Equally Well defines
child health inequalities in two ways.
It is clear that most of the resilience measures that are significantly associated with avoiding negative outcomes do not sit entirely within the health domain and that effective action to promote resilience and address
child health inequalities requires action at many different levels and from a wide range of agencies and bodies.
Not exact matches
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By promoting
health equity, which will aid in the reduction of barriers and
inequality in maternal and
child health for women of color in the D.C. Metro Area, we aim to foster healthy individuals, healthy families and healthy communities.
The Global Strategy has not yet been fully implemented in the countries of the UK and the APPG will continue to explore the policy options, while hearing from experts on how these will contribute to improving infant and young
child feeding practices, improving short and long - term
health outcomes and reducing
health inequalities.
The book points out the extent to which, when it comes to overall maternal and
child health, the psychiatric community has had a tendency to ignore social
inequality and poverty as contributing factors to psychological disorders.
He warned that» If some operators would use branding in a way that confuses mothers, particularly the least educated ones, then this could result in a step backwards that would increase
health inequalities in Europe and would affect member states and WHO efforts to combat childhood obesity and other
child health problems.»
Professor Neena Modi President, Royal College of Paediatrics and
Child Health Alison Thewlis MP Chair, all - party parliamentary group on infant feeding and health inequalities Sue Ashmore Programme director, Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Justine Roberts Founder, Mumsnet Caroline Lee - Davey Chief executive, Bliss Cathy Warwick Chief executive, Royal College of Midwives Professor Helen Stokes - Lampard Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Janet Davies Chief executive and general secretary, Royal College of Nursing Professor Lesley Regan President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dr Cheryll Adams Executive director, Institute of Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche Lea
Health Alison Thewlis MP Chair, all - party parliamentary group on infant feeding and
health inequalities Sue Ashmore Programme director, Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Justine Roberts Founder, Mumsnet Caroline Lee - Davey Chief executive, Bliss Cathy Warwick Chief executive, Royal College of Midwives Professor Helen Stokes - Lampard Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Janet Davies Chief executive and general secretary, Royal College of Nursing Professor Lesley Regan President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dr Cheryll Adams Executive director, Institute of Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche Lea
health inequalities Sue Ashmore Programme director, Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Justine Roberts Founder, Mumsnet Caroline Lee - Davey Chief executive, Bliss Cathy Warwick Chief executive, Royal College of Midwives Professor Helen Stokes - Lampard Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Janet Davies Chief executive and general secretary, Royal College of Nursing Professor Lesley Regan President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dr Cheryll Adams Executive director, Institute of
Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche Lea
Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche League GB
Another strength is that our results provide a more complete assessment of socioeconomic
inequalities in breastfeeding rates, by estimating both relative and absolute
inequalities, than common practice in
inequality assessments.23 Finally, our study analysed effects of the intervention not only on an immediate, direct outcome (breastfeeding) but also on a long - term consequence of breastfeeding (
child cognitive ability) that is associated with important
health and behavioural outcomes in later life.27
He has conducted extensive research in maternal and
child health and nutrition, long - term birth cohort studies,
inequalities in
health, and on the evaluation of the impact of major global
health programs.
In Pelotas, he coordinates the International Center for Equity in
Health, where he carries out cohort studies as well as global reviews of levels and trends of inequalities in maternal and child h
Health, where he carries out cohort studies as well as global reviews of levels and trends of
inequalities in maternal and
child healthhealth.
Gender factors affect maternal and
child health in many ways and often manifest in terms of gender
inequality through control of resources, decision - making, and access to
health information, which can affect behaviors that in turn affect the mother's and her
child's
health [1].
This blog shows how the data can be used as a tool to inform decision - making, especially for commissioning services, to reduce
inequalities in
child health.
Gender
inequality inhibits women and girls from effectively understanding, accessing and utilizing reproductive, maternal, neonatal,
child and adolescent
health (RMNCAH) services.
Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP for Tyne and Wear, tells politics.co.uk that free, hot meals for all school
children would help cut obesity and reverse
health inequalities.
«It is an effective and relatively easy way to help address
health inequalities - giving
children from poorer backgrounds a dental
health boost that can last a lifetime, reducing tooth decay and thereby cutting down on the amount of dental work they need in the future.»
«Theresa May is not only risking the
health of some of our youngest
children, but she will also create terrible
inequality in the classroom,» former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said as the party launched a poster campaign on the issue in London.
«So much of our funding for
children in adversity focuses on girls,» said Kathryn Whetten, director of the Center for
Health Policy and
Inequalities Research at the Duke Global
Health Institute.
Education is a powerful instrument for reducing poverty and
inequality, improving
health and social well - being, and laying the basis for sustained economic growth... [We will] ensure that, by 2015,
children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
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Albert Shanker, the head of the AFT from 1974 to 1997, believed that teachers» unions should be affiliated with the AFL - CIO in part because teachers could do a much better job of educating students if educators were part of a coalition that fought to reduce income
inequality, and provide for better housing and
health care for
children.
The legislation recognizes that achieving excellence in American education depends on providing access to opportunity for all
children, and that increasing
inequality within external social, economic,
health and community factors — traditionally viewed as outside of the domain of schools — have a significant influence on academic outcomes and a persistent achievement gap.
Objectives Early
child development may have important consequences for
inequalities in
health and well - being.
The generational transmission of socioeconomic
inequalities in
child cognitive development and emotional
health.
It is recognised that the opportunities for prevention and public
health interventions will be enhanced the more we understand the early pathways to poorer
health and development1 and that to have an impact on
health inequalities will require us to address the social determinants of early
child health, development and well - being.2 However, appropriate service and systemic improvements for reducing developmental
inequalities requires an understanding of the patterns of
child health and development across population groups and geographies in order to underpin a progressive universal portfolio of services.3
Of interest is that the
inequality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
children is greater for females than for males particularly on the Physical
health and well - being domain, where the OR for male Aboriginal
children is 1.81 (95 % CI 1.68 to 1.95) compared with 2.38 for female Aboriginal
children (95 % CI 2.19 to 2.58).
This is the first study to document how population - level
health inequalities have changed during childhood in a nationally representative cohort of UK
children born at the beginning of the 21st century.
Multiple studies undertaken over many years attest to the effect of parenting on the development of
children and young people, 1,2 and on their mental3 — 5 and physical
health in adult life.6, 7 Good quality, timely support for parents has now been identified in national and international policy documents as important for reducing social
inequalities in
health, 8 preventing mental illness, 9 — 11 and enhancing social and educational development.12
Although the results from the present study may not be conclusive on whether
children who participate in ECE have better learning outcomes due to lack of robust longitudinal support, it is undeniable that stimulation of
child characteristics that are targeted to reduce educational
inequalities at school entry between advantaged and disadvantaged
children represents a critical foundation in reducing the economic,
health, and social burdens associated with poverty.
Parenting has an impact on emotional, social, and cognitive development, playing an important role in the aetiology of mental illness, educational failure, delinquency, and criminality.1 Parenting is to some extent socially patterned, 2,3 and interventions to support the development of «helpful» parenting therefore have a role to play in combating social
inequalities in
health.4 The best mental
health and social outcomes are achieved by parents who supervise and control their
children in an age appropriate way, use consistent positive discipline, communicate clearly and supportively, and show warmth, affection, encouragement, and approval.5 — 8
The first 5 years of life are critical for the development of language and cognitive skills.1 By kindergarten entry, steep social gradients in reading and math ability, with successively poorer outcomes for
children in families of lower social class, are already apparent.2 — 4 Early cognitive ability is, in turn, predictive of later school performance, educational attainment, and
health in adulthood5 — 7 and may serve as a marker for the quality of early brain development and a mechanism for the transmission of future
health inequalities.8 Early life represents a time period of most equality and yet, beginning with in utero conditions and extending through early childhood, a wide range of socially stratified risk and protective factors may begin to place
children on different trajectories of cognitive development.9, 10
Ms. Suggs has extensive experience in
child welfare and behavioral
health, focused on residential and special education; adoption and foster care; community mental
health; sexual abuse; and trauma; as well as issues that impact
children such as income
inequality, poverty, and community violence.
Experts have shown in study after study that high - quality early care and education produce external benefits that are abundant and long - lasting.29 Quality
child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing
inequality in educational,
health, and social outcomes.
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Health inequality is a stark reminder of a great divide in the nation across education, income, housing, mental health, chronic disease, child and maternal health, access to health services, and
Health inequality is a stark reminder of a great divide in the nation across education, income, housing, mental
health, chronic disease, child and maternal health, access to health services, and
health, chronic disease,
child and maternal
health, access to health services, and
health, access to
health services, and
health services, and more.
These developments accentuate the need to monitor the well - being of the most disadvantaged
children, but income
inequality also has far - reaching consequences for society, harming educational attainment, key
health outcomes and even economic growth.
Of course, for us,
health inequality has always been a very, very personal issue: it's the duration and the quality of our lives, our
children's lives, our parents» lives that are at stake.
This builds on the issue of
health inequalities highlighted in the Scottish Government report Equally Well (Scottish Government 2008, page 3), which stressed the need to address the «inter-generational factors that risk perpetuating Scotland's
health inequalities from parent to
child, particularly by supporting the best possible start in life for all
children in Scotland».
To summarise, the findings suggest that parenting may explain some, but not all of the
inequalities in
child health behaviours that are linked to family adversity.
When the dashed line falls below the solid line this indicates a reduction in the strength of association between family adversity and
child health when parenting variables are added to the model suggesting that differences in parenting across families with different levels of adversity explain some of the
inequalities in
child health outcomes.
As noted in the previous chapter,
health inequalities can be fairly broadly defined to include differences in: specific
health outcomes (such as low birthweight, obesity, long - term conditions, accidents);
health related risk factors that impact directly on
children (such as poor diet, low levels of physical activity, exposure to tobacco smoke); as well as exposure to wider risks from parental / familial behaviours and environmental circumstances (maternal depression and / or poor physical
health, alcohol consumption, limited interaction, limited cognitive stimulation, poor housing, lack of access to greenspace).
This document is also available in pdf format (180k) This research finding is one of four & accompanied with (GUS)
Health inequalities in the early years, (GUS) The circumstances of persistently poor children, research findings 1/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings
Health inequalities in the early years, (GUS) The circumstances of persistently poor
children, research findings 1/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental
health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings
health & its impact on
child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS)
children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4/2010
We explore whether
inequalities in
child health and
health behaviours linked to family adversity are reduced when we account for variation in parenting behaviour.
Matt Barnes, Jenny Chanfreau and Wojtek Tomaszewski, National Centre for Social Research Prepared for the Scottish Government:
Children, Young People and Social Care Directorate by the Scottish Centre for Social Research ISBN 978 0 7559 8311 7 (Web only publication) This document is also available in pdf format (688k) This report is one of four report & accompanied with research findings 1/2010, (GUS) Health inequalities in the early years, research findings, 2/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings
Children, Young People and Social Care Directorate by the Scottish Centre for Social Research ISBN 978 0 7559 8311 7 (Web only publication) This document is also available in pdf format (688k) This report is one of four report & accompanied with research findings 1/2010, (GUS)
Health inequalities in the early years, research findings, 2/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4
Health inequalities in the early years, research findings, 2/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental
health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4
health & its impact on
child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS)
children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings
children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4/2010.
6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 6.1 Associations between parenting and
health and
health behaviours 6.2 Does parenting help to explain social
inequalities in
child health?
In order to estimate how much of the relationship between family adversity and
health behaviour
inequalities is explained by differences in parenting,
children who had no adversity were compared with
children experiencing any level of adversity (more information is provided in section 2.6 of the Technical Appendix) 10.
This document is also available in pdf format (180k) This research findings is one of four & accompanied with a full report (GUS) The circumstances of persistently poor
children, (GUS)
Health inequalities in the early years, research findings 2/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings
Health inequalities in the early years, research findings 2/2010, (GUS) Maternal mental
health & its impact on child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS) children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings
health & its impact on
child behaviour & development, research findings 3/2010, (GUS)
children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4/2010
The second is to investigate the extent to which variation in parenting practices may help to account for
inequalities in
child health and
health behaviours associated with family adversity.
This implies that parenting may help to explain some of the
inequalities in
child health behaviours linked to family adversity, particularly among those families experiencing higher levels of adversity.
This document is also available in pdf format (2Mb) This report is one of four reports & accompanied with research findings, 3/2010 (GUS) The circumstances of persistently poor
children, research findings 1/2010, (GUS)
Health inequalities in the early years, research findings 2/2010,, (GUS)
children's social, emotional & behavioural charactoristics at entry to primary school, research findings 4/2010.
As in the previous section, to estimate how much of the relationship between family adversity and
health behaviour
inequalities is explained by differences in parenting,
children with any level of family adversity greater than zero were compared with those who had no adversity.