Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Transl Behav Med. 2019 May 16;9(3):399-403. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz056.
Health promotion during early life and childhood can reduce the prevalence and impact of acute and chronic health conditions later in life. Research regarding factors that influence child and family health, prevention, and intervention programs that address them, and policies that promote implementation of best practices are needed to efficiently and effectively address the multi-faceted, biopsychosocial influences on child health, especially among youth from underserved backgrounds. The current special issue dedicated to child and family health offers a series of articles that illustrate how explanatory studies and targeted intervention programs for children, families, health care providers, and communities can be used to improve child health. Articles in this special issue are organized into three areas related to child and family health: (i) diet and nutrition, (ii) cancer prevention and control, and (iii) social determinants of health and health care. The articles included in this special issue underscore that behavioral medicine practitioners, researchers, and policy makers are well poised to lead innovative efforts to promote child health across clinical, community, health care, and population settings.
在生命早期和儿童期促进健康，可以降低生命后期急性和慢性健康状况的发生率和影响。需要研究影响儿童和家庭健康的因素、针对这些因素的预防和干预计划，以及促进实施最佳实践的政策，以便有效地解决儿童健康的多方面、生物心理社会影响，尤其是在服务不足背景下的青年群体。本期特刊专门针对儿童和家庭健康，提供了一系列文章，说明了如何利用针对儿童、家庭、医疗保健提供者和社区的解释性研究和针对性干预计划来改善儿童健康。本期特刊中的文章分为三个与儿童和家庭健康相关的领域：（i）饮食与营养，（ii）癌症预防与控制，（iii）健康与医疗保健的社会决定因素。本期特刊中的文章强调，行为医学从业者、研究人员和政策制定者完全有能力在临床、社区、医疗保健和人口环境中开展创新工作，促进儿童健康。
