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ArticleClinical child and family psychology review2026

Population Perspectives on Nurturing Relational Health from Early Life: A Systematic Review Series.

Craig A Olsson, Jacqui A Macdonald, Tracy Evans-Whipp, Alex Fischer, Primrose Letcher, Elizabeth A Spry, Stephen R Zubrick, Australian Early Relational Health Network

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Article in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Craig A OlssonDeakin Lifespan Institute (formerly SEED Centre for Lifespan Research), School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. craig.olsson@deakin.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5927-2014
Jacqui A MacdonaldDeakin Lifespan Institute (formerly SEED Centre for Lifespan Research), School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9451-2709
Tracy Evans-WhippDeakin Lifespan Institute (formerly SEED Centre for Lifespan Research), School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1993-6023
Alex FischerSchool of Cybernetics, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2370-2131
Primrose LetcherDeakin Lifespan Institute (formerly SEED Centre for Lifespan Research), School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5032-3911
Elizabeth A SpryDeakin Lifespan Institute (formerly SEED Centre for Lifespan Research), School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2837-3514
Stephen R ZubrickKids Research Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6369-1713
Australian Early Relational Health Network

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper provides the conceptual framework for a new review series that bring together the global literature on population approaches to nurturing relational health across the first three years of life. Early relational health is defined as ‘the everyday interactions that happen between children and their carers across the many settings in which they live and grow … that meet universal needs for food and shelter, for safety, and for a sense of belonging, worth, identity and place that collectively establish secure foundations for lifespan health and development'. The first four reviews describe (1) the relational ecology of early childhood, (2) associations with early brain development, (3) associations with relational outcomes beyond early childhood, and (4) evidence-based interventions for nurturing relational health within universal, population-based, settings (e.g., maternal-child health). The next four reviews tackle the deeper intergenerational question of what it means to raise children and young people in ways that also set developmental conditions for future roles as parents by describing (5) Australian Aboriginal ways of nurturing relationally healthy children and young people, (6) findings from intergenerational cohort studies, (7) population based interventions for nurturing relational health from childhood to parenthood (e.g., schools and communities), and (8) approaches to implementing evidence-based interventions in ways that ensure sustainability. An additional technical paper describes the development and testing of a new AI platform (LitQuest) that was purpose built to expedite title and abstract screening for the review series. Findings from the complete series are synthesised in a final paper that identifies critical gaps in the evidence base and provides recommendations for future research to advance population-level approaches to nurturing relational health from the earliest years of life.

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Child DevelopmentParent-Child RelationsSystematic Reviews as TopicChild, PreschoolHumansInfantBioecological frameworkEarly relational healthHuman developmentPopulation healthSocial networks

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PMCPMC13282207

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