Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden Avshalom Caspi, Renate M. Houts, Daniel W. Belsky, HonaLee Harrington, Sean Hogan, Sandhya Ramrakha, Richie Poulton and Terrie E. Moffitt
By: Caspi, Avshalom.
Contributor(s): Houts, Renate | Belsky, Daniel W | Harrington, HonaLee | Hogan, Sean | Ramrakha, Sandhya | Poulton, Richie | Moffitt, Terrie E.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Nature Human Behaviour.Publisher: NJP, 2016Subject(s): DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES | BRAIN DEVELOPMENT | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study | INTERVENTION | LONGITUDINAL STUDIES | RISK FACTORS | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Nature Human Behaviour, 2016, Advance online publication, 12 December 2016 (Open access)Summary: Policymakers are interested in early-years interventions to ameliorate childhood risks. They hope for improved adult outcomes in the long run that bring a return on investment. The size of the return that can be expected partly depends on how strongly childhood risks forecast adult outcomes, but there is disagreement about whether childhood determines adulthood. We integrated multiple nationwide administrative databases and electronic medical records with the four-decade-long Dunedin birth cohort study to test child-to-adult prediction in a different way, using a population-segmentation approach. A segment comprising 22% of the cohort accounted for 36% of the cohort's injury insurance claims; 40% of excess obese kilograms; 54% of cigarettes smoked; 57% of hospital nights; 66% of welfare benefits; 77% of fatherless child-rearing; 78% of prescription fills; and 81% of criminal convictions. Childhood risks, including poor brain health at three years of age, predicted this segment with large effect sizes. Early-years interventions that are effective for this population segment could yield very large returns on investment. (Authors' abstract). Record #5260Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Nature Human Behaviour, 2016, Advance online publication, 12 December 2016 (Open access)
Policymakers are interested in early-years interventions to ameliorate childhood risks. They hope for improved adult outcomes in the long run that bring a return on investment. The size of the return that can be expected partly depends on how strongly childhood risks forecast adult outcomes, but there is disagreement about whether childhood determines adulthood. We integrated multiple nationwide administrative databases and electronic medical records with the four-decade-long Dunedin birth cohort study to test child-to-adult prediction in a different way, using a population-segmentation approach. A segment comprising 22% of the cohort accounted for 36% of the cohort's injury insurance claims; 40% of excess obese kilograms; 54% of cigarettes smoked; 57% of hospital nights; 66% of welfare benefits; 77% of fatherless child-rearing; 78% of prescription fills; and 81% of criminal convictions. Childhood risks, including poor brain health at three years of age, predicted this segment with large effect sizes. Early-years interventions that are effective for this population segment could yield very large returns on investment. (Authors' abstract). Record #5260