Child environmental health (CEH) science has identified numerous effects of early life exposures to common, ubiquitous environmental toxicants. CEH scientists have documented the costs not only to individual children but also to population-level health effects of such exposures. Importantly, such risks are unequally distributed in the population, with historically marginalized communities and the children living in these communities receiving the most damaging exposures. Developmental science offers a lens and set of methodologies to identify nuanced biological and behavioral processes that drive child development across physical, cognitive, and socioemotional domains. Developmental scientists are also experts in considering the multiple, hierarchically-layered contexts that shape development alongside toxicant exposure. Such contexts and the individuals acting within them make up an overarching “child serving ecosystem” spanning systems and sectors that serve children directly and indirectly. Articulating how biobehavioral mechanisms and social–ecological contexts unfold from a developmental perspective are needed in order to inform CEH translation and intervention efforts across this child-serving ecosystem. Developmentalists can also benefit from integrating CEH science findings in their work by considering the role of the physical environment, and environmental toxicants specifically, on child health and development. Building on themes that were laid out by Trentacosta and Mulligan in 2020, this commentary presents recommendations for connecting developmental and CEH science and for translating such work so that it can be used to promote child development in an equitable manner across this child-serving ecosystem. These opportunities include (1) Using Developmentally-Informed Conceptual Models; (2) Applying Creative, Sophisticated, and Rigorous Methods; (3) Integrating Developmentally-Sensitive Intervention Considerations; and (4) Establishing Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Cross-Sector Partnerships.

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环境污染物和儿童发展：整合和告知儿童环境健康科学的发展知情机会和建议

儿童环境健康 (CEH) 科学已经确定了生命早期接触常见、无处不在的环境毒物的众多影响。CEH 科学家不仅记录了个别儿童的成本，还记录了此类暴露对人群健康影响的成本。重要的是，此类风险在人口中分布不均，历史上处于边缘地位的社区和生活在这些社区中的儿童受到的危害最大。发展科学提供了一个视角和一套方法来识别细微的生物和行为过程，这些过程推动儿童在身体、认知和社会情感领域的发展。发展科学家也是考虑塑造发展和接触毒物的多重、分层背景的专家。这样的背景和在其中行事的个人构成了一个包罗万象的“儿童服务生态系统”，跨越直接和间接为儿童服务的系统和部门。需要从发展的角度阐明生物行为机制和社会生态环境如何展开，以便为整个儿童服务生态系统中的 CEH 翻译和干预工作提供信息。通过考虑物理环境，特别是环境毒物对儿童健康和发育的作用，发展主义者还可以从将 CEH 科学发现整合到他们的工作中受益。基于 Trentacosta 和 Mulligan 在 2020 年提出的主题，本评论提出了将发展科学与 CEH 科学联系起来并转化此类工作的建议，以便它可以用于在这个为儿童服务的生态系统中以公平的方式促进儿童发展。这些机会包括（1）使用发展知情的概念模型；(2) 运用创新、精巧、严谨的方法；(3) 综合发展敏感的干预考虑；(4) 建立跨学科合作和跨部门伙伴关系。