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Erschienen in: Maternal and Child Health Journal 10/2017

21.08.2017 | Commentary

Placing Health Trajectories in Family and Historical Context: A Proposed Enrichment of the Life Course Health and Development Model

verfasst von: Marian Moser Jones, Kevin Roy

Erschienen in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Ausgabe 10/2017

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Abstract

Purpose This article offers constructive commentary on The Life Course Health and Development Model (LCHD) as an organizing framework for MCH research. Description The LCHD has recently been proposed as an organizing framework for MCH research. This model integrates biomedical, biopsychosocial, and life course frameworks, to explain how “individual health trajectories” develop over time. In this article, we propose that the LCHD can improve its relevance to MCH policy and practice by: (1) placing individual health trajectories within the context of family health trajectories, which unfold within communities and societies, over historical and generational time; and (2) placing greater weight on the social determinants that shape health development trajectories of individuals and families to produce greater or lesser health equity. Assessment We argue that emphasizing these nested, historically specific social contexts in life course models will enrich study design and data analysis for future developmental science research, will make the LCHD model more relevant in shaping MCH policy and interventions, and will guard against its application as a deterministic framework. Specific ways to measure these and examples of how they can be integrated into the LCHD model are articulated. Conclusion Research applying the LCHD should incorporate the specific family and socio-historical contexts in which development occurs to serve as a useful basis for policy and interventions. Future longitudinal studies of maternal and child health should include collection of time-dependent data related to family environment and other social determinants of health, and analyze the impact of historical events and trends on specific cohorts.
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Titel
Placing Health Trajectories in Family and Historical Context: A Proposed Enrichment of the Life Course Health and Development Model
verfasst von
Marian Moser Jones
Kevin Roy
Publikationsdatum
21.08.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Maternal and Child Health Journal / Ausgabe 10/2017
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6628
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2354-4

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