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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2019

Life Course Approaches to the Causes of Health Disparities.

Nancy L Jones, Stephen E Gilman, Tina L Cheng, Stacy S Drury, Carl V Hill, Arline T Geronimus

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Nancy L JonesNancy L. Jones is with Community Health and Population Sciences, Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Stephen E. Gilman is with Social and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Intramural Population Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, and Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tina L. Cheng is with Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD. Stacy S. Drury is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Carl V. Hill is with the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Arline T. Geronimus is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nancy Jones is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.
Stephen E GilmanNancy L. Jones is with Community Health and Population Sciences, Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Stephen E. Gilman is with Social and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Intramural Population Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, and Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tina L. Cheng is with Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD. Stacy S. Drury is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Carl V. Hill is with the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Arline T. Geronimus is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nancy Jones is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.
Tina L ChengNancy L. Jones is with Community Health and Population Sciences, Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Stephen E. Gilman is with Social and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Intramural Population Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, and Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tina L. Cheng is with Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD. Stacy S. Drury is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Carl V. Hill is with the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Arline T. Geronimus is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nancy Jones is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.
Stacy S DruryNancy L. Jones is with Community Health and Population Sciences, Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Stephen E. Gilman is with Social and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Intramural Population Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, and Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tina L. Cheng is with Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD. Stacy S. Drury is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Carl V. Hill is with the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Arline T. Geronimus is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nancy Jones is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.
Carl V HillNancy L. Jones is with Community Health and Population Sciences, Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Stephen E. Gilman is with Social and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Intramural Population Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, and Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tina L. Cheng is with Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD. Stacy S. Drury is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Carl V. Hill is with the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Arline T. Geronimus is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nancy Jones is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.
Arline T GeronimusNancy L. Jones is with Community Health and Population Sciences, Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Stephen E. Gilman is with Social and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Intramural Population Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, and Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Tina L. Cheng is with Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD. Stacy S. Drury is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Carl V. Hill is with the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Arline T. Geronimus is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nancy Jones is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.

Funding

Social determinants of child development and mental healthZIAHD008976 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI GILMAN, STEPHEN · 2018 to 2025
$14.3M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reducing health disparities requires an understanding of the mechanisms that generate disparities. Life course approaches to health disparities leverage theories that explain how socially patterned physical, environmental, and socioeconomic exposures at different stages of human development shape health within and across generations and can therefore offer substantial insight into the etiology of health disparities. Life course approaches are informed by developmental and structural perspectives. Developmental perspectives emphasize how socially patterned exposures to risk factors during sensitive life stages shift health trajectories, whereas structural perspectives emphasize how social identity and position within socially patterned environments disproportionately allocate risk factors and resources, resulting in altered health trajectories. We conclude that the science of health disparities will be advanced by integrating life course approaches into etiologic and intervention research on health disparities. The following 4 strategies are offered to guide in this process: (1) advance the understanding of multiple exposures and their interactions, (2) integrate life course approaches into the understanding of biological mechanisms, (3) explore transgenerational transmission of health disparities, and (4) integrate life course approaches into health disparities interventions.

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Healthcare DisparitiesLife Change EventsSocial EnvironmentSocioeconomic FactorsHumansRisk Factors

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PMID30699022
PMCPMC6356123

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