"The report sets out how adopting a public health informed approach offers substantial
opportunities to reduce inequalities and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for the
most vulnerable children.
The approach advocates for action across organisations to reduce vulnerability and the
potential harm of adverse childhood experiences. The report sets out an approach
which encompasses preventing such occurrences, intervening early when problems
arise and creating an environment throughout the life course where negative impact is
mitigated. Action is required that considers:
• the individual level, where the approach emphasises that poorer circumstances
and adverse experiences in a person’s early life do not lead inevitably to poorer
opportunities and outcomes but places children at increased risk of
disadvantage
• family and other care settings which provide a safe and secure environment
are an essential protective factor so that, even when circumstances may mean
that a child is at greater risk of poorer outcomes, they are more resilient, thus
reducing the potentially harmful impact
• a place based public health approach to prevention emphasises the role of the
community in creating environments where the right conditions are in place to
support children to thrive"
"Studies also indicate that children and young people are being affected by the changes
the pandemic has brought to their lives, including to their education, time with family and
to their emotional health and wellbeing (2). More generally, the underlying wider
community and social conditions which can make children more vulnerable which
existed before the pandemic are likely to remain; these are the focus of this report."
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