暴露于逆境及其对后生活认知,精神和身体健康的影响
Elyse A Jennings1, Sumaya Mall2, Darina T Bassil1
1Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
International journal of public health
|July 4, 2024
概括
童年和终身逆境影响农村黑人南非人的后期健康. 一些不良经历令人惊地与改善的认知,精神和身体健康结果相关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 童年和整个生命中的逆境可以显著影响健康轨迹.
- 了解这些长期健康影响对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年和终身逆境与晚年健康结果之间的关联.
- 检查特定人群中对逆境的认知,心理和身体健康反应.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自"非洲的健康与衰老:南非深度社区 (HAALSI) 队列的纵向研究" (Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa) 的两个数据波.
- 普通最小平方回归用于估计大约3年的健康下降.
- 样本包括1,993名女性和1,496名来自农村,南非黑人社区的男性.
主要成果:
- 几种类型的逆境与认知,精神和身体健康的下降有关.
- 相反,许多不良体验与这些健康领域的改善有关.
- 逆境与健康之间的关联方向因暴露类型,健康结果和性别而异.
结论:
- 在具有高累积逆境的人群中,特定的不良经历可能会悖论地改善晚年健康.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明驱动这些复杂关联的潜在机制.
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