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Advances in Genetics and Neuroscience: A Challenge for Personalizing Child and Youth Health Care?

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Child and Youth Health Care (CYHC) is the branch of primary care that aims at an early identification of paediatric health problems with a special focus on developmental conditions. Recent advances in genetics and neuroscience reveal that developmental conditions are in most cases multifactorial: they do not have one single cause but rather develop due to longitudinal interplay between biological and environmental factors. In order to incorporate new scientific knowledge into the daily practice of CYHC important changes are necessary. The CYHC system should move away from a purely diagnostic approach and instead focus on the early identification of children at risk, the prevention of developmental problems at various stages and the provision of personalised interventions. To that end, it should follow the principles of personalised care, adapt its interventions to each individual child and work together with parents. This shift also calls for a more active involvement of parents within CYHC.

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  1. Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Elena V. Syurina

  2. Department of Health, Ethics and Society, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Elena V. Syurina

  3. Bioethics Institute Ghent, Department of Social Medicine, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Frans J. M. Feron

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    Kristien Hens

  2. Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    Daniela Cutas

  3. Department of Health, Ethics and Society School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Dorothee Horstkötter

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Syurina, E.V., Feron, F.J.M. (2017). Advances in Genetics and Neuroscience: A Challenge for Personalizing Child and Youth Health Care?. In: Hens, K., Cutas, D., Horstkötter, D. (eds) Parental Responsibility in the Context of Neuroscience and Genetics. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 69. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42834-5_4

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