Maternal, perinatal and preconception health
Evaluating the relationship between maternal psychosocial risk, resource and newborn outcomes
This study investigates which psychosocial risks and resources experienced during pregnancy are associated with maternal and adverse outcomes. It also explores the role of antenatal care in mitigating these outcomes fo rwomen with psychosocial disadvantage.
This study is being led by Dr Nicola Vousden (University of Oxford) and was funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Evaluating the relationship between newborn adversity and early years outcomes
This study investigates the relationship between newborn medical adversity and school readiness, and how the context of maternal and social adversity changes this relationship
This study is being led by Rashmi D'Souza, Dr Ruth Blackburn, Prof Ruth Gilbert (UCL) and Dr Astrid Guttmann (University of Toronto). It is funded by Child Health Research CIO.
Child development impacts of targeted food payments
This study evaluates the impact of the Healthy Start Scheme – a targeted cash transfer designed to support healthy nutrition among low-income pregnant women and families with young children – on early life health and nutrition.
This study is being led by Christine Farquharson (Institute for Fiscal Studies) and was funded by NIHR.
Women’s mental illness in pregnancy: contact with secondary mental health services and links with offspring health and education outcomes
This study is exploring how mothers’ contact with secondary mental health services during pregnancy relates to their children’s health and developmental outcomes in England.
This study is being led by Dr Yasmin Ahmadzadeh (King’s College London) and was funded by ADR UK.
MATernal mental health, Child Health Emergency Department utilisation: impact on children's education and development outcomes (MATCHED)
This study is exploring how the mental health and wellbeing of mothers and birthing parents in England affect their children's health, development, and education.
This study is being led by Prof Amanda Mason-Jones (University of York) and was funded by ADR UK and ESRC.
Missingness as a marker of health inequality: implications of data gaps for maternal and child outcomes
This study is exploring how missing information in routinely collected records might tell us something important about the people those records belong to.
This study is being led by Dr Talia Hubble and Prof Katie Harron (UCL) and was funded by NIHR.
Developing the economic case for early intervention
This study aims to derive population estimates of the prevalence and incidence of early adversities and their long-term educational and health outcomes. This is to support the simulation of economic models that show the long-term economic consequences of improving a wide range of early years circumstances.
This study is being led by Dr Ruth Blackburn, Dr Aase Villadsen (UCL), Prof Paul McCrone, Prof Rosana Pacella, Prof Claire Monks (University of Greenwich), Prof Richard Cookson, Dr Ieva Skarda and Dr Shrathinth Venkatesh (University of York), and was funded by NIHR.
Effects of preconception health on reducing inequalities in pregnancy and early childhood health, health service and educational outcomes
This project aims to quantify the benefits of preconception health intervention scenarios on maternal and child health, health service and educational outcomes, and on reducing inequalities in these outcomes.
This study is being led by Dr Danielle Schoenaker (University of Southampton) and was funded by NIHR.
Exploring the health, social, and education outcomes of English children exposed to opioids in pregnancy using administrative health data
This project aims to explore a range of health and education outcomes for children exposed to opioids through their mother’s substance use, and the pathways they take to these outcomes.
This study is being led by Dr Louise Marryat (University of Glasgow) and was funded by UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
From Birth to Beyond: How Delivery Experiences Shape Maternal Health and Child Development in the UK
This project aims to investigate how mode of delivery affects health and developmental outcomes in early childhood.
This study is being led by Dr Angelina Nazarova (University of Essex).
Perinatal Health: Risks and Social Ecological Systems (PHRaSES)
This project investigates the determinants and consequences of rare perinatal maternal health complications (RPMHC), such as peripartum cardiomyopathy and pre-eclampsia
This study is being led by Dr Christian Dogaru (University of Suffolk).
Completed studies.
Being born early, physical health and school outcomes
This study aimed to find out what health conditions children who are born too early (preterm) are likely to have prior to school age, and how these children progress through primary school exams.
The study was completed in 2023. It was led by Dr Nicolás Libuy (UCL) and was funded by ADR UK.