{"id":11519,"date":"2023-07-06T18:34:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2023-07-06T18:34:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:34:29","slug":"healthcares-hand-in-overcoming-childhood-disadvantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2023\/07\/06\/healthcares-hand-in-overcoming-childhood-disadvantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare\u2019s Hand in Overcoming Childhood Disadvantage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Matthew Andersson, Lindsay Wilkinson, & Markus Schafer, <\/span>“The Long Arm of Childhood: Does It Vary According to Health Care System Quality? ,” Journal of Health and Social Behavior<\/em>,<\/a><\/span> 2022<\/span><\/div>\n\n
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A brown teddy bear with a bowtie laying on a hospital bed. Image by<\/em> Mylene2401<\/em><\/a> from Pixabay is licensed under Pixabay license<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no secret that childhood can influence the trajectory of adult life. Childhood disadvantages like financial strain and low socioeconomic status\u00a0impact mental and physical development, which can set the stage for worse health outcomes in adulthood. Matthew A. Andersson<\/a> and colleagues wanted to understand whether access to quality healthcare might limit the influence of childhood disadvantage on adult well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer this question, Andersson and colleagues compared data from 16 countries, testing whether and how the quality and accessibility of European healthcare systems influence the illness rates of adults who experienced adverse childhood events. The researchers measured childhood disadvantage using information on childhood poverty, household conflict, and whether a parent was deceased or away from home. Healthcare quality and access were measured through both objective measures (how many adults in a country experience illness, the amount a country spends on healthcare, and the size of the healthcare system) and subjective measures (whether people in a country felt they had access to high-quality healthcare).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>The researchers found that access to a good healthcare system \u2013 one that effectively prevents and manages disease \u2013\u00a0 reduced the effect of childhood adversity on adult health. In fact, the better the quality of a nation\u2019s healthcare system the more it acts as a buffer against poor health outcomes.The researchers found that access to a good healthcare system \u2013 one that effectively prevents and manages disease \u2013\u00a0 reduced the effect of childhood adversity on adult health<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research shows how access to decent healthcare makes a real difference in shaping life outcomes. Quality healthcare may not eliminate childhood adversity, but it can offer the possibility for a healthier future for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matthew Andersson, Lindsay Wilkinson, & Markus Schafer, “The Long Arm of Childhood: Does It Vary According to Health Care System Quality? ,” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2022 A brown teddy bear with a bowtie laying on a hospital bed. Image by Mylene2401 from Pixabay is licensed under Pixabay license. It\u2019s no secret that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2106,"featured_media":11526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,13,85],"tags":[138185,138181,138184,138182,1009,138183,122287,1139,138180,37332],"class_list":["post-11519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-inequality","category-politics","tag-adult-health","tag-childhood-disadvantage","tag-childhood-poverty","tag-comparative-research","tag-europe","tag-european-healthcare-systems","tag-health-outcomes","tag-healthcare","tag-healthcare-access","tag-inequality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/files\/2023\/07\/pasted-image-0.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11525,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions\/11525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}