Neighborhood Adversity, Child Health, and the Role for Community Development
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- Copyright
- 2015
- Published By
- American Academy of Pediatrics
The resource emphasizes the impact of poverty-related chronic diseases and toxic stress on childhood health. It highlights the need to improve living conditions in distressed, high-poverty neighborhoods and increase collaboration between the health sector and community development to optimize intervention strategies and focus on health outcomes.
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