TY - JOUR
T1 - Breaking the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage
T2 - The three generation approach
AU - Cheng, Tina L.
AU - Johnson, Sara B.
AU - Goodman, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication was supported by the DC-Baltimore Research Center on Child Health Disparities (grant P20 MD000198) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (TLC), Centro SOL, Johns Hopkins Center for Salud/(Health) and Opportunity for Latinos (TLC), and the Rales Center on the Integration of Health and Education (SBJ, TLC). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - Health disparities in the United States related to socioeconomic status are persistent and pervasive. This review highlights how social disadvantage, particularly low socioeconomic status and the health burden it brings, is passed from 1 generation to the next. First, we review current frameworks for understanding the intergenerational transmission of health disparities and provide 4 illustrative examples relevant to child health, development, and well-being. Second, the leading strategy to break the cycle of poverty in young families in the United States, the 2-generation approach, is reviewed. Finally, we propose a new 3-generation approach that must combine with the 2-generation approach to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage and eliminate health disparities.
AB - Health disparities in the United States related to socioeconomic status are persistent and pervasive. This review highlights how social disadvantage, particularly low socioeconomic status and the health burden it brings, is passed from 1 generation to the next. First, we review current frameworks for understanding the intergenerational transmission of health disparities and provide 4 illustrative examples relevant to child health, development, and well-being. Second, the leading strategy to break the cycle of poverty in young families in the United States, the 2-generation approach, is reviewed. Finally, we propose a new 3-generation approach that must combine with the 2-generation approach to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage and eliminate health disparities.
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2015-2467
DO - 10.1542/peds.2015-2467
M3 - Article
C2 - 27244844
AN - SCOPUS:84971529547
VL - 137
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
SN - 0031-4005
IS - 6
M1 - e20152467
ER -