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Risk of Maltreatment-Related Injury publication

A paper has been published on a cross-sectional study of young children admitted to hospital with a head or neck injury or fracture. See PLOS ONE for more details.

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Healthy child Research Associate, Anna Pearce, gave a presentation on whether  cumulative poverty mediates the association between longitudinal family structure and socio-emotional behaviour at age 7, at the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies in Paris in October 2012.

Adolescence lead, Russell Viner, gave the closing presentation at the University of Bristol’s seminar on Multiple Risk Behaviours in Adolescence on 9th September 2012. His talk focused on policy approaches to prevention.

Healthcare provision Research Associate, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, gave presentations on victimisation-related injury admission in children and adolescents in England and Western Australia at the International Data Linkage Conference in May and the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Congress in April 2012.

The Healthy Child Projects

The health of children in different family structures: a cohort analysis to inform policy

Over the past few decades the proportion of children living with both biological parents has declined with corresponding rises in other family structures such as those headed by a lone parent and step familes. Despite this, little is known about how the health of children living in different family structures varies, particularly in young children and in the UK. We will compare the physical and emotional health of young children living in different family structures, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study. If differences are apparent, then we will investigate whether these are explained by disadvantage (for example poverty and maternal education) and/or other aspects of family circumstances (such as employment and childcare), with a view to identifying risk factors and exposures that are amenable to policy action.

For further information contact Catherine Law.

Key Publications

Scoping and piloting the potential for inter-country comparisons to inform policy development and evaluation for children's health

The potential to use variability in national or regional policies for assessing the links between policy and health has been little realised. Many policies are broad in nature and/or encompass a range of policy options, taking the form of a framework of guiding principles which can be hard to evaluate using traditional methods. In these circumstances comparisons of countries with different policy ‘frameworks’ may yield useful information for both the development and evaluation of policy. In this project we plan to scope the methods used in other studies that have used cross-country comparisons; and map variations and similarities in the policy ‘frameworks’ of different nations to highlight where comparisons might be made. Using this information, we will develop a plan and carry out a pilot cross-country comparison.

For further information contact Catherine Law.

Evaluating the use of a population measure of child development in the Healthy Child Programme two year review

This project is a service evaluation of measures used in the 2-2.5 year old Healthy Child Programme (HCP) child health review and their acceptability and utility as a population measure of children’s development. Following a review of all existing measures, we are evaluating the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3) and the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) across a range of NHS sites. This will involve collecting information on 2 year reviews and seeking the views and experiences of early years professionals and parents and carers.

For further information contact Helen Bedford. 

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