Dr. Jermane Bond was commissioned to write the American Journal of Public Health’s “Editor’s Choice” for their October publication. The piece, “Pathways to Optimal Health: A Life Course Framework for Adolescents” discusses the life course perspective (LCP) as an ideal framework for understanding population-level health behaviors and maternal and child health. Glen H. Elder defined the LCP as “a pattern of socially defined, age graded events and roles that is subject to historical changes in culture and social structure.” (Elder GH. Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life Experience. 25th ed. Boulder, CO: Westview; 1999.) Dr. Bond believes that we should use the LCP to shape our health goals for adolescents, because the health-related behaviors that we instill in our children in early life can shape stable patterns of future well-being.
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