Developmental origins of health and disease, resilience and social justice in the COVID era
Developmental origins of health and disease, resilience and social justice in the COVID era
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on how health outcomes are unequally distributed among different population groups, with disadvantaged communities and individuals being disproportionality affected in terms of infection, morbidity and mortality, as well as vaccine access. Recently, there has been considerable debate about how social disadvantage and inequality intersect with developmental processes to result in a heightened susceptibility to environmental stressors, economic shocks and large-scale health emergencies. We argue that DOHaD Society members can make important contributions to addressing issues of inequality and improving community resilience in response to COVID-19. In order to do so, it is beneficial to engage with and adopt a social justice framework. We detail how DOHaD can align its research and policy recommendations with a social justice perspective to ensure that we contribute to improving the health of present and future generations in an equitable and socially just way.
COVID-19, DOHaD, community resilience, health equity, social justice
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Penkler, Michael, Jacob, Chandni M, Müller, Ruth, Kenney, Martha, Norris, Shane A, da Costa, Clarissa P, Richardson, Sarah S, Roseboom, Tessa J and Hanson, Mark
(2021)
Developmental origins of health and disease, resilience and social justice in the COVID era.
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, , [A716].
(doi:10.1017/S204017442100060X).
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on how health outcomes are unequally distributed among different population groups, with disadvantaged communities and individuals being disproportionality affected in terms of infection, morbidity and mortality, as well as vaccine access. Recently, there has been considerable debate about how social disadvantage and inequality intersect with developmental processes to result in a heightened susceptibility to environmental stressors, economic shocks and large-scale health emergencies. We argue that DOHaD Society members can make important contributions to addressing issues of inequality and improving community resilience in response to COVID-19. In order to do so, it is beneficial to engage with and adopt a social justice framework. We detail how DOHaD can align its research and policy recommendations with a social justice perspective to ensure that we contribute to improving the health of present and future generations in an equitable and socially just way.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 September 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 October 2021
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Funding Information:
MP and RM are supported by the DFG German Research Foundation for the project ‘Situating Environmental Epigenetics’ (project number 403161875). CMJ is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 funded LifeCycle Project (grant agreement number 733206) and the UK National Institute for Health Research, through the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre. MH is supported by the British Heart Foundation and the UK National Institute for Health Research, through the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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COVID-19, DOHaD, community resilience, health equity, social justice
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/453826
ISSN: 2040-1744
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