Resource List: LCHD: A Sensemaking Framework for Translational Research

Dr. Halfon is the Keynote Speaker for the Advancing Arkansas Lifespan Research Conference.

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By Center Staff
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On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, Center Director, Neal Halfon will deliver the keynote lecture for the ACRI/TRI Advancing Lifespan Research in Arkansas Conference. This event will highlight research across the lifespan with oral presentations from select investigators. 

Presentation Title: Life Course Health Development: A Sensemaking Framework for Translational Research

Date: September 10, 2024

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This presentation is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award U9DMC49250, The Life Course Translational Research Network. The information, content and/or conclusions are those of the presenters and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Learn more about the Life Course Translational Research Network

Keynote Resources

The following resources are referenced throughout Dr. Halfon's presentation. 

  • Equity from the Start Report
  • Halfon, N., & Hochstein, M. (2002). Life course health development: an integrated framework for developing health, policy, and research. The Milbank Quarterly, 80(3), 433-479.
  • Halfon, N., & Forrest, C. B. (2018). The emerging theoretical framework of life course health development. Handbook of life course health development, 19-43.
  • Halfon, N., Forrest, C. B., Lerner, R. M., & Faustman, E. M. (2018). Handbook of life course health development.
  • Kuh, D., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Lynch, J., Hallqvist, J., & Power, C. (2003). Life course epidemiology. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 57(10), 778.
  • Hertzman, C., & Power, C. (2006). A life course approach to health and human development. Healthier societies: From analysis to action, 83-106.
  • Hertzman, C., & Boyce, T. (2010). How experience gets under the skin to create gradients in developmental health. Annual review of public health, 31(1), 329-347.
  • Palisano, R. J., Di Rezze, B., Stewart, D., Rosenbaum, P. L., Hlyva, O., Freeman, M., ... & Gorter, J. W. (2017). Life course health development of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 59(5), 470-476.
  • Braveman, P., & Barclay, C. (2009). Health disparities beginning in childhood: a life-course perspective. Pediatrics, 124(Supplement_3), S163-S175.
  • Buka, S. L., Rosenthal, S. R., & Lacy, M. E. (2018). Epidemiological study designs: traditional and novel approaches to advance life course health development research. Handbook of life course health development, 541-560.
  • Hanson, M. A., Cooper, C., Aihie Sayer, A., Eendebak, R. J., Clough, G. F., & Beard, J. R. (2016). Developmental aspects of a life course approach to healthy ageing. The Journal of physiology, 594(8), 2147-2160.
  • Graham, H., & Power, C. (2004). Childhood disadvantage and adult health: a lifecourse framework. London: Health Development Agency.
  • Litt, J. S., Halfon, N., Msall, M. E., Russ, S. A., & Hintz, S. R. (2024). Ensuring optimal outcomes for preterm infants after NICU discharge: a life course health development approach to high-risk infant follow-up. Children, 11(2), 146.
  • Kim, L., Duh-Leong, C., Nagpal, N., Ortiz, R., Katzow, M. W., Russ, S., & Halfon, N. (2023). Supporting early childhood routines to promote cardiovascular health across the life course. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 101434.
  • Halfon, N., Aguilar, E., Stanley, L., Hotez, E., Block, E., & Janus, M. (2020). Measuring Equity From The Start: Disparities In The Health Development Of US Kindergartners: Study examines disparities in the health development of US kindergartners. Health Affairs, 39(10), 1702-1709.
  • Schor, E. L. (2021). Life course health development in pediatric practice. Pediatrics, 147(1).
  • Perrigo, J. L., Pereira, N., Russ, S. A., Bader, J. L., & Halfon, N. (2024). Unveiling early childhood health inequities by age five through the national neighborhood equity index and the early development instrument. SSM-Population Health, 25, 101553.
  • Arons, A., Schickedanz, A., & Halfon, N. (2022). Using a life course health development framework to redesign Medicaid. Academic pediatrics, 22(3), 367-373.
  • Halfon, N., Long, P., Chang, D. I., Hester, J., Inkelas, M., & Rodgers, A. (2014). Applying a 3.0 transformation framework to guide large-scale health system reform. Health Affairs, 33(11), 2003-2011.
  • Raffington, L. Utilizing epigenetics to study the shared nature of development and biological aging across the lifespan. npj Sci. Learn. 9, 24 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00239-5

About Dr. Halfon

Neal Halfon, M.D., MPH, from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is a major thought leader in children’s health policy and health system change. He is a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health and Public Policy; Founding Director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities; and Director of Maternal Child Health Life Course Interventions & Translational Research Networks.