Poverty, Childhood Experiences & Well-being in BC - Kate Buium, Knowledge Broker, HELP

The life-long stepwise association between income and a range of children’s developmental health outcomes is so strong and consistent that it has been termed a “gradient effect” and serves as a powerful illustration of inequalities in children’s health and well-being within and between societies (Enns, Brownell, Janus, & Guhn, 2019). [...] Life Expectancy at Birth and Actual Individual Consumption per Capita, 2017 Source: International Comparison Program (2020), World Development Indicators (2020): the areas of the circles are proportional to population of each country Figure 2. [...] Life Expectancy at Birth and Actual Individual Consumption per Capita, 2017 Source: International Comparison Program (2020), World Development Indicators (2020): the areas of the circles are proportional to population of each country Figure 2. [...] What links SES/income to outcomes? Social Child Determinants development of Health ? & well-being (e.g., income) Social Daily Child Determinants experiences of development of Health children and & well-being (e.g., income) families Sensitive Periods in Early Brain Development Pre-school years School years High Numbers Peer social skills Symbol Language Habitual ways of responding Emotional control. [...] Harvard Center on the Developing Child, 2020 Published 2020 THE LONG REACH OF EARLY EXPERIENCE… What are children’s day-to-day experiences in BC? Income in Child Development Monitoring System Toddler Childhood Early Middle Years Youth Development Experiences Development Development Development Instrument Questionnaire Instrument Instrument Instrument 1-2 Years Start of kindergarten Mid-kindergarte.