HLTC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cortisol, Romanian Orphans, Low Birth Weight

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Scheper-hughes poor brazilian mothers nurture only kids more likely to survive: weaker get neglected and mother love not universal. Familial neglect (in rxn to high infant mortality) Intergenerational influences hypothesis: low birth weight in infants, recurs in different generations. Ses and the gradient effect: effects consistent by very young age, developmental priming mechanisms for healthy child development. Protection from inappropriate disapproval, teasing, or punishment. Three different processes in which ecd and socioeconomic and psychsocial environment of childhood are linked to adult health status: latent effects (early life environment effect on independent of intervening experience. Low birth weight cardiovascular disease: pathway effects (early life sets people onto life trajectories that in turn affect health status. Stimulation, stability and security in early childhood affect a child"s cognitive readiness for schooling in terms of both quantitave skills and receptive language. Aggressive behaviour peaks at 2 years of age, not adolescence a predictor (life at two = life later on)

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