Social inequalities in child mental health trajectories: a longitudinal study using birth cohort data 12 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social inequalities in child mental health are an important public health concern. Whilst previous studies have examined inequalities at a single time point, very few have used repeated measures outcome data to describe how these inequalities emerge. Our aims were to describe social inequalities in child internalising and externalising problems across multiple countries and to explore how these inequalities change as children age.

Methods

We used longitudinal data from eight birth cohorts containing participants from twelve countries (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom). The number of included children in each cohort ranged from N = 584 (Greece) to N = 73,042 (Norway), with a total

SUBMITTER: Cadman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11515779 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature