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Title: | Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition |
Authors: | Bundy, D.A.P. de Silva, N. Horton, S. Patton, G.C. Schultz, L. Jamison, D.T. Disease Control Priorities-3 Child and Adolescent Health and Development Authors Group |
Keywords: | Adolescent health |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Lancet. 2018; 391(10121):687-699 |
Abstract: | The realisation of human potential for development requires age-specific investment throughout the 8000 days of childhood and adolescence. Focus on the first 1000 days is an essential but insufficient investment. Intervention is also required in three later phases: the middle childhood growth and consolidation phase (5-9 years), when infection and malnutrition constrain growth, and mortality is higher than previously recognised; the adolescent growth spurt (10-14 years), when substantial changes place commensurate demands on good diet and health; and the adolescent phase of growth and consolidation (15-19 years), when new responses are needed to support brain maturation, intense social engagement, and emotional control. Two cost-efficient packages, one delivered through schools and one focusing on later adolescence, would provide phase-specific support across the life cycle, securing the gains of investment in the first 1000 days, enabling substantial catch-up from early growth failure, and leveraging improved learning from concomitant education investments. |
Description: | Indexed In MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/18311 |
ISSN: | 0140-6736 (Print) 1474-547X (Electronic) 0140-6736 (Linking) |
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