Mediating Pathways

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• Potential mediators were selected using expert knowledge, literature review, and assessment of data availability. — Which factors mediate the effect of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage on mental health in young adulthood? A protocol for a target trial emulation using linked administrative data from New South Wales, Australia
• The study aims to quantify how much SES-related mental health disparity might be reduced by shifting specific mediators among low-SES children toward higher-SES patterns. — Which factors mediate the effect of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage on mental health in young adulthood? A protocol for a target trial emulation using linked administrative data from New South Wales, Australia
• The initial mediation model will include the five highest-priority mediators with sufficient coverage. — Which factors mediate the effect of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage on mental health in young adulthood? A protocol for a target trial emulation using linked administrative data from New South Wales, Australia
• Including many mediators may cause sparse data and model convergence problems. — Which factors mediate the effect of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage on mental health in young adulthood? A protocol for a target trial emulation using linked administrative data from New South Wales, Australia
• Potential observable mediators include child protection risk reports, education, parental death, incarceration, homelessness, social housing, location, parental mental health, juvenile criminal activity, and teenage parenthood. — Which factors mediate the effect of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage on mental health in young adulthood? A protocol for a target trial emulation using linked administrative data from New South Wales, Australia