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Equal-Life conceptual models

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Title

Equal-Life conceptual models

Source(s)

Adopting a child perspective for exposome research on mental health and cognitive development - conceptualisation and opportunities.

 

Kerstin Persson Waye, Jesper Löve, Peter Lercher, Angel M. Dzhambov, Maria Klatte, Dirk Schreckenberg, Christin Belke, Larisa Leist, Gordana Ristovska, Sonja Jeram, Katja M. Kanninen, Jenny Selander, Arzu Arat, Thomas Lachmann, Charlotte Clark, Dick Botteldooren, Kim White, Jordi Julvez, Maria Foraster, Jaakko Kaprio, Gabriele Bolte, Achilleas Psyllidis, John Gulliver, Hendriek Boshuizen, Alessandro Bozzon, Janina Fels, Maarten Hornikx, Peter van den Hazel, Miriam Weber, Marco Brambilla, Ella Braat-Eggen, Irene Van Kamp, Natalia Vincens, 2023

Adopting a child perspective for exposome research on mental health and cognitive development - Conceptualisation and opportunities.,

Environmental Research, Volume 239, Part 1, 117279,

ISSN 0013-9351,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117279.

Level of evidence

Conceptual

Approach

Literature review into the association between the exposome and mental health and cognitive development in children.

Findings

·       Systematic reviews highlight the importance of physical activity, social cohesion, sleep, and self-regulation as mediators[HC1]  between exposome and mental health.

·       Key social environment dimensions include social interactions; socioeconomic circumstances; systems, institutions and priorities of the political economy; social norms, and cultural values.

·       Processes of discrimination and structural injustice lead to socioeconomic disadvantage and social exclusion within a society, and to social inequalities in health. 

·       Social exposures affect health via embodiment, resilience/ vulnerability, and empowerment mechanisms across the life course.

·       Social inequalities lead to differences in exposures to risks in a population, as well as differences in access to resources and opportunities to participate in decision-making processes relevant for people’s environment and living conditions.

·       In this way, social inequalities determine structural inequities and injustices (distributive, procedural, recognitional) in circumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age.


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