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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Does Place Matter? An International Comparison of Early Childhood Development Outcomes between the Metropolitan Areas of Melbourne, Australia and Montreal, Canada.

Catherine Dea, Lise Gauvin, Michel Fournier, Sharon Goldfeld

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Catherine DeaDepartment of Social & Preventive Medicine, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3N 1X9, Canada.
Lise GauvinDepartment of Social & Preventive Medicine, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3N 1X9, Canada.
Michel FournierDirection Régionale de Santé Publique, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada.
Sharon GoldfeldCentre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, & Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC 3052, Australia. Sharon.goldfeld@rch.org.au.ORCID 0000-0001-6520-7094

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is strong consensus about the importance of early childhood development (ECD) for improving population health and closing the health inequity gap. Environmental features and public policies across sectors and jurisdictions are known to influence ECD. International comparisons provide valuable opportunities to better understand the impact of these ecological determinants on ECD. This study compared ECD outcomes between metropolitan Melbourne (Australia) and Montreal (Canada), and contrasted disparities across demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

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Child DevelopmentHealth StatusAustraliaCanadaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGeographyHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMaleSocioeconomic FactorsUrban Populationchild health inequitieschildren’s health and well-beingearly childhood developmentearly development instrumentinternational comparisonMelbourne (Australia)Montreal (Canada)

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PMID31416243
PMCPMC6720425

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