Welcome to Child of our Time, a blog about the health and wellbeing of children and young people living in the UK.
We are a team of researchers and partners at Equalise, the new ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity, led by University College London. Our research focuses the ways in which early childhood socioeconomic inequality contributes to lifelong inequality and impacts on health.
This blog is aimed at sharing our research and the research of others doing similar work, with policy makers, parents and people who work with and are interested in the outcomes of children and young people.
We wish to provide evidence to help break cycles of intergenerational disadvantage through early years environments and interventions. By sharing our findings we look to inform decisions affecting children’s futures.
Our blog includes easy-to-understand summaries of recent and new research from a number of important impactful research projects, reflections on what that research might mean for society and practical recommendations for policy and practice.
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The Equalise Team