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2026

Sarah J Aldridge, Lateef Akanni, Stuart Bedston, Davara Bennett, Michelle Black, Yanhua Chen, Yu Wei Chua, Oluwaseun B Esan, Lucy J Griffiths, Emily Lowthian, Philip McHale, Ashley Akbari; David Taylor-Robinson

Data Resource Profile: Children in Wales: The Cohort for Health and Wellbeing Inequality (CWTCH) Journal Article

In: International Journal of Epidemiology , 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Health inequalities, Inequalities

Francesca Murley, Nurgul Gecer, Gianmaria Niccodemi, Michelle Black, Katie Fahy, David Taylor-Robinson, Philip McHale; Davara Bennett

Is neglect different? Social determinants of child protection plans by recorded maltreatment type in England: a longitudinal ecological study, 2014/2015–2022/2023 Journal Article

In: BMJ Open, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Child welfare, Children, Social determinants, Social environment, Social welfare, young people

Davara Bennett, Gabriella Melis, Paris Lee, Gillian Maudsley, Michelle Maden, Sarah Donegan, Ruaraidh Hill, Viviane Schultz Straatmann, Ylva B Almquist, Tanishta Rajesh, Hilma Forsman, David Taylor-Robinson

Socioeconomic conditions and children’s out-of-home care in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Journal Article

In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Child welfare, Children, socio-economics, young adults, young people

Amina Benkhelfa ,Bina Ram, Nancy Gullett, Mark Cunningham, Mansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani, Miranda Pallan, Esther van Sluijs, Carolyn Summerbell, Melvyn Hillsdon, Nadia Siddiqui, Sonia Saxena

Real-world evidence of physical activity practices and policies in Greater London primary schools: A cross-sectional survey Journal Article

In: PLOS One, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, school, School culture, school environment, school policy

Caitlin Holt, Nicola Heslehurst, Ruth Kipping, Michael P. Daly, Zoe Bell, Andrew Mahon, Patsy Temple; Alice Porter

Interventions that address food insecurity for children aged 0–11 years, families, and pregnant women in the UK: a systematic review of intervention studies Journal Article

In: Journal of Nutritional Science , 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, Food, Food Policy, Health inequalities, Inequalities, Pregnancy

Bina Ram, Kajl Ahmad, Dougal Hargreaves; Mitch Blair

Addressing equity through integration of child health services in North West London disadvantaged neighbourhoods: a mixed- methods evaluation Journal Article

In: BMJ Paediatrics Open , 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, health improvement, Health inequalities, Inequalities

Nicholas Woodrow, Hannah Fairbrother, Peter Kraftl, Eleanor Holding, Mary Crowder, Jamie O’Brien, Sarah Rodgers, Elizabeth Goyder; Anne-Marie Burn

Understanding housing insecurity: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of families and professional practitioners in England Journal Article

In: International Journal of Housing Policy, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, Family, Government, Housing, Local Government, Policy

Rukun K.S. Khalaf, Roberto Villegas-Diaz, Olly Butters, Anna Head, Rebecca S. Geary, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Sarah E. Rodgers

Residential green and blue space effects on newborn health: findings from a retrospective longitudinal study in Wales Journal Article

In: Health & Place , vol. Volume 98, iss. March 2026, no. 103628, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Environment, Pregnancy

Davara Lee Bennett, Sophie Wickham, Ben Barr, David Taylor-Robinson

Child welfare inequalities on the agenda? A qualitative study of the local political stream in England Journal Article

In: Children and Youth Services Review, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Child welfare, Children, Health inequalities, Health Policy, Inequalities, Inequality, Policy

David Taylor-Robinson; Kate Pickett

Gaps remain in UK’s new child poverty strategy Journal Article

In: The BMJ, 2026.

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Iain Hardie, Louise Marryat, Aja Murraya, Josiah Kinga, Kenneth Okeloa, Lynda Fenton, Abigail K. Stevely, James P. Boardman, Michael V. Lombardo, Sarah J. Stock, Rachael Wood, Bonnie Auyeung

COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSM) and early childhood developmental concerns in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis Journal Article

In: The Lancet Regional Health, 2026.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Child welfare, Children, COVID-19, Public health

2025

Rosalyn Arnold, Rosalie Cattermole, David Taylor-Robinson, Dougal Hargreaves, Rachel Loopstra

Over one in four UK children face food insecurity: what can paediatricians do? Journal Article

In: Paediatrics and Child Health , 2025.

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Samira Saberian, Chris Gale, Nimish Subhedar, Natalie Gallagher, Oluwaseun B Esan, Prof Ian Sinha, Kelly Harvey, Daniela K Schlüter, David Taylor-Robinson

Inequalities in neonatal unit mortality in England and Wales between 2012 and 2022: a retrospective cohort study Journal Article

In: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Pregnancy

Cheryl McQuire, Lou Millington, Amy Dillon, Andy Boyd, James Parsonage, Raja Mukherjee, Sandra I Butcher; Patricia D Jackson

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): how primary care can make a difference Journal Article

In: British Journal of General Practice, 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Alcohol, alcohol consumption, child health, Children

Amy Turner, Alice Porter, Marie Murphy, James Parsonage, Joseph Coombes; Ruth Kipping

Food policy, practice and provision in UK early childhood education and care: a scoping review Journal Article

In: Public Health Nutrition, 2025.

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Evgenia Stepanova, Frances Hillier-Brown, Emily Owen-Boukra, Steven Hope, Steph Scott, Dougal Hargreaves, Dasha Nicholls, Russell M. Viner & Carolyn Summerbell

Commonality of 25 component themes of integrated care for children: rapid review of 170 models Journal Article

In: BMC Health Services Research, 2025.

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Lorna Hatch, Laura Tinner, Cecilia Khofi-Szeremley, Florence Darling, Sophie Clohessy, Jessica Tanner, Hannah Robinson, Russell Jago, Carolyn Summerbell, Laura Mazzoli-Smith, Miranda Pallan, Margaret A. Defeyter & Marie Murphy

Challenges and opportunities for inclusive, equitable and accessible school holiday clubs for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Journal Article

In: International Journal for Equity in Health, 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, school, School culture, school environment, school policy, Secondary School

Florence Darling, Laura Mazzoli Smith, Mary Robson, Laura Tinner, Marie Murphy, Miranda Pallan, Jessica Tanner, Lorna Hatch, Russell Jago,; Carolyn Summerbell

Reflections of a Research Team on Using Creative Facilitation for the First Time: Illuminating the Lived Experience of the School Holidays for Children and Families Living in Poverty Across England Journal Article

In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Inequalities, poverty, school

Bina Ram, Nancy Gullett, Amina Benkhelfa, Mark Cunningham, Mansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani, Esther van Sluijs, Nadia Siddiqui, Melvyn Hillsdon, Carolyn Summerbell, Miranda Pallan, Sonia Saxena

Exploring associations between active school environments and children’s physical activity, mental health and educational performance in Greater London primary schools: the Health and Activity of Pupils in the Primary Years (HAPPY) study protocol Journal Article

In: BMJ Open , 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, Exercise, Physical activity, school

Oluwaseun B Esan, Nicholas K Adjei, Samira Saberian, Lara Christianson, Alya Mazlan, Rukun K S Khalaf, Olukemi Yetunde Towolawi, Philip McHale, Andy Pennington, Rebecca Sally Geary, Abimbola Ayorinde

Systematic review of interventions to reduce ethnic health inequalities in maternal and perinatal health in the UK Journal Article

In: BMJ Public Health, 2025.

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Kimberley Foley, Dougal Hargreaves, Alex Bottle, Jennifer K Quint, Azeem Majeed, Sejal Saglani; Sonia Saxena

GP consultations for respiratory tract infections in children aged <5 years: a retrospective cohort study 2016–2023 Journal Article

In: British Journal of General Practice, 2025.

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Ryan Crowley, Katherine Parkin, Emma Rocheteau, Emma Rocheteau, Efthalia Massou, Yasmin Friedmann, Ann John, Rachel Sippy, Pietro Liò; Anna Moore

Machine learning for prediction of childhood mental health problems in social care Journal Article

In: BJPsych Open , 2025.

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Sarah Bates, Yekta Saidi, Richard Cookson, Ieva Skarda, Tamsin Ford, Rachel Hayes, Poushali Ganguli, Sarah Byford, Alan Brennan

Estimating the Lifetime Costs and Benefits of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Intervention Using Data From 30 Months Follow-Up of the Supporting Teachers and childRen in Schools Trial Journal Article

In: Value in Health, 2025.

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Michelle Black, Lateef Akanni, Nicholas Kofi Adjei, G J Melendez-Torres, Dougal Hargreaves; David Taylor-Robinson

Impact of child socioemotional and cognitive development on exam results in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study Journal Article

In: Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 2025.

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Liam Spencer, Scarlett Carling, Tomos Robinson, Katie Thomson; Eileen Kaner

Selective and indicated UK school-based mental health interventions: a systematic review and narrative synthesis Journal Article

In: Journal of Mental Health, 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Mental Health, school, School culture, school environment, school policy, young adults, young people

Irena Tetkovic, Joanna K. Anderson, Danielle Brocklebank, Jessica O’Logbon, Anne-Marie Burn; Tamsin J. Ford

Interventions for siblings of children and young people with mental health conditions: A systematic review Journal Article

In: The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health , 2025.

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Nicholas Kofi Adjei, Kenisha Russell Jonsson, Jones Opoku-Ware, Sanni Yaya, Yanhua Chen, Davara Bennett, Ruth McGovern, Luke Munford, Michelle Black; David Taylor-Robinson

Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study Journal Article

In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2025.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: behaviours, child health, Child welfare, Children

2024

Courtney Franklin, David Taylor-Robinson, Enitan D Carrol, Paul Moran; Bernie Carter

Coming in hot: a qualitative investigation into perceptions of parents and doctors of reasons for the presentation of children with fever to the emergency department in England Journal Article

In: BMJ Paediatrics Open , 2024.

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Jennie C. Parnham, Kiara Chang, Fernanda Rauber, Renata B. Levy, Anthony A. Laverty, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Martin White, Stephanie von Hinke, Christopher Millett & Eszter P. Vamos

Evaluating the impact of the universal infant free school meal policy on the ultra-processed food content of children’s lunches in England and Scotland: a natural experiment Journal Article

In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2024.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Food, Food Policy, Government, school

Kate M. Lewis, Rachel Burns, Mario Cortina-Borja, Anja Heilmann, Alison Macfarlane, Selina Nath, Sarah M. Salway, Sonia Saxena, Nazmy Villarroel-Williams, Russell Viner & Pia Hardelid

Parental migration, socioeconomic deprivation and hospital admissions in preschool children in England: national birth cohort study, 2008 to 2014 Journal Article

In: BMC Medicine , 2024.

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Helen Skirrow, Celine Lewis, Habiba Haque, Lena Choundary-Salter, Kim Foley, Elizabeth Whittaker, Ceire Costelloe, Helen Bedford, Sonia Saxena

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK parents’ attitudes towards routine childhood vaccines: A mixed-methods study Journal Article

In: PLOS One , 2024.

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Oluwaseun B. Esan, Paul Norman, Philip McHale, Dougal Hargreaves, Hanna Creese, G J Melendez-Torres; David Taylor-Robinson

Intersecting ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in infant mortality in England, 2007–2019 Journal Article

In: BMJ Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 2024.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Health inequalities, Inequalities, Mortality

Lauren Cross, Dale Banham, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Tamsin Ford, Esther van Sluijs & Kristin Liabo

Developing inclusive public involvement and engagement activities with secondary school students and educational professionals: a protocol Journal Article

In: Research Involvement and Engagement, 2024.

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Sam Redgate, Deborah Smart, Simon Barrett, Carrie Barron, Samantha Burns, Hilda Frost, William McGovern, Vikki Peart, Emma Adams, Hayley Alderson, Eileen Kaner; Ruth McGovern

Mechanisms That Promote and Support Family Preservation for Children at the Edge of Care: A Realist Synthesis Journal Article

In: Sage Journals, 2024.

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Davara L. Bennett, Sophie Wickham, Ben Barr; David Taylor-Robinson

Poverty and children entering care in England: A qualitative study of local authority policymakers’ perspectives of challenges in Children’s Services Journal Article

In: Children and Youth Services Review, 2024.

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H Skirrow, K Foley, H Bedford, C Lewis, E Whittaker, C Costelloe, S Saxena

Impact of pregnancy vaccine uptake and socio-demographic determinants on subsequent childhood Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine uptake: A UK birth cohort study Journal Article

In: Elsevier Vaccine , 2024.

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2023

Steven Hope, Evgenia Stepanova, Oliver Lloyd-Houldey, Frances Hillier-Brown, Dougal Hargreaves, Dasha Nicholls, Carolyn Summerbell, Russell M. Viner, Zainab Dedat, Emily C. Owen; Stephanie Scott

This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22 Journal Article

In: BMC Health Services Research, 2023.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, Healthcare, NHS, young people

Emily Tupper, Stephanie Morris, Emma R Lawlor, Carolyn Summerbell, Jenna Panter, Russell Jago; Tessa Pollard

Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel Journal Article

In: Elsevier Health & Place, 2023.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Children, Physical activity, school, Transport

G. Melis, S. Bedston, A. Akbari b, D. Bennett, A. Lee, E. Lowthian, D. Schlüter; D. Taylor—Robinson

Impact of socio-economic conditions and perinatal factors on risk of becoming a child looked after: a whole population cohort study using routinely collected data in Wales Journal Article

In: Elsevier Public Health, 2023.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: child health, Child welfare, Children, Healthcare, socio-economics

Alice Porter, Rebecca Langford, Carolyn Summerbell, Laura Tinner; Ruth Kipping

A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK Journal Article

In: BMC Public Health, 2023.

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Sophie M. Phillips, Carolyn Summerbell, Kathryn R. Hesketh, Sonia Saxena; Frances C. Hillier-Brown

Co-design and content validity of the movement measurement in the early years (MoveMEY) tool for assessing movement behaviour of pre-school aged children Journal Article

In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2023.

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2022

Cassey Muir, Emma A. Adams, Vivienne Evans, Emma Geijer-Simpson, Eileen Kaner, Sophie M. Phillips, Domna Salonen, Deborah Smart, Lizzy Winstone; Ruth McGovern

A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies Exploring Lived Experiences, Perceived Impact, and Coping Strategies of Children and Young People Whose Parents Use Substances Journal Article

In: Sage Journals Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2022.

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Sarab El-Yousfi, Zoe Marshman, Patricia N. Albers, Samantha Watt, Ruth Kipping & Joanna G. Williams

Health visiting teams and children’s oral health: a scoping review Journal Article

In: BMC Oral Health, 2022.

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Patricia N Albers, Joanna G Williams, Sarab El-Yousfi, Zoe Marshman, Reena Patel, Rebecca Kandiyali, Katie Breheny, Frank de Vocht, Chris Metcalfe, Robert Witton; Ruth Kipping

Study protocol for First Dental Steps Intervention: feasibility study of a health visitor led infant oral health improvement programme Journal Article

In: BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 2022.

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Erin Haney, Jennie C Parnham, Kiara Chang, Anthony A Laverty, Stephanie von Hinke, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Martin White, Christopher Millett; Eszter P Vamos

Dietary quality of school meals and packed lunches: a national study of primary and secondary schoolchildren in the UK Journal Article

In: Public Health Nutrition, 2022.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, dietary behaviours, school

Davara L Bennett, Daniela K Schlüter, Gabriella Melis, Prof Paul Bywaters, Alex Alexiou, Prof Ben Barr, Sophie Wickham; Prof David Taylor-Robinson

Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level Journal Article

In: The Lancet Public Health, 2022.

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Parnham JC, Chang K, Millett C, Laverty AA, von Hinke S, Pearson-Stuttard J, de Vocht F, White M, Vamos EP.

The Impact of the Universal Infant Free School Meal Policy on Dietary Quality in English and Scottish Primary School Children: Evaluation of a Natural Experiment Journal Article

In: Nutrients., vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 1602, 2022.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: Children, Nutrition, policy evaluation

Jessiman P, Kidger J, Spencer L, Geijer-Simpson E, Kaluzeviciute G, Burn AM, Leonard N, Limmer M.

School culture and student mental health: a qualitative study in UK secondary schools Journal Article

In: BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 619, 2022.

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Sophie M Phillips, Carolyn Summerbell, Kathryn R Hesketh, Sonia Saxena; Frances C Hillier-Brown

Parental Views on the Acceptability and Feasibility of Measurement Tools Used to Assess Movement Behaviour of Pre-School Children: A Qualitative Study Journal Article

In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022.

Links | Altmetric | Tags: behaviours, Children, Physical activity, Sedentary Behaviour

Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., Breheny, K. et al.

Exploring the potential of a school-based online health and wellbeing screening tool: professional stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences. Journal Article

In: BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 324, 2022.

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