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Chapter 19 - Education and Science Communication

Translation of DOHaD Evidence for Health Benefit

from Section VI - Public Health and Policy Implications of Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

By
Jacquie L. Bay  and
Suzanne A. Trask
Edited by
Lucilla Poston ,
Keith M. Godfrey ,
Peter D. Gluckman  and
Mark A. Hanson
Lucilla Poston
Affiliation:
King's College London
Keith M. Godfrey
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Peter D. Gluckman
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Mark A. Hanson
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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Summary

Education and science communication offer important tools in facilitating increased awareness and application of DOHaD evidence at the level of government, agencies, communities, families and individuals. In this chapter we examine the nature of education and science communication, and their potential to promote application of DOHaD evidence within processes of knowledge translation. We outline opportunities where education and knowledge translation may contribute to the promotion of understanding and application of the concept of investing in the early-life environment to promote health and wellbeing in current and future generations. We argue that greater investment in the potential for knowledge translation is required to facilitate the potential of DOHaD evidence to contribute towards improved global health.

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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease , pp. 203 - 212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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