Neighborhood-Level Interventions to Improve Childhood Opportunity and Lift Children Out of Poverty.
Acad Pediatr
; 16(3 Suppl): S128-35, 2016 04.
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| ID: mdl-27044690
ABSTRACT
Population health is associated with the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods. There is considerable scientific and policy interest in community-level interventions to alleviate child poverty. Intergenerational poverty is associated with inequitable access to opportunities. Improving opportunity structures within neighborhoods may contribute to improved child health and development. Neighborhood-level efforts to alleviate poverty for all children require alignment of cross-sector efforts, community engagement, and multifactorial approaches that consider the role of people as well as place. We highlight several accessible tools and strategies that health practitioners can engage to improve regional and local systems that influence child opportunity. The Child Opportunity Index is a population-level surveillance tool to describe community-level resources and inequities in US metropolitan areas. The case studies reviewed outline strategies for creating higher opportunity neighborhoods for pediatricians interested in working across sectors to address the impact of neighborhood opportunity on child health and well-being.
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Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Áreas de Pobreza
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Características de Residência
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Participação da Comunidade
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Educação
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Emprego
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acad Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article