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Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities

Building a New Framework for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Bibliographic Data

ID23316137
AuthorsJack P Shonkoff (Harvard University), W Thomas Boyce (University of British Columbia), Bruce S Mcewen (0000-0002-5288-7892, Rockefeller University)
Year2009
Volume301
Issue21
Pages2252
Publication date2009-06-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJAMA (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0098-7484 • E-ISSN: 1538-3598
PublisherAmerican Medical Association (AMA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1001/jama.2009.754
PMID19491187
OpenAlexW2073537354
LanguageEN
Citations received414
References cited45

A scientific consensus is emerging that the origins of adult disease are often found among developmental and biological disruptions occurring during the early years of life. These early experiences can affect adult health in 2 ways--either by cumulative damage over time or by the biological embedding of adversities during sensitive developmental periods. In both cases, there can be a lag of many years, even decades, before early adverse experiences are expressed in the form of disease. From both basic research and policy perspectives, confronting the origins of disparities in physical and mental health early in life may produce greater effects than attempting to modify health-related behaviors or improve access to health care in adulthood.

Affect (linguistics) · Developmental psychology · Disease · Early childhood · Mental health · Pathology · Psychiatry · Birth, Development, and Health · Child and Adolescent Health · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology

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