The importance of the first three years of life for children's development and the consequences for their general health in adulthood have been widely documented in the international literature, including the benefits of early identification and intervention programs. Additionally, convergent research has highlighted wide-ranging negative trajectories attributable to both the short and long-term consequences of abuse and neglect and their neurobiological impact on health and development. However, formal identification processes and the use of standardised screening tools in child protection remain relatively rare despite the potential societal impact of child maltreatment in terms of public and economic health. Moreover, delays between the initial identification of mental health problems and health and developmental disorders, and the introduction of appropriate interventions persist. Abused and neglected infants risk an exacerbation of the consequences of early maltreatment due to insufficient access to prompt assessment and treatment, including appropriate responses to their health needs.

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PEGASE 计划：识别儿童保护系统中存在发育迟缓或障碍风险的婴儿，并实施“超优”护理途径

国际文献中广泛记载了生命最初三年对儿童发育的重要性及其对成年后总体健康的影响，包括早期识别和干预计划的好处。此外，融合研究强调了广泛的负面轨迹，这些负面轨迹可归因于虐待和忽视的短期和长期后果及其对健康和发展的神经生物学影响。然而，尽管虐待儿童在公共和经济健康方面具有潜在的社会影响，但正式的身份识别程序和标准化筛查工具在儿童保护方面的使用仍然相对较少。此外，精神健康问题与健康和发育障碍的初步识别之间的延迟，并持续引入适当的干预措施。由于无法及时获得评估和治疗，包括对他们的健康需求作出适当反应，受虐待和被忽视的婴儿有可能加剧早期虐待的后果。