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NIHR CPRU Research Highlights Event

Celebrating 5 Years of the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Programme

Event Details

  • On November 29th, we celebrated the past five years of the NIHR Children and Families Research Programme through a Research Highlights Event hosted by CPRU co-directors Professor Ruth Gilbert, and Dr Jenny Woodman. This event showcased some of the research from the programme, highlighting the broad scope of the programme and impact. 
  • Recordings of the presentations can be found below.

Talks

Research Theme: Responding to vulnerable children and families

Project: Domestic abuse and the mental health of parents and children

Co-ordinating support for families experiencing intimate partner violence and mental health concerns: qualitative findings (Presenter: Claire Powell)

Family adversity and health characteristics associated with intimate partner violence in children and parents presenting to health care: a population-based birth cohort study in England (Presenter: Shabeer Syed)

ProjectMeasuring costs and cost effectiveness to inform family interventions

Costs and cost consequences of exposure of children to child maltreatment and/or intimate partner violence within the family (Presenter: Kevin Herbert)


Research Theme: Long-term conditions and disability

Project: Chronic health conditions, school absence and attainment 

Chronic health conditions and school absence: findings from the ECHILD database (Presenter: Matt Jay)

School absence and inclusiveness for young people with chronic health conditions: young people's, caregivers' and educators' experiences (Presenter: Lauren Herlitz)

Project: Inequalities in health trajectories to adulthood of vulnerable adults 

Mortality in children receiving SEN or social care support (Presenter: Isobel Ward)