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Population Perspectives on Nurturing Relational Health from Early Life: A Systematic Review Series

This paper provides the conceptual framework for a new review series that bring together the global literature on population approaches to nurturing relational health across the first three years of life. Early relational health is defined as ‘the everyday interactions that happen between children and their carers across the many settings in which they live and grow.

Citation:
Olsson CA, Macdonald JA, Evans-Whipp T, ……. Zubrick SR, Zhang L, ……. Pearce N, Painter F, ……. Glauert R, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Francis J, Fischer A, Cross D, Coffin J, et al.  Population Perspectives on Nurturing Relational Health from Early Life: A Systematic Review Series. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 2026.  

Keywords:
Bioecological framework; Early relational health; Human development; Population health; Social networks

Abstract:
This paper provides the conceptual framework for a new review series that bring together the global literature on population approaches to nurturing relational health across the first three years of life. Early relational health is defined as ‘the everyday interactions that happen between children and their carers across the many settings in which they live and grow.