ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2019
Pathways to inequalities in child health.
Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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130 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Perceived economic hardship and adjustment outcomes of children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of income support interventions on children's long-term health trajectories: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The influence of disparities on intensive care outcomes in children with respiratory diseases: A systematic review.Pediatric pulmonology · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of income-support interventions on life course risk factors and health outcomes during childhood: a systematic review in high income countries.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Shaping Pathways to Child Health: A Systematic Review of Street-Scale Interventions in City Streets.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Relationships between Child Development at School Entry and Adolescent Health-A Participatory Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone-Delivered Multiple Health Behavior Change Intervention (LIFE4YOUth) in Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of the standard traditional Korean medicine-based health promotion program for disadvantaged children in South Korea.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Trial
- Spinal pain prevalence in childhood and socioeconomic patterns: a comparative study in four European birth cohorts.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Data Resource Profile: Children in Wales: The Cohort for Health and Wellbeing Inequality (CWTCH).International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Social Disparity and Treatment-Seeking in Eating Disorders During Childhood and Adolescence: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- The association between multimorbidity in families and children's healthcare use: a cross-sectional study of households in the Lolland Falster Health Study (LOFUS).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Evaluability assessment of a targeted national anti-child poverty policy: option appraisal for evaluating the Scottish Child Payment.Health research policy and systems · 2026Article
- The Impact of Socioeconomic Inequities and Small-Area Deprivation on Child Inpatient Care: Evidence from a Quantitative Study in a Vulnerable Suburban Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Addressing social determinants of health and equity in early childhood: a qualitative document analysis of national policies in Ecuador.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Tracing socioeconomic inequalities in children's and adolescent's mental health: longitudinal study findings from 2017 to 2024.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Can the Care Need Index Identify Healthcare Centres With Higher Proportions of Children at Risk?Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic Factors and Childhood Growth: Associations with Environmental Sanitation Phases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of a parent champion model on bronchiolitis hospitalisation rates: a difference in differences study.Archives of disease in childhood · 2026Article
70 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
From birth, children living in disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) suffer from worse health than their more advantaged peers. The pathways through which SECs influence children's health are complex and inter-related, but in general are driven by differences in the distribution of power and resources that determine the economic, material and psychosocial conditions in which children grow up. A better understanding of why children from more disadvantaged backgrounds have worse health and how interventions work, for whom and in what contexts, will help to reduce these unfair differences. Macro-level change is also required, including the reduction of child poverty through improved social security systems and employment opportunities, and continued investment in high-quality and accessible services (eg, childcare, key workers, children's centres and healthy school environments). Child health professionals can play a crucial role by being mindful of the social determinants of health in their daily practice, and through advocating for more equitable and child-focussed resource allocation.
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