Families and Child Health

Abstract

I. Biosocial Influences on Early Childhood Health.- The Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease.-H ow Can We Overcome the Biological Inertia of Past Deprivation?.- Anthropological Perspectives on the Developmental Origins of Adult Health.-D evelopmental Origins of Disease and Health Disparities: Limitations and Future Directions.-T he Effects of Early Severe Psychosocial Deprivation on Children's Cognitive and Social Development: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project.- II. Role of Family Dynamics in children's Health.- Family Discord and Child Health: An Emotional Security Formulation.-F amily Influences on Children's Mental and Physical Health: Some Contributions of and Challenges to the Emotional Security Theory.- Emotional Insecurity and Child Health: Implications and Future Directions.-C ould Emotional Security Theory help advance family-focused preventive interventions?- III. Link to the Social Environment through Families.- Lifecourse Exposures and Socioeconomic Disparities in Child Health.- Lifecourse Exposures and Socioeconomic Disparities in Child Health: Opportunities for Intervention.-S ocial Class and Child Health: Our Complexity Complex.- IV. Impact of Social Polices & Programs on Children's Health.- The Pro Family Workplace: Social and Economic Policies and Practices and their Impacts on Child and Family Health.- Work-Family Strain and Health Care for Children.- Harder Than Rocket Science? The Science of Designing and Implementing Strong Family Friendly Policies.- Emerging Evidence from Research that Can Improve Social Policies and Programs to Impact Child Health.- V. Conclusions: Integrating Perspectives on Child Health.-