
MatCHNet
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MatCHNet is a @UK_PRP network that aims to evaluate policy impacts on child and maternal health by harnessing administrative data across the 4 UK nations.
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http://www.gla.ac.uk/matchnet 04-04-2019 14:01:03
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Join us for our webinar next week, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland" ft. Chirsty McFadyen, Hannah 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-…

📢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/regist…


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

🚨 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 Dr Ania Zylbersztejn ADR UK Population, Policy and Practice Department IOE Department for Education ONS Focus



New World Health Organization (WHO) global report reveals nearly 20 after Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, social justice continues to kill on a grand scale The Sir Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity Etienne Krug #AllforEquity bit.ly/3SdE4lo




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



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 NI for chairing!


NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK Paul Johnson is joined by Christine Farquharson and Ed Balls 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…


Proud of our #SureStart work Institute for Fiscal Studies that we started in 2015 tx to Nuffield Foundation (shorturl.at/QPoHY)—and that today it is at the basis of the new GOV.UK Bridget Phillipson Family Hubs announcement! ✨ Final report here: ifs.org.uk/publications/s… And don’t miss the podcast!👇🏻

Excited to share that our MIREDA protocol has been selected as an Health Data Research UK (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


Our new report with Child Poverty Action Group 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…

