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Poverty, Stress, and Brain Development: New Directions for Prevention and Intervention
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We review some of the growing evidence of the costs of poverty to children's neuroendocrine function, early brain development, and cognitive ability. We underscore the importance of addressing the negative consequences of poverty-related adversity early in children's lives, given evidence supporting the plasticity of executive functions and associated physiologic processes in response to early intervention and the importance of higher order cognitive functions for success in school and in life. Finally, we highlight some new directions for prevention and intervention that are rapidly emerging at the intersection of developmental science, pediatrics, child psychology and psychiatry, and public policy.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Blair, C., & Raver, C. C.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Blair, Clancy
- ORCID
- Blair, Clancy
- Venue
- Academic Pediatrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- S30-S36
- ISSN
- 1876-2859 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5765853
- OpenAlex
- W2327738691
- Cited by
- 543
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 58 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 79 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 6.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Academic Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD51502, P01 HD39667)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- US Administration for Children and Families (90YR0057)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- poverty, childhood adversity, stress, early brain development, neuroendocrine function, executive function, cognitive ability, early intervention, prevention, child development, public policy
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Brain, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Poverty, Stress, Psychological, Parenting, Early Intervention, Educational, Executive Function
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