
Imperial Child Health Unit
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Our mission is to produce high-quality research that will improve health and wellbeing of children, both in the UK and internationally. Part of @Imperial_SPH.
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https://www.imperial.ac.uk/school-public-health/primary-care-and-public-health/research/child-health 18-09-2018 09:41:27
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So proud of Dr Nish discussing her new paper Please share this important message that adolescents and young people diagnosed with #ulcerativecolitis are likely to discontinue maintenance treatments #askwhy Crohn's & Colitis UK @TeamGP The Bottom Line IBD IBD-BOOST @NIHRevidence



Finally here in Dublin with my amazing team Imperial School of Public Health Drs Kim Foley Helen Skirrow for the Julia conference #eph2023: looking forward public health science presentations, widening our @caph network and networking with public health colleagues across Europe EUPHA


Dr Helen Skirrow gives key messages from a British birth cohort of 800, 000 children 20 years of #MMR #vaccines uptake 🎯those living in deprivation 🎯black British ethnicity 🎯mothers<20 years Uptake of pregnancy #vaccines linked to ⬆️ MMR uptake @NIHRcommunity Imperial School of Public Health


Also sharing EPH Conference co-produced research with Mosaic Community Trust into why some children miss out on routine childhood vaccines Mosaic co-authors 😊 Easier access to vaccine appointments & to trusted healthcare professionals to answer parents vaccine questions key to ⬆️ uptake


Wonderful to present this morning at #EPH2023! Many thanks to the audience for the fantastic questions and great discussion! EPH Conference NIHR ARC Northwest London Department of Primary Care & Public Health Imperial Child Health Unit

Great presentation at #EPH2023 this afternoon! Very interesting initial findings providing evidence that policies to address social inequalities should focus on the first 1000 days of life. Looking forward to seeing what comes next in your research Hanna Creese!


Engaging with primary schools for health research? We asked teachers about what encourages them to take part in #publichealth #research - some useful tips! Read here: tinyurl.com/2wxcv3wy Imperial PERC Department of Primary Care & Public Health Imperial Child Health Unit NIHR ARC Northwest London NIHR SPHR



Thank you St Bernadette's for having us! We really enjoyed teaching children about #PhysicalActivity - fantastic to see teachers and parents join in too! ♥️ Imperial Child Health Unit Department of Primary Care & Public Health NIHR SPHR NIHR ARC Northwest London Imperial School of Public Health

Here's St Bernadette's news team hosted by children telling us about their week - thank you for the mention of our #PhysicalActivity assembly!😊watch from 2:25👇 youtu.be/Psb8njdkJqQ?si… @drdavidsalman Esta Orchard Nancy Gullett Imperial Child Health Unit Department of Primary Care & Public Health NIHR SPHR NIHR ARC Northwest London

“Why did nobody ask us? - hearing findings from a Helen Skirrow #coproduction research project with Mosaic Community Trust on uptake of the under 5 #vaccine programme NIHR Involvement Imperial School of Public Health Centre for Paediatrics & Child Health Imperial Child Health Unit Department of Primary Care & Public Health


Day 8 of our #ARCadvent: The Daily Mile™ (The Daily Mile UK) is a real-world application of a scalable school-based physical activity intervention. This NIHR ARC Northwest London-supported study looks at its implementation in primary schools. arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/evaluatin…
