Year: 2019
Type: review
Abstract: 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.
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood
Language: English
Topic: Child and Adolescent Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: Improving life chances & reducing child health inequalities: harnessing the potential of existing data, Measuring and Analysing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health, Reducing inequalities in child health: understanding pathways, interventions and policies, Improving life chances & reducing child health inequalities: harnessing the potential of existing data
OpenAlex ID: W2918143999