인류의 역사에서 가장 긴 연구에서 얻은 교훈
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헬렌 피어슨 (Helen Pearson) |
TED2017
• April 2017
지난 70년 동안, 영국의 학자들은 수천 명의 아이들의 삶을 연구해 어째서 일부는 행복하고 건강하게 살지만 나머지는 힘들게 살아가는지 그 이유를 알아내고자 했습니다. 이는 인류 역사를 통틀어 전 세계에서 가장 오랫동안 진행된 연구이며, 우리가 살아가고, 배우고, 육아하는 방식을 바꾸면서 지구상에서 가장 잘 연구된 사람들을 만들어 냈습니다. 이 대단한 연구를 되짚어보며, 과학 저널리스트 헬렌 피어슨은 좋은 육아와 삶에 대한 중요한 연구결과와 단순한 진실을 공유합니다.
지난 70년 동안, 영국의 학자들은 수천 명의 아이들의 삶을 연구해 어째서 일부는 행복하고 건강하게 살지만 나머지는 힘들게 살아가는지 그 이유를 알아내고자 했습니다. 이는 인류 역사를 통틀어 전 세계에서 가장 오랫동안 진행된 연구이며, 우리가 살아가고, 배우고, 육아하는 방식을 바꾸면서 지구상에서 가장 잘 연구된 사람들을 만들어 냈습니다. 이 대단한 연구를 되짚어보며, 과학 저널리스트 헬렌 피어슨은 좋은 육아와 삶에 대한 중요한 연구결과와 단순한 진실을 공유합니다.
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Helen Pearson's book, "The Life Project," tells the extraordinary story of the longest-running study of human development in the world.
Helen Pearson | Allen Lane, 2016 | Book
My TED talk grew out of a book that I wrote about the incredible British birth cohort studies. The story starts in March 1946, when scientists began to track thousands of children born in one week. No one imagined that this would become the longest-running study of human development in the world, growing to encompass five generations of children. Today, they are some of the best-studied people on the planet, and the simple act of observing human life has changed the way we are born, schooled, parent and die. These studies have arguably touched the lives of almost every person in Britain today, yet they are one of our best-kept secrets. To my great surprise, the book was named best science book of the year by The Observer, was a book of the year for The Economist and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize.
This popular, eye-opening series of films directed by Michael Apted has been tracking a group of British children from different socioeconomic backgrounds since 1964, with episodes revisiting them every seven years. (56 Up was aired in 2012). Many people have asked me if the British birth cohorts (the subject of my book) are related to this series: the answer is no, but both share a narrative in that they track people over decades and reveal how early circumstances can shape our life trajectories. The series is a remarkable, compelling documentary project. | | Watch
Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Population Investigation Committee | Book
If you can find an old copy of this book, it’s really worth reading. It tells the extraordinary early history and results of the ambitious 1946 maternity survey, led by Dr. James Douglas. An army of health visitors fanned out across Britain and interviewed 13,687 mothers, 91% of those who gave birth in one week in March 1946 in England, Wales and Scotland. The book offers a fascinating insight into what it was like to have a baby shortly after the Second World War – often at home, without pain relief and with just a midwife to help. The results revealed shocking inequality: working-class women received worse medical care and their babies were more likely to die. The findings were able to feed into the foundations of the National Health Service and improve maternity care for generations to come.
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The website for each cohort study is a great starting point to learn more. They provide an overview of the studies, a more comprehensive bibliography and, in some cases, details of questionnaires and other data collected. They also give a flavor of the enormous breadth of these studies and feature the most recent publications.
1946 cohort: http://www.nshd.mrc.ac.uk/nshd/
1958, 1970 and Millennium cohorts: http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/Default.aspx
1991 cohort (ALSPAC): http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/
1946 cohort: http://www.nshd.mrc.ac.uk/nshd/
1958, 1970 and Millennium cohorts: http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/Default.aspx
1991 cohort (ALSPAC): http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/
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