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Table 1 Examples of entry points for interventions that address socioeconomic stressors in the early life

From: The impact of income-support interventions on life course risk factors and health outcomes during childhood: a systematic review in high income countries

 

Pathway

Interventions

I

Creation of social inequalities and disadvantage

A

Policies that influence the process of social stratification through educational system, labour market, taxation and legislation, welfare and poverty-alleviation strategies

II

Differential exposure to risk factors

B

As above, but also policies that include classic public health interventions that improve housing, working conditions, and access to education and health services

III

Increased vulnerability to risk factors

C

Policies that include both social and public health intervention in a multisectorial/coordinated fashion to address the amplified health impact among children experiencing multiple risk factors at the same time