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Yet, few studies examine their link to sexual victimization in adolescents, particularly\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LGBTQIA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      + youth. This study addresses these gaps to inform targeted, trauma\u2010informed prevention strategies.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Using national\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC YRBS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      data, participants included 10,553 high school students who provided information on both\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACEs<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      and sexual victimization. The independent variable included\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACEs<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      questions, while the dependent variable included sexual victimization questions. Weighted analysis using\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SAS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      version 9.4 included descriptive statistics, Chi squares, and simple and multivariable log\u2010binomial regression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Half (50.3%) of all participants reported at least one\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACEs<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      were significantly associated with sexual victimization among teens, with transgender students experiencing the highest prevalence of both\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACEs<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      and sexual victimization, compared to their cisgender peers.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for School Health Policy, Practice, and Equity<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings highlight the need for trauma\u2010informed interventions and comprehensive sex education on consent, boundaries, and sexual victimization, with particular focus on LGBTQIA+ students who face elevated risk of ACEs and sexual victimization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Teens who have experienced\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACEs<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      are significantly more likely to report sexual victimization than peers without such experiences.\n                      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