Influences of Early Life
There is strong evidence that early life can shape outcomes later in life, including, for example a person’s health, social, educational and economic status. ILAS work programmes across the themes considers how experiences, like those around family, service support, education and human development, accumulate over time to influence individual well-being.
Looking at the life course in this way allows us to explore how advantages and disadvantages may accumulate over a person’s life. This is important as it helps us to understand how different stages in individual lives are connected over time. Additionally, it raises the potential to develop interventions and services which may be better able to respond to early-life influences.
Illustrative projects demonstrating the Influences of Early Life include:
