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，属于国家研究优先目标“健康的生命之初”。它将提高我们对逆境如何影响儿童发展和长期结果的理解，将重点放在多个家庭的不利因素上，而不是个人的不利因素上。它将通过确定经历一种形式的逆境的家庭在多大程度上也可能在同一时间或将来经历其他类型的逆境，帮助制定政策和提供服务。目前，许多政策和服务都是针对特定的逆境，可能无法满足多重弱势家庭的需求。

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.