Associations of Socioeconomic Deprivation and Preterm Birth With Speech, Language, and Communication Concerns Among Children Aged 27 to 30 Months.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Successful acquisition of language is foundational for health and well-being across the life course and is patterned by medical and social determinants that operate in early life.

Objective

To investigate the associations of neighborhood disadvantage, gestational age, and English as first language with speech, language, and communication concerns among children aged 27 to 30 months.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used birth data from the National Health Service maternity electronic medical record linked to the Child Health Surveillance Programme for preschool children. The cohort included 28 634 children in the United Kingdom (NHS Lothian, Scotland) born between January 2011 and December 2014 who were eligible for a health review at age

SUBMITTER: Ene D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739726 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature