幼少期の投資は,成人の健康を大幅に高めます
Frances Campbell1, Gabriella Conti, James J Heckman
1Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 29, 2014
まとめ
高品質の幼児教育は,長期的な健康状態を大幅に改善します. カロライナ・アベセダリアン・プロジェクト (ABC) の恵まれない子どもたちは,成人期に心血管疾患と代謝疾患のリスク要因が少なくなった.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 発達心理学の心理学について
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学とは
背景:
- 幼児教育プログラムは,教育,収入,犯罪の減少に実証された利点を提供しています.
- 幼児期の早期の介入による長期的な健康への影響は,未だに十分に理解されていない.
- カロライナ・アベセダリアン・プロジェクト (ABC) は,幼児期の介入に関するユニークな長期ランダム化研究を提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- カロライナ・アベセダリアン・プロジェクト (ABC) の介入による長期的な健康効果を評価する.
- 成人の心血管と代謝の健康に対する幼児教育の影響を評価する.
- 早期の生命介入後の健康結果における性別特有の差異を調査する.
主な方法:
- カロライナ・アベケダリアン・プロジェクト (ABC) のコホートから最近収集された生体医学データを活用した.
- 小さなサンプルサイズとブートストラップの信頼区間に対して正確な変位テストを使用しました.
- 複数の仮説と非ランダムな消耗のための調整された統計的推論.
主要な成果:
- ランダムにABC介入に割り当てられた子どもたちは,30代半ばには,心血管疾患と代謝疾患のリスク要因が著しく低下していた.
- 治療群の男性では,対照群と比較して,シストリック血圧が著しく低下した (126対143mmHg).
- メタボリックシンドロームの罹患率は,治療群ではゼロで,対照群では25%でした.
結論:
- 高品質の幼児教育プログラムは,成人の病気を予防し,長期的な健康を促進する可能性を秘めています.
- 早期の介入は,心血管および代謝の健康マーカーの実質的な改善につながる可能性があります.
- この調査結果は,早期の教育と発達支援がもたらす長期的な健康上の恩恵を強調しています.
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