TY - JOUR

T1 - Investment in child and adolescent health and development

T2 - key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition

AU - Disease Control Priorities-3 Child and Adolescent Health and Development Authors Group

AU - Bundy, Donald A.P.

AU - de Silva, Nilanthi

AU - Horton, Susan

AU - Patton, George C.

AU - Schultz, Linda

AU - Jamison, Dean T.

AU - Abubakara, Amina

AU - Ahuja, Amrita

AU - Alderman, Harold

AU - Allen, Nicolas

AU - Appleby, Laura

AU - Aurino, Elisabetta

AU - Azzopardi, Peter

AU - Baird, Sarah

AU - Banham, Louise

AU - Behrman, Jere

AU - Benzian, Habib

AU - Bhalotra, Sonia

AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar

AU - Black, Maureen

AU - Bloem, Paul

AU - Bonell, Chris

AU - Bradley, Mark

AU - Brinkman, Sally

AU - Brooker, Simon

AU - Burbano, Carmen

AU - Burnett, Nicolas

AU - Cernuschi, Tania

AU - Clarke, Sian

AU - Coffey, Carolyn

AU - Colenso, Peter

AU - Croke, Kevin

AU - Daniels, Amy

AU - De la Cruz, Elia

AU - de Walque, Damien

AU - Deolaikar, Anil

AU - Drake, Lesley

AU - Fernald, Lia

AU - Fernandes, Meena

AU - Fernando, Deepika

AU - Fink, Günther

AU - Galloway, Rae

AU - Gelli, Aulo

AU - Georgiadis, Andreas

AU - Gitonga, Caroline

AU - Giyosa, Boitshepo

AU - Glewwe, Paul

AU - Gona Nzovu, Joseph

AU - Gove, Amber

AU - Grigorenko, Elena

PY - 2018/2/17

Y1 - 2018/2/17

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034088393&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32417-0

DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32417-0

M3 - Review article

C2 - 29153316

AN - SCOPUS:85034088393

VL - 391

SP - 687

EP - 699

JO - The Lancet

JF - The Lancet

SN - 0140-6736

IS - 10121

ER -