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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
‪@amy-clair.bsky.social‬

MatCHNet policy webinars (2025)

Webinar 17: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on
health and social care (Meng Le Zhang, Cardiff University)

Webinar 18: Understanding associations between children’s housing
and health using quantitative data (Amy Clair, University of Adelaide)

Webinar 19: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme
(Christina Vogel, City St George’s, University of London)

July 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

Thanks Meng Le Zhang @Cardiff University 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 Emma Hitchen @Parenting Focus NI for chairing!

June 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

Final reminder about next week's #earlyyears webinar on Sure Start Norther Ireland 👇
Tuesday 10 June, 12.30pm
All welcome!
Please register: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

June 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

@scothealtheq.bsky.social

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.

www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...

www.instituteofhealthequity.org

May 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

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

MatCHNet webinar: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme
Tuesday 24 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Christina Vogel of City St George’s, University of London will draw upon primary research data to i) evaluate how using the Healthy Start subsidy influences food purchasing, diet and broader child outcomes; ii) identify factors driving Healthy Start use; and iii) co-create strategies to optimise the scheme’s impact.

May 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM

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Institute of Health Equity

@marmotihe.bsky.social

New @who.int global report o social determinants of health equity is a much needed reminder that to improve health equity we must improve society, say @michaelmarmot.bsky.social and @jessjallen.bsky.social #AllforEquity www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Call to action on social determinants of health

“Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” was the rallying cry of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), published in 2008.1 It remains appropriate to the World Health...

www.bmj.com

May 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

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

MatCHNet webinar: Understanding associations between children’s housing and health using quantitative data
Tuesday 17 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Amy Clair from the Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide will use data from the UK and Australia to give an overview of the evidence linking children’s housing and health with an emphasis on the shift towards private renting that characterises housing in the UK and Australia.

May 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

@scothealtheq.bsky.social

A recording of our second webinar, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland", is now online.

feat. Ruth Dundas, @chirstyresearch.bsky.social @hlrandolph.bsky.social and @emmanomics.bsky.social

Watch it here:

A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland

Our second webinar focussed on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality.The webinar was chaired by Emma Congreve and featured co...

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April 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

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

MatCHNet webinar: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care
Tuesday 10 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Meng Le Zhang from Cardiff University will discuss how using administrative data on children born in Northern Ireland can be used to measure the impact of Sure Start on: maternal and child health in the first 60 months of life, use of services and identification of developmental delays in children, and early parenting behaviours.
See www.gla.ac.uk/matchnet for details.
To stay in touch, please follow @MatCHNet_ or @MatCHNet.bsky.social

April 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

@scothealtheq.bsky.social

Join us for our webinar, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland"

ft. @chirstyresearch.bsky.social @hlrandolph.bsky.social and Ruth Dundas on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality.

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-future-a...

A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland

Join us for our second webinar, focusing on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

April 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM

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International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS)

@ijpds.bsky.social

𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧!

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Leveraging data across multiple countries for improved research into children's health and education

SEE: ijpds.org/calls/educat...

April 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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Morag Treanor

@moragtreanor.bsky.social

Please do post this opportunity to come work with me as a research associate far and wide :-)

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMG693/r...

Research Associate in Educational Inequalities at University of Glasgow

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate in Educational Inequalities. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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March 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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Coram Family and Childcare

@coramfam.bsky.social

Our new Childcare Survey published this week shows there are continued gaps in availability of childcare places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. bit.ly/Childcare2025Survey #ChildcareSurvey2025

Only 29% of local authorities in England report having enough childcare for at least 75% of children with SEND in their area.

March 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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National Children's Bureau

@ncb.org.uk

Useful food-for-thought in Coram's analysis of childcare costs, which have increased by almost 5% for 3 to 4-year-olds.

Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Mar 20

Coram has today published the @coramfam.bsky.social Childcare Survey 2025 report, revealing the average cost of a part-time nursery place for a child under two is now £70.51 a week in England for parents eligible for govt funding.

Full report: www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-survey-2025

Red background, white domus font: "The average cost of a part-time nursery place for a child under two is now £70.51 a week in England for parents eligible for govt funding. But many parents on low incomes in England still don’t get funding help for childcare, and costs are up in Scotland and Wales. #ChildcareSurvey2025"

March 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

📢Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluations? Join our new lunchtime webinars
📅Tuesdays - June 10, 17 and 24
🕜12.30-1pm
Topics: 1. Sure Start Northern Ireland, 2. housing and children's health, and 3. UK Healthy Start Scheme
Register now: matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/
All welcome!

March 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

@scothealtheq.bsky.social

1/5 🧵 Wealth disparities & health inequalities: what does the latest research tell us?

A new study from Norway finds that people with lower wealth at age 37-38 have significantly higher mortality rates before 62. We explore what this means for Scotland. #HealthInequality #Wealth

Wealth disparities and health inequalities - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

Two new studies of the health impacts of cash transfers reach conflicting conclusions. Are there lessons for Scottish efforts to improve health and reduce health inequalities?

scothealthequity.org

March 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow

@uofgshw.bsky.social

📢PhD studentship opportunity

Tackling child poverty locally: what are the benefits for family health and wellbeing and how can local actions be improved?

#ChildPoverty #HealthInequalities #Glasgow

tinyurl.com/3cbhk6cs

Tackling child poverty locally: what are the benefits for family health and wellbeing and how can local actions be improved? at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Tackling child poverty locally: what are the benefits for family health and wellbeing and how can local actions be improved? at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

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March 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM

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Ellie Harwood

@ellieharwood.bsky.social

We interviewed 40 experts on what works to deliver real change for children in poverty.

Raising incomes matters most, but every department and level of government has a role to play.

Good practice already happening in many parts of the UK, so effective collaboration and coordination will be key.

Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · Mar 3

What would a good child poverty strategy mean for children?

CPAG with @savechildrenuk.bsky.social have published new research on how to deliver a child poverty strategy.

This is why it’s so important to get it right.

Children’s building blocks showing what a good child poverty strategy would mean for kids, with these words on the different blocks: the chance to thrive; a good school experience with no barriers to taking part; school trips and extracurricular activities; a secure, warm home with space for learning and play; nutritious food, warm clothes and books; birthday parties and days out; a childhood free of financial worries and stigma, no more being excluded from life.

March 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

Do you want to involve young children in health research?
This new toolkit includes interactive slides and hands-on activities to make #healthdata fun & accessible for young learners

Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit
Explore: eprints.gla.ac.uk/345833/
#STEMEducation

Preview display of Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit. Flips through slides.

February 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM

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Prof Ruth Patrick

@ruthpatrick0.bsky.social

Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

February 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM

MatCHNet

@matchnet.bsky.social

New systematic review that evaluates the impact of the UK's Sure Start programme on the health of disadvantaged children. Important work on role of community interventions for child health equity.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...

Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review

Objectives With rising poverty and widening health inequity among children in the UK, the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Sure Start programme on child health outcomes in disa...

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February 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM

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SCADR data

@scadrdata.bsky.social

Join our @moragtreanor.bsky.social
keynote speaker at the ON-CAMPUS National Conference During #Debt Awareness Week, on Monday 17th March 2025! #childpoverty and #publicdebt.
www.aberlour.org.uk/about-us/pol...

@aberlourcharity.bsky.social

Aberlour | Child Poverty and the Public Debt Crisis: A National Conference

Aberlour is co-hosting a national conference with the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy, focusing on tackling child poverty through public debt reform this Debt Awareness Week.

www.aberlour.org.uk

February 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM

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Early Education and Childcare Coalition

@coalitionedcare.bsky.social

NEW study from @uniofbathipr.bsky.social explores the lived experiences of childcare for parents on Universal Credit.

Good to see the report support our call for an early years workforce strategy and recommendations on equalising access regardless of parent’s employment status
tinyurl.com/yyttr57m

A big, vast, grey area: Exploring the lived experiences of childcare for parents on Universal Credit

This report explores how parents in receipt of Universal Credit manage childcare costs, and their experiences of childcare and work conditionality requirements.

tinyurl.com

February 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM