Families and Child Health
An adult's health is determined not only by stress levels, food choices, and recreational habits. Science is paying increased attention to the roles of prenatal, perinatal, and early childhood conditions in shaping health and well-being across the lifespan. Families and Child Health brings clar...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | National Symposium on Family Issues,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6194-4 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Biosocial Influences on Early Childhood Health
- The Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease
- How Can We Overcome the Biological Inertia of Past Deprivation?
- Anthropological Perspectives on the Developmental Origins of Adult Health
- D evelopmental Origins of Disease and Health Disparities: Limitations and Future Directions
- The Effects of Early Severe Psychosocial Deprivation on Children's Cognitive and Social Development: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project
- II. Role of Family Dynamics in children’s Health
- Family Discord and Child Health: An Emotional Security Formulation
- F amily Influences on Children’s Mental and Physical Health: Some Contributions of and Challenges to the Emotional Security Theory
- Emotional Insecurity and Child Health: Implications and Future Directions
- C ould Emotional Security Theory help advance family focused preventive interventions?- III. Link to the Social Environment through Families
- Lifecourse Exposures and Socioeconomic Disparities in Child Health
- Lifecourse Exposures and Socioeconomic Disparities in Child Health: Opportunities for Intervention
- S ocial Class and Child Health: Our Complexity Complex
- IV. Impact of Social Polices & Programs on Children’s Health
- The Pro Family Workplace: Social and Economic Policies and Practices and their Impacts on Child and Family Health
- Work-Family Strain and Health Care for Children
- Harder Than Rocket Science? The Science of Designing and Implementing Strong Family Friendly Policies
- Emerging Evidence from Research that Can Improve Social Policies and Programs to Impact Child Health
- V. Conclusions: Integrating Perspectives on Child Health.