A population health approach in education to support children's early development: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Ashleigh L. Wilson; Jessie Jovanovic; Yasmin E. Harman-Smith; Paul Ward

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A population health approach in education to support children's early development: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Ashleigh L. Wilson, Jessie Jovanovic, Yasmin E. Harman-Smith, Paul Ward

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The primary objective of this review is to investigate what is currently known about early childhood education planning, population health models and their relation to children's development. A systematic review using the Critical Interpretive Synthesis method was undertaken, guided by a preliminary research question, "How can a population heath approach be applied to educational planning to support children's early development?" which acted as a compass and guide throughout the process. The initial search yielded 20,122 results, of which 42 were included in the review. Four synthetic constructs emerged (1) Elements of population health models exist within communities and can help improve outcomes for more children, (2) Inter-disciplinary collaboration and partnerships possess unique opportunities to influence children's development, (3) Children's development can be influenced at a variety of levels, and (4) System change requires a range of drivers and supports. Within education, there are several models which are used to improve outcomes for children and families. Although a population health approach to planning does not explicitly exist, the results from this review indicate that it would indeed be plausible to adapt the population health approach to sites and schools, and that doing so would be advantageous for children's development. However, implementing such an approach requires more than desire for change and demands system changes and supports. A protocol for the review was published on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), registration number CRD42018098835 on 31st July 2018.

Original language	English
Article number	e0218403
Number of pages	19
Journal	PLoS One
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218403
Publication status	Published - 14 Jun 2019

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Copyright: © 2019 Wilson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Critical Interpretive Synthesis
population heath approach

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