Findings from the HOPE study suggest the Government needs to generate better evidence on SEND provision as part of the SEND service reforms. UCL news item here: ucl.ac.uk/population-h... and full report here ijpds.org/article/view...

📢 A new CPRU publication in BMJ Open reviews available tools to measure child development at 2–2.5y in England bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/2...

📢 A new CPRU paper published today on parents' and professionals' perspectives on digital alternatives to the paper-based ASQ-3 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🎙️The @closer-uk.bsky.social Connections podcast is out now! CPRU Co-Director Ruth Gilbert and other guests discuss how linked data is transforming research, the challenges & the innovative solutions shaping the future closer.ac.uk/news-opinion...

📢 A new CPRU cohort study using ECHILD data looks at disparities in adolescent mental health-related NHS presentations www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

📢 New CPRU research project protocol on frameworks for describing health inequalities in observational public health research published today bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...

WATCH ▶️ By identifying how to consistently measure agreed outcomes for children experiencing #DomesticAbuse, our research will help build a more robust evidence base to inform policy & practice. 📄 foundations.org.uk/our-work/publications/selecting-and-validating-outcome-measures-for-the-dva-cos/

📣 A report by @foundationsww.bsky.social on selecting and validating outcomes for interventions aimed at improving outcomes for children exposed to domestic abuse has just been published. The work builds on the core outcome set developed in previous CPRU work foundations.org.uk/our-work/pub...

📢 A new CPRU publication looks at chronic health conditions and school absence, exclusions, and non-enrolment academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...

📢 A new CPRU publication looks at perspectives of children and young people's mental health practitioners who work with children with experience of intimate partner violence and complex family relationships. Read it here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 A new CPRU paper uses linked data on health, education and social care services to look at hospital admissions for children with SEN/care experience. Read it here www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our recent paper found child maltreatment and/or parental domestic violence exposure incurs large personal and societal economic burdens. Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 New CPRU report identifies population-level health indicators for children <2y for use in the Start for Life outcomes framework. Our report also includes principles for monitoring service performance in this area. Read it here www.ucl.ac.uk/children-pol...

A recent CPRU paper in @ijpds.bsky.social found 25% of all children living in England are recognised as a child in need by children's social care. One third are referred to children's social care at least once before 18y ijpds.org/article/view...

In a recent paper, we support a systems approach to address barriers to support for families experiencing intimate partner violence and mental health problems. There is a need to address the gap between child mental health and domestic abuse services www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our new paper in @ijpds.bsky.social: analysis of inequalities in early child development ijpds.org/article/view...

Feb 2025: Recent work finds support for young people with chronic conditions is highly variable with caregivers and young people often unaware of what is available. We highlight a need for clarity in government guidance. continuityineducation.org/articles/10....

Feb 2025: We advocate for an iterative process of listening to and learning from survivors of domestic abuse and child maltreatment and buy-in from funders to ensure research is appropriately resourced and involve sufficient planning time bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

Feb 2025: Our study in @thelancetph.bsky.social funded by @nihr.bsky.social finds children are nearly three-quarters more likely to develop mental health problems by the age of 18 if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity in their first 1000 days www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Dec 2024: Parents and health visiting professionals in England want a measure of child development at 2-2.5y to be a springboard for a 'warm conversation about what's going on' covering child, sibling, and parent wellbeing. Not just 'tick, tick, tick' bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

Dec 2024: Our paper finds household income predicts steep inequality gradients in child health and school attainment better than neighbourhood deprivation @cpaguk.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...

Nov 2024: Julia Shumway and colleagues use national data to reveal the emergence of co-morbidities in children with Down syndrome @rcpch.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

March 2024: we published our paper on supporting caregivers with safer sleep journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @jennywoodmanucl.bsky.social @annapease.bsky.social

Feb 2024: Study linking health, education & social care data for >30K mothers in England finds Family Nurse Partnership had little impact for first time mothers on child maltreatment, but improvements in child development & reductions in rapid repeat pregnancy bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...

Jan 2024: National research shows maternal benefits of community perinatal mental health teams and mixed benefits for babies – mental health and maternity teams need to work together. www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

Jan 2024: Our report on design and accuracy of tools to measure early child development which could be routinely used at the 2-2½ year health and development review in England. (1/3) #childdevelopment #earlychildhood #HealthVisitors www.ucl.ac.uk/children-pol...

CPRU is new to BlueSky. To get caught up, we will be posting a roundup of our studies and findings from Jan 2024-2025