Early Poverty, Early Poor Health, and Health Outcomes in Later Childhood: A Birth Cohort Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Lin Chiang ◽  
Tung-liang Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Birth Cohort Study

scholarly journals Mediating effects of early health on the relationship between early poverty and long-term health outcomes of children: a birth cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. e052237
Author(s):  
Wan-Lin Chiang ◽  
Tung-liang Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Early Health ◽  
Fair Poor ◽  
The Relationship

ObjectiveThis study analyses the mediating effects of early health prior to age 3 on the association between early poverty and the health outcomes of children at age 12.DesignPopulation-based longitudinal birth cohort study.SettingTaiwan Birth Cohort Study (TBCS), 2005–2017.Participants16 847 TBCS children born in 2005 and followed up at 18 months, 3, 5, 8 and 12 years with available data on poverty and health status.Main outcome measuresChild’s general health, measured by the mothers’ ratings of their child’s health, and hospitalisation experience at 12 years of age.ResultsAmong the TBCS children, the prevalence of fair/poor health and hospitalisation was 20.8% and 2.5% at age 12. The ORs of experiencing fair/poor health and hospitalisation at age 12 were 1.33 (95% CI 1.21 to 1.45) and 1.35 (1.07 to 1.69) for early poverty, respectively. When early poor health was added in the multiple logistic regression models, the effects of early poverty were attenuated on poor general health and no longer significant on hospitalisation for children aged 12 years. Mediation analysis showed that 50%–87% of the total effect of early poverty on health at age 12 was mediated by early health status before age 3.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that poor health in early life plays as a significant mediator in the relationship between early poverty and the long-term health outcomes of children. Universal health coverage thus should be achieved to prevent the adverse health effects of poverty throughout the life course, as one of the most important strategies for children growing up in poverty.

scholarly journals Association of public care in childhood with social, criminal, cognitive, and health outcomes in middle-age: five decades of follow-up of members of the 1958 birth cohort study

2020 ◽  
pp. jech-2020-214737
Author(s):  
Tiffany Xie ◽  
Carlos de Mestral ◽  
G David Batty
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Public Care ◽  
Childhood Care

BackgroundChildren who have been exposed to public (out-of-home) care experience a range of negative outcomes by late adolescence and early adulthood. The longer-term impact of childhood care is, however, uncertain.AimTo examine if there is a prospective association between childhood public care and adverse life outcomes in middle-age.MethodsWe used data from the UK 1958 birth cohort study of 18 558 individuals. Parents reported offspring care status at age 7, 11 and 16. An array of social, criminal, cognitive, and health outcomes was self-reported by cohort members at age 42 (71% response proportion in eligible sample) and a cognitive test battery was administered at age 50 (62% response).ResultsA total of 420 (3.8%) of 11 160 people in the analytical sample experienced childhood public care by age 16. Net of confounding factors, experience of public care (vs none) was linked to 11 of the 28 non-mutually exclusive endpoints captured in middle-age, with the most consistent effects apparent for psychosocial characteristics: 4/7 sociodemographic (eg, odds ratio; 95% confidence interval for homelessness: 2.1; 1.4 to 3.1); 2/2 antisocial (eg, use of illicit drug: 2.0; 1.2 to 3.5); 2/3 psychological (eg, mental distress: 1.6; 1.2 to 2.1); 1/3 health behaviours (eg, current cigarette smoker: 1.7; 1.3 to 2.2); 2/8 somatic health (physical disability: 2.7; 1.9 to 3.8); and 0/5 cognitive function (eg, beta coefficient; 95% confidence interval for immediate word recall: −0.1; −0.3 to 0.1) endpoints.ConclusionsThe present study suggests that selected associations apparent between childhood care and outcomes in adolescence and early adulthood are also evident in middle-age.

Early life stress and later health outcomes-findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Eriksson ◽  
Katri Räikkönen ◽  
Johan G. Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Early Life Stress ◽  
Birth Cohort Study

Longitudinal association between physical activity engagement during adolescence and mental health outcomes in young adults: A 21-year birth cohort study

2017 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuichi Suetani ◽  
Abdullah Mamun ◽  
Gail M. Williams ◽  
Jake M. Najman ◽  
John J. McGrath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Activity Engagement ◽  
Longitudinal Association

Association of sCD14 in human breast milk with child atopic dermatitis: Results of the Ulm Birth Cohort Study and the Ulm SPATZ Health Study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
CA Logan ◽  
J Weiss ◽  
W Koenig ◽  
V Walter ◽  
H Brenner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Breast Milk ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Human Breast Milk ◽  
Human Breast
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