Ryberg Renee, Wiggins Lisa, Moore Kristin A, Daily Sarah, Piña Gabriel, Klin Ami
Child Trends, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Child Indic Res. 2022 Mar;15(3):1063-1102. doi: 10.1007/s12187-021-09902-4.
Children who are nurtured, protected, and supported in the first years of life tend to have better individual outcomes and are more likely to grow to become healthy, productive adults. Child well-being varies across states, yet the field lacks a comprehensive review of infant and toddler indicators measured at the state-level. This paper reviews indicators of well-being from the prenatal period to three years that meet certain a priori criteria. Most of the child-level indicators identified were in the physical health domain; relatively fewer indicators were found in the early cognition and language or social-emotional-behavioral domains. While some states are making progress toward developing integrated early childhood data systems, more work is needed to provide robust data on infant and toddler development. These results highlight the need to develop a broader range of indicators of infant and toddler well-being and improve measurement sources to better inform policies and programs advancing population health.
在生命最初几年得到养育、保护和支持的儿童往往会有更好的个人发展成果，并且更有可能成长为健康、有生产力的成年人。儿童福祉在各州之间存在差异，但该领域缺乏对州一级测量的婴幼儿指标的全面审查。本文回顾了从孕期到三岁符合某些先验标准的福祉指标。确定的大多数儿童层面指标都属于身体健康领域；在早期认知与语言或社会情感行为领域发现的指标相对较少。虽然一些州在开发综合幼儿数据系统方面取得了进展，但仍需要做更多工作来提供关于婴幼儿发展的有力数据。这些结果凸显了制定更广泛的婴幼儿福祉指标并改善测量来源的必要性，以便为促进人口健康的政策和项目提供更充分的信息。
