期刊
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
卷 13, 期 4, 页码 413-416出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S204017442100060X
关键词
DOHaD; social justice; health equity; community resilience; COVID-19
资金
- DFG German Research Foundation for the project 'Situating Environmental Epigenetics' [403161875]
- European Union [733206]
- UK National Institute forHealth Research, through the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
- British Heart Foundation
- UK National Institute for Health Research, through the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequalities in health outcomes, especially impacting disadvantaged communities. The DOHaD Society believes that by adopting a social justice framework, they can contribute to improving community resilience and promoting health equity. Aligning research and policy recommendations with a social justice perspective is seen as crucial in ensuring a fair and socially just improvement in health for present and future generations.
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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