scholarly journals Precarious Parental Employment and Use of Alcohol or Substance during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Jake Hart ◽  
Wen-Jui Han
Keyword(s):  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
JULIE VINCK

Abstract Previous research has shown a clear link between childhood disability and child poverty. This is related to the fact that parents of disabled children (1) need to provide more care, which impedes their employment participation; and (2) more often belong to disadvantaged social categories. However, the adverse relationship between childhood disability and child poverty can be cushioned by cash support systems. Hitherto, the literature lacks insight into how the receipt of different cash support systems is related to parental employment and social background, and what joint role these three factors play in understanding the poverty risk of these children. To fill this gap, a case study on Belgium is performed using unique and large-scale register data. The results show that disabled children have a lower income poverty risk than non-disabled children, even when parental employment and social background are taken into account. This can be explained by the targeted cash support disabled children receive. However, previous research showed that a substantial group of disabled children does not receive the benefit. Hence, more could be achieved if the non-take-up would be addressed, in particular among the most vulnerable children.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norrina B Allen ◽  
Megan McCabe ◽  
Amy Krefman ◽  
Donald M Lloyd-jones ◽  
Bradley S Marino ◽  
...  

Introduction: Shared genetics may explain some of the strong heritability of cardiovascular (CV) disease, however, excess risk is largely due to intergenerational transmission of poor lifestyles leading to the increased presence of cardiovascular risk factors. We examined the association between parental and child CV health (CVH), including behavioral and clinical factors. Methods: Participants of the Multidimensional Assessment of Preschoolers Study (MAPS) and a parent (predominantly mothers) were recruited for a CVH exam when the child was 9-11 yrs (in 2018-19). Five CVH metrics were collected in children and parents: BMI and blood pressure via standardized measurements, and diet, physical activity and smoking via questionnaire. CVH was defined as the sum of ideal (2 points), intermediate (1 point) and poor (0 points) levels of the 5 metrics, as defined by the AHA. The overall CVH score (range: 0-10) was stratified into high (9-10), moderate (5-8) and low (0-4). Logistic regression was used to examine relationships between ideal CVH in children and various predictors, including parental employment, income, and ideal CVH. Results: Among 185 participants (53% female, 12% Non-Hispanic White, 52% non-Hispanic Black and 30% Hispanic; mean age 11) 5% had low, 75% moderate and 20% had high CVH. Looking at the metrics individually, poor diet was the most common (43%), followed by BMI (22%), physical activity (18%), smoking (2%), and BP (1%). Among the parents, 19% were in low, 71% moderate and 10% high CVH. After adjusting for race, age, and sex, the strongest predictor of a child’s CVH score was parental CVH score (p=0.007). If a parent had high CVH, the child was 5 times more likely to have high CVH (OR: 5.03, 95% CI: 1.55-16.33). Conclusions: In this MAPS cohort, there was an association between ideal CVH in parents and ideal pre-adolescence CVH in children. These results suggest that interventions to preserve and restore CVH must be family-based.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Susumu Ito ◽  
Ruby Kuroiwa ◽  
Naoko Asakawa ◽  
Kaori Honda ◽  
Yuko Mori ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcia Gabriela Costa Ribeiro ◽  
Aline Beatriz Rocha Paula ◽  
Maria Augusta Rocha Bezerra ◽  
Silvana Santiago da Rocha ◽  
Fernanda Valéria Silvia Dantas Avelino ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the factors associated with childhood accidents at home according to the levels of the social determinants of health. Method: integrative review of the literature, with research in databases CINAHL, LILACS and PubMed, with the following main descriptors: child; social determinants of health; accidentes, home. We included 31 studies that related the social determinants of health and childhood accidents, in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Results: the proximal determinants identified were: age and sex of children, and ethnicity. Among the intermediate determinants of health, parental behavior, related to the supervision of an adult, prevailed. Parental employment and socioeconomic status were identified as distal determinants. Conclusion: the age and sex of the child, besides direct supervision, were the determinants most associated with accidents. The distal determinants should be better studied because their relation with the occurrence of domestic accidents has not been sufficiently clarified.


2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjukka Sallinen ◽  
Ulla Kinnunen ◽  
Anna Rönkä

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