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Covid and young carers – a double whammy?

Posted on December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 by Christine Garrington

For some time there has been concern about the mental and physical health effects of being a young carer. Research has shown  these young people are more likely to come from lower income households and to have less well-qualified parents in poorer paid jobs. Those providing more than 20 hours’ care per week suffer greater…

Childhood obesity post-pandemic: a debt to society

Posted on January 31, 2024February 1, 2024 by Christine Garrington

In 2023 the Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation warned the Government not to put the brakes on its anti-obesity policies, adding that the resulting heart and circulatory disease would cost the economy £58m per year. Charmaine Griffiths said that after a flurry of early activity, a ‘bold strategy’ to address obesity was now…

Better housing and employment are key to preventing long-term mental health effects of the pandemic

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Christine Garrington

Ministers have announced extra funding for mental health services and suicide prevention amid concerns over a surge in cases among young people during COVID-19. New research by Thierry Gagné, Alita Nandi and Ingrid Schoon looks more closely at the issue and finds strong differences in mental health responses to the pandemic with deprivation. Resources need…

Pregnant and poor? Children likely to face many more challenges  

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Christine Garrington

Over the past two decades, an increasing amount of research on Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs)* has helped to highlight the importance of the early life social environment as a predictor of what a person’s health will be like as they get older. The research has shown that children who experience one trauma such as parental…

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