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Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities , 3rd Edition

Bundy, Donald A P, de Silva, Nilanthi, Horton, Susan, Patton, George C, Schultz, Linda, Jamison, Dean T, Abubakara, Amina, Ahuja, Amrita +78 more·2018·The Lancet

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The realisation of human potential for development requires age-specific investment throughout the 8000 days of childhood and adolescence. Focus on the first 1000 days is an essential but insufficient investment. Intervention is also required in three later phases: the middle childhood growth and consolidation phase (5-9 years), when infection and malnutrition constrain growth, and mortality is higher than previously recognised; the adolescent growth spurt (10-14 years), when substantial changes place commensurate demands on good diet and health; and the adolescent phase of growth and consolidation (15-19 years), when new responses are needed to support brain maturation, intense social engagement, and emotional control. Two cost-efficient packages, one delivered through schools and one focusing on later adolescence, would provide phase-specific support across the life cycle, securing the gains of investment in the first 1000 days, enabling substantial catch-up from early growth failure, and leveraging improved learning from concomitant education investments.

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Bundy, D. A. P., de Silva, N., Horton, S., Patton, G. C., Schultz, L., Jamison, D. T., Abubakara, A., Ahuja, A., Alderman, H., Allen, N., Appleby, L., Aurino, E., Azzopardi, P., Baird, S., Banham, L., Behrman, J., Benzian, H., Bhalotra, S., Bhutta, Z., Black, M., Bloem, P., Bonell, C., Bradley, M., Brinkman, S., Brooker, S., Burbano, C., Burnett, N., Cernuschi, T., Clarke, S., Coffey, C., Colenso, P., Croke, K., Daniels, A., De la Cruz, E., de Walque, D., Deolaikar, A., Drake, L., Fernald, L., Fernandes, M., Fernando, D., Fink, G., Galloway, R., Gelli, A., Georgiadis, A., Gitonga, C., Giyosa, B., Glewwe, P., Gona Nzovu, J., Gove, A., Graham, N., Greenwood, B., Grigorenko, E., Heath, C., Hicks, J. H., Hidrobo, M., Hill, K., Hill, T., Hollingsworth, T. D., Kennedy, E., Khan, I., Kiamba, J., Kim, J., Kremer, M., LaMontagne, D. S., Lassi, Z., Laxminarayan, R., Mahon, J., Mai, L., Martínez, S., Meresman, S., Merseth, K. A., Miguel, E., Mitchell, A., Mitra, S., Moin, A., Mokdad, A., Mont, D., Nandi, A., Nankabirwa, J., Plaut, D., Pradhan, E., Pullan, R., Reavley, N., Santelli, J., Sarr, B., & Sawyer, S. M.
Affiliations
  • Gates Foundation (US)
  • University of Waterloo (CA)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • World Bank (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Bundy, Donald A P
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-02
Volume
391
Issue
10121
Pages
687-699
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
OpenAlex
W2769149237
Cited by
253
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 1
FWCI
2.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/L009153/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Child and Adolescent Health
Keywords
child health, adolescent health, first 1000 days, middle childhood, pubertal growth spurt, growth failure, malnutrition, brain maturation, school-based intervention, cost-effective interventions, learning outcomes, disease control priorities
MeSH terms
Child Health, Adolescent Health, Adolescent, Child, Child Development, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Preventive Health Services, Adolescent Development

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