Consistency and continuity in childhood adversity: the nature and history of multiple disadvantage in families with young children

该项目具有理论和实践价值，它属于“健康生活的开始”的国家研究优先目标的福尔斯。 它将提高我们对逆境如何影响儿童的发展和长期结果的理解，重点是多重家庭的不利因素，而不是个人的逆境。 这将有助于政策制定和服务提供，因为它确定了经历一种逆境的家庭在多大程度上也可能同时或在未来经历其他类型的逆境。 目前，很多政策和服务都是针对特定的困难，未必能满足面对多重困难的家庭的需要。

This project has both theoretical and practical value and it falls within the National Research Priority Goal of 'A healthy start to life'. It will improve our understanding of how adversity influences children's development and long-term outcomes by focussing on multiple family disadvantage rather than individual adversities. It will help policy development and service delivery by identifying the extent to which families that experience one form of adversity are also likely to experience other types of adversity, either at the same time or in the future. At present, many policies and services are aimed at specific adversities and may not meet the needs of families experiencing multiple disadvantage.