Inequities and Interventions in Children's Health and Wellbeing
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 13832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: child welfare; health disparity; substance use; juvenile justice
Interests: child maltreatment; complex effects of out-of-home placements on child mental and behavioral health; sequelae of problem behavior among maltreated and system-involved youth; kinship care and kin caregiver's mental health
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Dear Colleagues,
Children from disadvantaged circumstances are more likely to experience physical and mental health issues than their more advantaged peers. Examples of these issues are low birthweight, obesity, infectious diseases, and anxiety. Disadvantaged children are also more likely to have adverse childhood experiences, such as child abuse and neglect, childhood poverty, exposure to violence at home and in the community, which comprises their well-being (e.g., health and mental health, behavioral health, educational achievement). Socioeconomic disadvantages are the root causes of these inequalities. Interventions need to disrupt pathways to create more equitable health and wellbeing trajectories.
This Special Issue is interested in manuscripts that that address a wide range of issues and topics related to: (1) inequalities in children’s health and well-being and/or (2) innovative thinking and intervention to reduce such inequalities. Qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and review papers are welcome.
Dr. Hui Huang
Dr. Qi Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inequalities among children
- disadvantaged or vulnerable children
- children’s health
- children’s wellbeing
- social-emotional wellbeing
- children’s welfare
- policies
- interventions
- programs and services
- child maltreatment
- exposure to violence
- protective care
- youth justice
- children’s health insurance
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