Handbook of Life Course Health Development.

• Author: Halfon, Neal.
• TeilnehmendeR: Forrest, Christopher B.; Lerner, Richard M.; Faustman, Elaine M.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (667 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Maternal and Child Health, Life Course Health Development, and the Life Course Research Network -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to the Handbook of Life Course Health Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rationale -- 2.1 The Emergence of a New Field -- 2.2 The Maturation of the LCHD Field -- 3 The Purpose, Structure, and Content of This Volume -- 3.1 Section I: Emerging Frameworks -- 3.2 Section II: Life Stages -- 3.3 Section III: The Life Course Origins and Consequences of Specific Diseases and Health Conditions -- 3.4 Section IV: Cross-Cutting Topics in Life Course Health Development -- 3.5 Section V: Methodological Approaches -- 3.6 Section VI: Conclusions -- References -- Part I: Emerging Frameworks -- The Emerging Theoretical Framework of Life Course Health Development -- 1 Part 1: Context and Background -- 2 Part 2: Emergence of the Life Course Health Development Framework -- 3 Part 3: Principles of the Life Course Health Development Framework -- 4 Principle 1: Health Development -- 4.1 What We Mean by "Health Development" -- 4.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Health Development -- 4.3 Implications of the Health Development Principle -- 5 Principle 2: Unfolding -- 5.1 What We Mean by "Unfolding" -- 5.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Unfolding -- 5.3 Implications of the Unfolding Principle -- 6 Principle 3: Complexity -- 6.1 What We Mean by "Complexity" -- 6.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Complexity -- 6.3 Implications of the Complexity Principle -- 7 Principle 4: Timing -- 7.1 What We Mean by "Timing" -- 7.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Timing -- 7.3 Implications of the Timing Principle -- 8 Principle 5: Plasticity -- 8.1 What We Mean by "Plasticity" -- 8.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Plasticity.

8.3 Implications of the Plasticity Principle -- 9 Principle 6: Thriving -- 9.1 What We Mean by "Thriving" -- 9.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Thriving -- 9.3 Implications of the Thriving Principle -- 10 Principle 7: Harmony -- 10.1 What We Mean by "Harmony" -- 10.2 Theories and Frameworks Relevant to Harmony -- 10.3 Implication of the Harmony Principle -- 11 Summary -- References -- Part II: Life Stages -- Preconception and Prenatal Factors and Metabolic Risk -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Effects of Maternal Preconceptional Obesity and/or Diabetes and Micronutrient Status on Offspring Metabolic Outcomes -- 2.1 Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity and Gestational Weight Gain -- 2.2 Preexistent and Gestational Diabetes -- 2.3 Maternal Micronutrient Status -- 2.4 Adverse Birth Outcomes -- 3 Mechanisms/Pathways Underlying Early Life Origins of Metabolic Risk -- 3.1 Genetics -- 3.2 Intrauterine Environment -- 3.3 Gene and Environment Interaction and Epigenetics -- 4 Preconception and Prenatal Care -- 5 Recommendations for Future Study and Perspectives -- 5.1 Major Themes and Findings -- 5.2 Research Priorities -- 5.2.1 Epidemiologic research -- 5.2.2 Mechanism research -- 5.2.3 Translational research -- 5.3 Data and Methods Development Priorities -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Source of Funding -- References -- Early Childhood Health and the Life Course: The State of the Science and Proposed Research Priorities -- 1 Introduction: What's So Special About the Early Years? -- 2 Susceptibility and Continuity: The Echoes of Childhood -- 3 Constitution, Context, and the Nonrandom Distribution of Morbidity -- 4 Six Domains of Early Developmental Research -- 4.1 Social Stratification, Poverty, and Subordination -- 4.2 Vulnerability, Resilience, and Neurobiological Susceptibility -- 4.3 The Topography of Vulnerability.

4.4 Marginalization and Scapegoating -- 4.5 History and Affliction -- 4.6 Critical Periodicity -- 5 Interactions Between Context and Constitution: The Biological Embedding of Early Adversity -- 5.1 Chromatin Modification and the Molecular Biology of Epigenesis -- 5.2 The Epigenetics of Social Adversity -- 5.3 Gene-Environment Interplay in Brain Development -- 6 Summary: What We Know and What We Don't -- 7 An Agenda for Future Research -- References -- Middle Childhood: An Evolutionary-Developmental Synthesis -- 1 What Is Middle Childhood? -- 1.1 Adrenarche -- 2 The Transition to Middle Childhood as a Developmental Switch Point -- 2.1 A Switch Point in Life History Development -- 3 Three Insights in the Nature of Middle Childhood -- 3.1 Insight 1: Social Integration and Social Competition Are Complementary Functions of Middle Childhood -- 3.2 Insight 2: Sexual Selection Contributes to the Emergence and Intensification of Sex Differences in Middle Childhood -- 3.3 Insight 3: In Middle Childhood, Heightened Sensitivity to the Environment Goes Hand in Hand with the Expression of New Genetic Factors -- 4 Implications for Health Development -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Adolescent Health Development: A Relational Developmental Systems Perspective -- 1 Viewing Adolescent Development Through the Lens of the Relational Developmental Systems Metatheory -- 2 Three Moments of Analysis in an RDS Approach to Adolescent Health Development -- 3 Developmental Regulations, Adaptive Developmental Regulations, and Human Agency in RDS Metatheory -- 4 Implications for Research About Adolescent Health Development -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Emerging Adulthood as a Critical Stage in the Life Course -- 1 Introduction to Emerging Adulthood -- 2 Conceptual Framework -- 3 Macro-level Influences on the Trajectory of Emerging Adulthood.

4 Meso-level Influences of Life Trajectories During Emerging Adulthood -- 4.1 Earlier Parent-Child Relationships -- 4.2 Childhood Socioeconomic Status -- 5 Microlevel Influences on the Trajectories During Emerging Adulthood -- 5.1 Cognitive Development -- 5.2 Identity Formation -- 5.3 Resilience in Emerging Adulthood -- 6 Trajectories During Emerging Adulthood for Emerging Adults with Chronic Health Condition -- 6.1 Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) -- 6.2 Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) -- 6.3 Chronic Kidney Disease -- 6.4 Mental Health and Substance Use -- 7 Protective and Risk Factors That Impact Emerging Adulthood -- 8 Services and Supports -- 9 Recommendations for Research Priorities -- References -- Pregnancy Characteristics and Women's Cardiovascular Health -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Associations of Parity and Pregnancy Complications with CVD Risk in Mothers -- 2.1 Parity and CVD -- 2.2 Common Pregnancy Complications and CVD in Mothers -- 2.3 Recurrent Pregnancy Complications, Last Pregnancy Complications, and Maternal CVD Risk -- 3 Physiological Mechanisms Linking Pregnancy Complications to Maternal CVD Risk -- 3.1 Cardiovascular Risk Factors Preceding Pregnancy Complications -- 3.2 Cardiovascular Risk Factors During Pregnancy -- 3.2.1 Cardiovascular Adaptation in Normal Pregnancy -- 3.2.2 Cardiovascular Risk Factors During Pregnancy Complications -- 3.3 Cardiovascular Risk Factors After Pregnancy -- 3.3.1 Enduring Cardiovascular Impact of Normal Pregnancy -- 3.3.2 Cardiovascular Risk After Pregnancy Complications -- 4 Recommendations for Future Research -- 4.1 Major Themes and Findings -- 4.2 Research Priorities -- 4.3 Data and Methods Development Priorities -- 4.4 Translational Priorities -- 5 Conclusions -- References.

Part III: The Life Course Origins and Consequences of Select Major Health Conditions and Issues -- Early in the Life Course: Time for Obesity Prevention -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Framework -- 3 Measurement of Overweight and Obesity -- 4 Prenatal Period -- 4.1 Birth Weight -- 4.2 Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity -- 4.3 Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) -- 4.4 Gestational Weight Gain (GWG) -- 4.5 Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy -- 4.6 Hormonal Influences: Leptin -- 5 Infancy -- 5.1 Rapid Weight Gain -- 5.2 Breastfeeding -- 5.3 Disparities in Obesity Partially Explained by Early-Life Factors -- 6 Early to Mid-childhood -- 6.1 Family -- 6.2 Diet, Physical Activity, and Inactivity -- 6.3 Food Insecurity -- 6.4 Child Care and School -- 7 Adolescence -- 7.1 Social Influences -- 8 Macro-level Factors -- 8.1 Environment -- 8.2 Local and State -- 8.3 National -- 9 Recommendations -- 9.1 Major Themes -- 9.2 Research Priorities -- 9.3 Data/Methods Development Priorities -- 9.4 Translational Priorities -- References -- Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention and Treatment Through a Life Course Health Development Framework -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Backdrop -- 2.1 Genetics -- 2.2 Prevalence and Incidence of T2DM Related to Age, Race, and Ethnicity -- 2.3 Economic Status -- 2.4 Social (Psychological) Stressors -- 2.5 Summary -- 3 Preconception and Intrauterine Life -- 3.1 Maternal Nutrition: Prior to and During Pregnancy -- 3.1.1 Maternal Under Nutrition -- 3.1.2 Maternal Overnutrition -- 3.2 Maternal Stress -- 3.3 Maternal Hypoxia/Placental Insufficiency -- 3.4 Environmental Exposures -- 3.5 Microbiome -- 3.6 Gestational Diabetes (GDM) -- 3.7 Summary -- 4 Infancy -- 4.1 Feeding -- 4.2 Infant Growth Patterns -- 4.3 Sleep Duration -- 4.4 Parenting and Postpartum Depression -- 4.5 Summary -- 5 Childhood.

5.1 Childhood Overweight and Obesity.