理健康、身体健康和物质使用；健康和福祉的风险与保护因素；教育、法律和工作环境的过程、政策和机会；社会生态方法，包括个体、家庭、同伴、机构、邻里和社区过程的相互作用；社会福利、社会正义和人权；社会问题和社会变革；项目、系统和政策评估；以及理解人们在其社会、文化、经济、地理和历史背景中的处境。

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Future considerations for implementation and impact of community narrative initiatives

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