Open AccessInequality and child health: dynamic population health interventions
Author(s) -
Neal Halfon,
Shirley A. Russ,
Robert S. Kahn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in pediatrics, with evaluated medline/current opinion in pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.817
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1080-8116
pISSN - 1040-8703
DOI - 10.1097/mop.0000000000001087
Subject(s) - health equity , psychological intervention , social determinants of health , life course approach , medicine , population health , public health , population , health care , environmental health , gerontology , psychology , developmental psychology , economic growth , nursing , economics
Established social gradients across a wide range of child health issues including obesity, anxiety, infectious diseases, injuries, prematurity and low birth weight suggest that much illness is avoidable and there is an imperative to intervene in this whole of society issue. This review examines recent advances in understanding of the pathways to health and health inequalities and their application to interventions to improve health equity.