HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture 5: 2RR3: Week 5 Readings (Education & Health)
3 Mar 2017
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Chapter 9 early childhood education & care as a sdoh (pp. Strong evidence that early childhood experiences influence coping skills, resistance to health problems & overall health and well-being for the rest of one"s life. Early childhood develop provides a platform for adult health through such factors as education, income status, employment, and lifestyle. Early childhood education and child care (ecec) has impact on children so does income, food & good nutrition, healthy environment, parenting, housing, & educational early childhood programs. In cananda, term is used to encompass child-care centers & other care services (family child care in private homes) whose primary aim is to allow mothers to participate in the paid labour force. It includes kindergartens and nursery/preschools whose primary purpose is early childhood education. Many factors contribute to whether children develop into healthy, competent adults innate or genetics characteristics, prenatal conditions, physical environment, nutrition, family attributes and interactions, peers, the community, schools, civil society, large socio-economic environment.
