tailieunhanh - INVESTING IN CHILDREN'S HEALTH: WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS?

Early identification of developmental and mental health issues in young children is essential for preventing more serious social, emotional and behavioral health disorders. Policymakers can promote the creation of statewide standards and strategies for identifying—in medical, childcare, school and community settings—the developmental needs of young children and developing appropriate interventions. Early childhood screening, with proven tools, is a critical investment, particularly for Medicaid programs as part of EPSDT. Linkages among providers help to assure that children’s risks are addressed and conditions treated before they worsen. In addition, policymakers can support the identification and treatment of parental mental health needs. | Investing in children s health what are the economic benefits Paolo C. Belli 1 Flavia Bustreo 2 Alexander Preker3 Abstract This paper argues that investing in children s health is a sound economic decision for governments to take even if the moral justifications for such programmes are not considered. The paper also outlines dimensions that are often neglected when public investment decisions are taken. The conclusion that can be drawn from the literature studying the relationship between children s health and the economy is that children s health is a potentially valuable economic investment. The literature shows that making greater investments in children s health results in better educated and more productive adults sets in motion favourable demographic changes and shows that safeguarding health during childhood is more important than at any other age because poor health during children s early years is likely to permanently impair them over the course of their life. In addition the literature confirms that more attention should be paid to poor health as a mechanism for the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Children born into poor families have poorer health as children receive lower investments in human capital and have poorer health as adults. As a result they will earn lower wages as adults which will affect the next generation of children who will thus be born into poorer families. Keywords Child welfare economics Investments Education Health status Socioeconomic factors Demography Anthropometry Cost-benefit analysis methods Longitudinal studies Review literature source MeSH NLM . Mots clés Protection enfance economie Investissement Enseignement et education Etat sanitaire Facteur socioéconomique Démographie Anthropométrie Analyse coũt bénéfice méthodes Etude longitudinale Revue de la littérature source MeSH INSERM . Palabras clave Bienestar del nino economia Inversiones Estado de salud Factores socioeconómicos Demografia Antropometría Análisis de .

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