The Developmental Origins of Health Inequality

Gabriella Conti

A chapter in Health and Inequality, 2013, vol. 21, pp 285-309 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: In this chapter, I review recent evidence on the developmental origins of health inequality. I discuss the origins of the education-health gradient, the long-term costs caused by early life adversity, and how early life experiences affect the biology of the body. Additionally, I provide complementary evidence on enrichment interventions which can at least partially compensate for these gaps. I highlight emerging lines of scientific inquiry which are likely to have a significant impact on the field. I argue that, while the evidence that early life conditions have long-term effects is now uncontroversial, the literature needs to be expanded both in a theoretical and empirical direction. On the one hand, a model linking early life origins to ageing needs to be developed; on the other hand, a better understanding of the mechanisms – both biological and socioeconomic – is required, in order to design more effective interventions.

Keywords: developmental origins; health inequality; deprivation; enrichment; early childhood interventions; I12; I21; J24; C31; C93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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