TY - JOUR
T1 - Driving Precision Policy Responses to Child Health and Developmental Inequities
AU - Goldfeld, Sharon
AU - Gray, Sarah
AU - Azpitarte, Francisco
AU - Cloney, Dan
AU - Mensah, Fiona
AU - Redmond, Gerry
AU - Williams, Katrina
AU - Woolfenden, Sue
AU - O'Connor, Meredith
N1 - This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
PY - 2019/9/26
Y1 - 2019/9/26
N2 - The growing evidence base on the extent of and opportunities to reduce inequities in children's health and development still lacks the specificity to inform clear policy decisions. A new phase of research is needed that builds on contemporary directions in precision medicine to develop precision policy making; with the aim to redress child inequities. This would include identifying effective interventions and their ideal time point(s), duration, and intensity to maximize impact. Drawing on existing data sources and innovations in epidemiology and biostatistics would be key. The economic and social gains that could be achieved from reducing child inequities are immense.
AB - The growing evidence base on the extent of and opportunities to reduce inequities in children's health and development still lacks the specificity to inform clear policy decisions. A new phase of research is needed that builds on contemporary directions in precision medicine to develop precision policy making; with the aim to redress child inequities. This would include identifying effective interventions and their ideal time point(s), duration, and intensity to maximize impact. Drawing on existing data sources and innovations in epidemiology and biostatistics would be key. The economic and social gains that could be achieved from reducing child inequities are immense.
KW - child disadvantage
KW - evidence base
KW - inequities
KW - precision policy
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP160101735
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1155290
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1111160
U2 - 10.1089/heq.2019.0045
DO - 10.1089/heq.2019.0045
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85079169945
VL - 3
SP - 489
EP - 494
JO - Health Equity
JF - Health Equity
SN - 2473-1242
IS - 1
ER -