State-of-the-Science Review of Non-Chemical Stressors Found in a Child’s Social Environment

Hibbert, Kathleen; Tulve, Nicolle S.

doi:10.3390/ijerph16224417

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“…Hibbert et al also examined children with low SES as a vulnerable population. The authors found that the assessment of social vulnerability was based on economic measures including wealth, income, disposable income, or an index such as socioeconomic status (SES) or position (SEP), or poverty [ 24 ].…”

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“…The study combined non-chemical stressors and chemical stressors. The non–chemical stressors were organized into topic areas which include acculturation, adverse childhood experiences (ACE), economic, education, family dynamics, food, green space, neighborhood, social stress, urbanicity, violence, and ‘other’ (other included several variables that were considered in the individual studies but did not fall under any of the categories [ 24 ].…”

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Exposome and Social Vulnerability: An Overview of the Literature Review

Deguen

Amuzu

Simoncic

et al. 2022

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Background—The exposome concept refers to the totality of exposures from internal and external sources, including chemical and biological agents from conception throughout the lifetime. Exposome is also made up of psychosocial components such as socio-economic status (SES), which will focus on in this review. Despite exposures to the same environmental nuisances, individuals and groups are impacted differently. According to the literature, health inequalities exist among different socioeconomic groups, and SES may influence the association between environmental nuisances and health outcomes. However, the variation of this interaction across ages has rarely been studied. There is a need to adopt a life course approach to understand the history of diseases better. Objective—The main objective of this review is to document how SES could modify the association between environmental nuisances and health outcomes, across different ages, as a first crucial step introducing the emerged concept of social exposome. Methods—The PubMed database was searched from January 2010 to August 2021 for systematic reviews published in English addressing the interaction between SES, environmental nuisances, and health outcomes. Socio-economic indicators considered include education, level of income, neighborhood environment. Environmental nuisances considered many environment nuisances, mainly air pollution and noise. Results—Among 242 literature reviews identified, 11 of them address the question of the effect modification. Overall, our work reveals that environmental nuisances were mostly associated with poorer health outcomes and that SES modified this association, increasing the health risk among the poorest. Very interestingly, our work reports the existence of this interaction across different ages, including pregnancy, childhood, and adulthood, and for various environmental nuisances. Conclusion—In conclusion, our work confirms that we are not all equal to face environmental nuisances. The poorest are more vulnerable to the health effect of environmental nuisances. Policy decisions and interventions should target this high-risk population as a priority. Further investigations are needed to formalize the concept of social exposome more precisely and then communicate about it.

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Exposome and Social Vulnerability: An Overview of the Literature Review

Deguen

Amuzu

Simoncic

et al. 2022

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“…Public health measures necessary to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with economic effects from a strained labor market, have resulted in dramatic changes to the physical and social environments within which children grow and develop. Children inhabit “total environments”—physical (e.g., built, natural, chemical) social, cultural, economic— which contribute to their growth and development ( Hibbert and Tulve 2019 ; Ruiz et al, 2016 ). As our understanding of the pathways for viral exposure ( American Academy of Pediatrics ; Morawska and Cao 2020 ) and associated health outcomes ( Morawska and Milton 2020 ; Nakra et al, 2020 ) in children evolves, it is also critical to consider pandemic-related changes in these broader environments that could affect children's development now and in the future.…”

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COVID-19 and children's health in the United States: Consideration of physical and social environments during the pandemic

Suárez-López

Cairns

Sripada

et al. 2021

Environmental Research

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Public health measures necessary to counteract the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have resulted in dramatic changes in the physical and social environments within which children grow and develop. As our understanding of the pathways for viral exposure and associated health outcomes in children evolves, it is critical to consider how changes in the social, cultural, economic, and physical environments resulting from the pandemic could affect the development of children. This review article considers the environments and settings that create the backdrop for children's health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, including current threats to child development that stem from: A) change in exposures to environmental contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides, disinfectants, air pollution and the built environment; B) changes in food environments resulting from adverse economic repercussion of the pandemic and limited reach of existing safety nets; C) limited access to children's educational and developmental resources; D) changes in the social environments at the individual and household levels, and their interplay with family stressors and mental health; E) social injustice and racism. The environmental changes due to COVID-19 are overlaid onto existing environmental and social disparities. This results in disproportionate effects among children in low-income settings and among populations experiencing the effects of structural racism. This article draws attention to many environments that should be considered in current and future policy responses to protect children's health amid pandemics.

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“…Based on the extant literature on associations of child TSE status and/or neighborhood environment [ 3 , 28 ], the following sociodemographic characteristics were selected as covariates and included in the models. These variables were: child age, sex, race/ethnicity (i.e., non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Other/Multiracial), parent education level (i.e., high school graduate and equivalent or less, some college, college degree or higher), family household structure (i.e., two parents currently married, two parents not currently married, single parent, other or unknown family type), and family federal poverty level (i.e., 0–199%, 200–299%, 300–399%, and 400% or higher).…”

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Disparities in Neighborhood Characteristics among U.S. Children with Secondhand and Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure

Mahabee‐Gittens

Vidourek

King

et al. 2022

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(1) Background: Home tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) and negative neighborhood characteristics adversely affect children’s overall health. The objective was to examine the associations of child TSE status and neighborhood characteristics among U.S. school-aged children. (2) Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the 2018–2019 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data including 17,300 U.S. children ages 6–11 years old. We categorized children’s home TSE status into: (a) no TSE: child did not live with a smoker; (b) thirdhand smoke (THS) exposure alone: child lived with a smoker who did not smoke inside the home; and (c) secondhand smoke (SHS) and THS exposure: child lived with a smoker who smoked inside the home. We conducted a series of weighted linear and logistic regression analyses to assess the associations between child TSE status and neighborhood characteristics, adjusting for covariates. (3) Results: Overall, 13.2% and 1.7% of children were exposed to home THS alone and home SHS and THS, respectively. Compared to children with no TSE, children with home THS exposure alone and children with home SHS and THS exposure had a significantly lower total number of neighborhood amenities and children with SHS and THS exposure had a significantly higher total number of detracting neighborhood elements. (4) Conclusions: Children with TSE demonstrate disparities in the characteristics of the neighborhood in which they live compared to children with no TSE. TSE reduction interventions targeted to children with TSE who live in these neighborhoods are warranted.

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State-of-the-Science Review of Non-Chemical Stressors Found in a Child’s Social Environment

Cited by 12 publications

References 202 publications

Exposome and Social Vulnerability: An Overview of the Literature Review

Exposome and Social Vulnerability: An Overview of the Literature Review

COVID-19 and children's health in the United States: Consideration of physical and social environments during the pandemic

Disparities in Neighborhood Characteristics among U.S. Children with Secondhand and Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure

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