Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition

Donald AP Bundy, Nilanthi de Silva, Susan Horton, George C Patton, Linda Schultz, Dean T Jamison and Disease Control Priorities-3 Child and Adolescent Health and Development Authors Group,

Department of Economics, Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley

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.

Keywords: Disease Control Priorities-3 Child and Adolescent Health and Development Authors Group; Humans; Adolescent Development; Child Development; Adolescent; Child; Preventive Health Services; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Delivery of Health Care; Adolescent Health; Child Health; Pediatric; Behavioral and Social Science; Basic Behavioral and Social Science; Zero Hunger; Good Health and Well Being; Medical and Health Sciences; General & Internal Medicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-02-01
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