Does childhood disadvantage lead to poorer health in second generation Irish people living in Britain?

童年的不利条件是否会导致居住在英国的第二代爱尔兰人的健康状况较差？

• 批准号: G0701595/1
• 负责人: Jayati Das-Munshi
• 金额: $ 32.74万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0701595%2F1
• 关键词: Does; childhood; disadvantage; lead; poorer

Second generation Irish people living in Britain die earlier and have poorer mental and physical health than non-Irish people, despite improvements in social class over generations. They are Britain’s largest minority group, yet little is known about their early life experiences which might lead to poor health in adulthood. How far is the experience of growing up as second-generation Irish in Britain protective or harmful for adult health? Are second-generation Irish people more upwardly socially-mobile, and if so, is this less health-protective for them when compared to non-Irish people? Records spanning the lives of 17,000 babies born in a single week in 1958 and 1970, will be analysed. Early life risk factors predisposing to adult psychological illness, chronic illness, alcohol misuse, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and smoking, will be analysed and compared between second-generation Irish and non-Irish people. This will hopefully provide insights into how Irish people differ in their early life chances compared with non-Irish British people, and how this might predispose to poorer adult health. The findings will possibly be of use to health and welfare agencies and potentially contribute to the development of early interventions supporting second-generation Irish and other migrant groups growing up in Britain.

生活在英国的第二代爱尔兰人比非爱尔兰人死得早，精神和身体健康状况也较差，尽管几代人的社会地位有所提高。他们是英国最大的少数民族，但人们对他们早年的生活经历知之甚少，这些经历可能会导致他们成年后的健康状况不佳。作为第二代爱尔兰人在英国长大的经历对成年后的健康有多大的保护或危害？第二代爱尔兰人的社会流动性是否更高，如果是这样，与非爱尔兰人相比，这对他们的健康保护是否更差？研究人员将分析1958年和1970年同一周内出生的1.7万名婴儿的生活记录。将分析和比较第二代爱尔兰人和非爱尔兰人之间易患成年心理疾病、慢性疾病、酗酒、糖尿病、肥胖、高血压和吸烟的早期生活风险因素。这将有望为爱尔兰人与非爱尔兰裔英国人在早期生活机会上的差异提供见解，以及这可能如何导致成年后健康状况较差。这些发现可能会对健康和福利机构有所帮助，并可能有助于早期干预措施的发展，以支持在英国成长的第二代爱尔兰和其他移民群体。