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Sidebotham, Peter, Fraser, J. (James), Covington, Teresa, Freemantle, Jane, Petrou, Stavros, Pulikottil-Jacob, Ruth, Cutler, Tessa and Ellis, Catherine (2014) Understanding why children die in high-income countries. The Lancet, Volume 384 (Number 9946). pp. 915-927. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60581-X
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60581-X
Abstract
Many factors affect child and adolescent mortality in high-income countries. These factors can be conceptualised within four domains—intrinsic (biological and psychological) factors, the physical environment, the social environment, and service delivery. The most prominent factors are socioeconomic gradients, although the mechanisms through which they exert their effects are complex, affect all four domains, and are often poorly understood. Although some contributing factors are relatively fixed—including a child's sex, age, ethnic origin, and genetics, some parental characteristics, and environmental conditions—others might be amenable to interventions that could lessen risks and help to prevent future child deaths. We give several examples of health service features that could affect child survival, along with interventions, such as changes to the physical or social environment, which could affect upstream (distal) factors.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children -- Mortality, Developed countries | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Lancet | ||||
| Publisher: | Lancet Publishing Group | ||||
| ISSN: | 0140-6736 | ||||
| Official Date: | 6 September 2014 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 384 | ||||
| Number: | Number 9946 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 915-927 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60581-X | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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