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Pathways to inequalities in child health
From birth, children living in disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) suffer from worse health than their more advantaged peers. The pathways through which SECs influence children’s health are complex and inter-related, but in general are driven by differences in the distribution of power...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889761/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30798258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314808 |
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author | Pearce, Anna Dundas, Ruth Whitehead, Margaret Taylor-Robinson, David |
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description | From birth, children living in disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) suffer from worse health than their more advantaged peers. The pathways through which SECs influence children’s health are complex and inter-related, but in general are driven by differences in the distribution of power and resources that determine the economic, material and psychosocial conditions in which children grow up. A better understanding of why children from more disadvantaged backgrounds have worse health and how interventions work, for whom and in what contexts, will help to reduce these unfair differences. Macro-level change is also required, including the reduction of child poverty through improved social security systems and employment opportunities, and continued investment in high-quality and accessible services (eg, childcare, key workers, children’s centres and healthy school environments). Child health professionals can play a crucial role by being mindful of the social determinants of health in their daily practice, and through advocating for more equitable and child-focussed resource allocation. |
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spelling | pubmed-68897612019-12-19 Pathways to inequalities in child health Pearce, Anna Dundas, Ruth Whitehead, Margaret Taylor-Robinson, David Arch Dis Child Review From birth, children living in disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) suffer from worse health than their more advantaged peers. The pathways through which SECs influence children’s health are complex and inter-related, but in general are driven by differences in the distribution of power and resources that determine the economic, material and psychosocial conditions in which children grow up. A better understanding of why children from more disadvantaged backgrounds have worse health and how interventions work, for whom and in what contexts, will help to reduce these unfair differences. Macro-level change is also required, including the reduction of child poverty through improved social security systems and employment opportunities, and continued investment in high-quality and accessible services (eg, childcare, key workers, children’s centres and healthy school environments). Child health professionals can play a crucial role by being mindful of the social determinants of health in their daily practice, and through advocating for more equitable and child-focussed resource allocation. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-10 2019-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6889761/ /pubmed/30798258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314808 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Review Pearce, Anna Dundas, Ruth Whitehead, Margaret Taylor-Robinson, David Pathways to inequalities in child health |
title | Pathways to inequalities in child health |
title_full | Pathways to inequalities in child health |
title_fullStr | Pathways to inequalities in child health |
title_full_unstemmed | Pathways to inequalities in child health |
title_short | Pathways to inequalities in child health |
title_sort | pathways to inequalities in child health |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889761/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30798258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314808 |
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