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.
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.
Not exact matches
Trajectories of socioeconomic
inequalities in
health,
behaviours and academic achievement across childhood and adolescence
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.
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 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 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?
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.
However, the findings suggest that the role of parenting in reducing
health inequalities may be greater for some
health outcomes and
behaviours than others.
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 report explored whether parenting
behaviours also varied according to family circumstances, and if so whether differences in parenting offer an explanation for social
inequalities in
health.
GUS research findings to date have accumulated evidence of socio - economic
inequalities in child
health and
health behaviours, together with some evidence that parenting varies by socio - economic status, for example in relation to diet and exercise at sweep 3 (Marryat et al. 2009).
Differences in parenting accounted for some, but not all,
inequalities in child
health and
health behaviours that are linked to family adversity.