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Missed any of our 2025 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ #earlyyears #SureStartNI #housing #HealthyStart @NHSHealthyStart

Our new report with @CPAGUK reveals the worsening impact of child poverty on children’s health and growing strain on health services. One year since the Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce launched, the need for bold action is clearer than ever. 👇 cpag.org.uk/news/child-pov…

NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK @PJTheEconomist is joined by @ckfarquharson and @edballs to explore the legacy of Sure Start: what impact it had, how current services compare, and what we can learn from it. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/polic…

Excited to share that our MIREDA protocol has been selected as an @HDR_UK impact Case Study! A big step toward improving maternal & child health research with a UK-wide electronic birth cohort. 🔗 Read more - hdrwales.org.uk/first-uk-wide-… #HDRUK #MIREDA #HealthData #Impact

Proud of our #SureStart work @TheIFS that we started in 2015 tx to @NuffieldFound (shorturl.at/QPoHY)—and that today it is at the basis of the new @GOVUK @bphillipsonMP Family Hubs announcement! ✨ Final report here: ifs.org.uk/publications/s… And don’t miss the podcast!👇🏻

Thanks Meng Le Zhang @cardiffuni for a great webinar on Sure Start Northern Ireland. Interesting results on reduced social service intervention and esp for younger mothers. Look forward to hearing more in the autumn. Thanks also to @EmmaHitchen17 @ParentingNI for chairing!

Final reminder about next week's #earlyyears webinar on Sure Start Norther Ireland 👇 All welcome! Please register: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality ‘State of the Nation’ report for deaths that occurred in 2023 has now been published. @TIMMSleicester 👉 read more: timms.le.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk-per…

A new report from the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES) highlights the gradient in inequality across health outcomes in Scotland, including some interesting local-level analysis. instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-repo…

Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluation? Come along to hear @ChristinaAVogel present primary data to evaluate the UK Healthy Start Scheme. 📅24 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

New @WHO global report reveals nearly 20 after Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, social justice continues to kill on a grand scale @marmotihe @etiennekrug #AllforEquity bit.ly/3SdE4lo

🚨Health inequalities in Scotland are persistent, growing - and solvable. Join us at this @UofGPolicy @UofGMVLS and Glasgow Changing Futures event on 2nd June, 10am-4pm in the Clarice Pears building. 🔗 Sign up: eventbrite.com/e/rethinking-h…

🚨 Last places remaining! 🚨 Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) course starting tomorrow – a 2-day dive into working with HES data. 📅 Starts tomorrow 📍 Online 🕐 2-day course 🔗 tinyurl.com/ywsaev2n @zylberek @adr_uk @ich_ppp @UCL_IOE @educationgovuk @ONSfocus

📢How does housing affect children's health? Come along to hear @amyclair503 present findings from #admindata in the UK and Australia. 📅17 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

A recording of our second webinar, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland", is now online. feat. @Matchnet_, @chirstyresearch, @HL_Randolph and @emma_nomics. Watch it here: youtu.be/O3f9P5rSle0

📢Interested in using #admindata to evaluate #earlyyears policy? Come along to our lunchtime webinar to hear Meng Le Zhang @cardiffuni talk about work on Sure Start Northern Ireland. 📅10 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Our latest report for @starlight_uk explores the connection between play and children’s health in healthcare contexts. We synthesised 127 studies across 29 countries and identified 5 key domains where play contributes to health in healthcare settings ⬆️ pedalhub.net/projects/item/…

Join us for our webinar next week, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland" ft. @ChirstyResearch, @HL_Randolph and Ruth Dundas, discussing child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-future-at-…

📢New joint funding bid opportunity: Calling all ECHILD (Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data) users! Find out more about a new joint funding bid led by UCL and sign up to join a planning call by 26 March 👇 adruk.org/news-publicati…

A great resource from @theSPHSU on making health data fun & accessible for young learners! 📊👧👦 #HealthData #STEMEducation #PublicEngagement