tailieunhanh - Health Consequences of Poverty for Children

For boys, three social variables accounted for over 70% of the variance in subcutaneous fat after controlling for age: number of siblings, age of the mother’s youngest child, and whether the mother was the senior or junior co-wife, or was married monogamously. These results accord well with parental investment theory. Parents experiencing food stress faced a trade-off between quantity and quality, and between investing in younger versus older offspring. In addition, boys with access to more paternal investment (. no stepmother) were better nourished. These variables did not account for any of the variance in female nutrition. Girls’ nutrition was associated with the size of their patrilineage and the number. | endlchild poverty Health Consequences of Poverty for Children Contents Introduction 2 Poverty and Maternal Health 3 Poverty Birthweight and Perinatal Health 4 Poverty and Mortality in Infancy and Childhood 6 Poverty Disability and Physical Health 8 10 12 14 Conclusion 15 References 16 Poverty and the Mental Health of Children and Young People Poverty Educational Attainment and Children s Health Poverty and Health-Related Behaviour in Childhood and Adolescence By Professor Nick Spencer published by End Child Poverty with the support of GMB Forward GMB PROTECTING YOU AT WORK endlchild poverty Introduction Poverty and social inequalities in childhood have profound effects on the health of children and their impact on health continues to reverberate throughout the life course into late adulthood. Globally and historically poverty has been the major determinant of child and adult health1 and even in rich nations such as the UK it remains a major cause of ill health with huge public health The rapidly growing and developing fetus3 and child4 seem to be particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of poverty providing a further powerful argument for policy initiatives designed to protect children from its worst Here I summarise the physical emotional and psychological health consequences of poverty for children. Maternal and child health are intimately linked and consistent with the inter-generational approach advocated by the Acheson Report 6 I start with a brief review of the effects of poverty and low socio-economic status on maternal health - particularly as it affects readiness for pregnancy and fetal well-being. Birthweight has major consequences for survival in early infancy health throughout childhood and into adult life and the impact of poverty on this is considered next. Death disability and illness in infancy and childhood closely linked to birthweight and poverty are discussed before examining the consequences of poverty for the .