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Social Determinants of Health in Children

Social determinants of health in children are the non-medical conditions in which children are born, grow, and live that shape their health and development. They include family income and poverty, housing, education, access to healthcare and nutrition, caregiver support, and the wider social and physical environment…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 2 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 1× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2691-5014 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Social determinants of health in children are the non-medical conditions in which children are born, grow, and live that shape their health and development. They include family income and poverty, housing, education, access to healthcare and nutrition, caregiver support, and the wider social and physical environment. These factors exert a strong influence on child health outcomes, helping to explain why children from disadvantaged circumstances often face higher risks of illness, developmental delay, and poorer long-term well-being. Addressing them is central to pediatric health, nutrition, and public-health efforts to reduce inequities early in life. Within Pediatric Health And Nutrition, research examines how social, economic, and caregiving factors interact with biological needs to affect children's growth and well-being, including the determinants of feeding practices and the influences on nutritional status in infancy. Understanding these determinants supports interventions that target the upstream causes of poor child health rather than only their clinical consequences. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to the social determinants of health in children, offering an evidence-based resource for readers interested in how the conditions of childhood shape lifelong health.

Research published in this journal

2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 2 articles above have been cited 1 time in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Pediatric Health And Nutrition (ISSN 2691-5014).

Journal editorial board
Narcis Flavius Tepeneu · Romania Ann Scheimann · United States Stefan Bittmann · Germany

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