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Kerrie Stevenson

@drkstevenson.bsky.social
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Public Health Doc, Health Data Scientist, and @nihr.bsky.social PhD Fellow at @ucl.ac.uk. Researching how conflict and migration impacts mums & children via the MAMAH Study. Mum, tea lover, occasional soprano. Irish / N Irish ☘️ 💻 www.bit.ly/mamahstudy

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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨New Research Alert 🚨 Amazing to present the very early findings from our #MAMAHStudy @ucl.ac.uk ECHILD analysis at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social Child Health Impact Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week! Follow us to find out more soon! www.bit.ly/mamahstudy #ChildHealthImpact2025
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Great to be at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social ‘Using Evidence to Change Child Health’ event today hearing from @marianknight.bsky.social about how the NIHR aims to improve health for children and young people across the UK 💡 #nihr #impact
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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I'm excited to share that SSAHE will be holding a joint book launch for myself and Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson on 5 June at 5pm online, with Umut Erel as discussant! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/borderingm....
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Bordering/mothering online book launch
Launching Bordering social reproduction by Rachel Rosen + Eve Dickson, and Borders, Citizenship, + Pregnancy by Gwyneth Lonergan.
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Maternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Good to work with Chris Osuh of @theguardian.com and @nctcharity.bsky.social to highlight difficulties with #NHS charging rules & impact on minoritised women & their babies bit.ly/43RoIub
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Asylum seeker billed £10,000 for NHS maternity care ‘could only afford penny a month’
Campaigners warn NHS rules are putting migrant mothers and babies at risk
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation Sara Cumming, Andrew Symon onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation
A co-produced infographic summarises the experiences of mothers experiencing homelessness in pregnancy in the UK: feeling unsafe, feeling undermined as mothers and feeling unseen in midwifery blind s...
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
An honour to present our co-production experiences at the @UCL #ECHILD User Day Kemi Ogunlana Katie Harron. Some really great work and collaborations between research and policymakers 👏 UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Great to be at the @ucl.ac.uk #ECHILD User Day hearing from amazing colleagues and collaborators who are sharing their work @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social @adruk.bsky.social
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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is an important new Opinion in @plosglobalpublichealth.org; the authors write about the complexities and important considerations we must take as we seek to understand the causes of maternal mortality worldwide, but I think what I appreciate most about this piece is the focus the lives lost...
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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
📣📣📣 Calling on the #publichealth community on BlueSky to share this far and wide! @profkevinfenton.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @benwealthy.bsky.social @stevensenior.bsky.social @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social
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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Because women and children are apparently expendable. #MedSky #HealthyEquity
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Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The evidence keeps piling up: Pregnant women in prison face higher risks of gestational diabetes which can lead to preeclampsia & poor birth outcomes. Alternatives to imprisonment need to be actioned urgently. @birthcompanions.bsky.social @janeystarling.bsky.social @cleanbrk.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk
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‘Alarming’ data reveals high diabetes risk for pregnant women in English jails
Freedom of information requests show that female prisoners are three times more likely to suffer gestational diabetes
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Maternal Mental Health Alliance @mmhalliance.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"There has been progress with specialist services, but, tragically, women are still dying." Karen Middleton, Head of Campaigns and Policy at the MMHA Catch up on this morning's BBC Breakfast feature on #MaternalMentalHealth (from 3:17:00): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“Trump's assault against WHO, USAID, and medical research threatens to bring the entire global health architecture crashing down” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Offline: Telling the truth about WHO
US President Donald Trump is angry with WHO. Me too. We are all angry with WHO for some reason. But Trump's reasons do not make much sense. Here is his charge sheet. First, that WHO is a bloated burea...
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Ida Tolgensbakk @idatolgensbakk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#academicvalentines
Redpenblackpen's valentine card with the text "I've read your work."
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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WHO @who.int · 06/02/2025
Today is the International Day to #EndFGM Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls. It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
End female genital mutilation!

Every woman and girl has the right to live free from violence and harmful practices.
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Maternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Just a day left to have YOUR say on the Cost of Living on Maternity Leave. Our survey closes tomorrow 11.59pm Wednesday 5 February! If you've been on #maternityleave in the last 18 months please complete the survey surveymonkey.com/r/CHLRV69. #EndPregnancyPoverty
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Professor Azeem Majeed @azeem-majeed.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Tuberculosis (TB) is associated with deprivation and is more common in large urban areas. Among UK-born people, TB is more common in those experiencing homelessness, drug or alcohol dependency, and contact with the criminal justice system. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Tuberculosis cases in England continued to increase in 2024
UK TB cases rise 13% in 2024, continuing upward trend.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I oversaw global health programs at @USAID. They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide. What insanity and cruelty to break that.
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Delivering ‘corridor care’ became my everyday experience as a junior doctor. It drove me to move into public health in the hope of changing the system for the better. Not sure I’ve managed that yet, but hoping I will one day.
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WHO @who.int · 21/12/2024
Despite the ceasefire, #Lebanon's health system faces immense strain: 🔸 Over 1 million displaced people have returned to their homes 🔸 Thousands of civilians require reconstructive surgeries and physical rehabilitation 🔸 The country hosts 1.5 million refugees from neighboring #Syria bit.ly/405ElvL
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Lebanon: soaring needs for trauma treatment and rehabilitation
The ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities took effect on 27 November, offering temporary relief for the millions of civilians caught in the conflict in Lebanon. But Lebanon’s suffering did not en...
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
In our latest blog, Candida Perera highlights the importance and challenge of adopting innovations in the NHS at scale and shares learnings from our Adopting Innovation programme ⬇️ buff.ly/41HxQk1
'The UK does not suffer from a lack of cutting-edge ideas and innovations. However, our ability to successfully adopt, spread and embed these into the NHS at scale has long been a challenge.' Candida Perera, Head of Improvement Programmes at the Health Foundation
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Prof Karl Blanchet @profkarlblanchet.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We are pleased to launch the first free online course on Migration, Health and Equity in Europe together with Lancet Migration Europe and University of Milano. www.coursera.org/learn/migrat...
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Migration, Health and Equity in Europe
Offered by University of Geneva. Migration to and within Europe poses particular issues related to ensuring equitable access to healthcare. ... Enroll for free.
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Laura (she/her) 🍉 @midwifehippie.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Watched MBRRACE published today re perinatal loss and dedicated section to supporting those who may need language support. We have co-produced a resource for commissioners, managers and clinical staff in maternity www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5
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Amneet Graham @amneetgraham.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Spent a long time last night reading this report in full and reading more about migrant families and maternity care. One situation that struck me was a previous stillbirth that was not followed up in subsequent pregnancy - & the woman went onto have another stillbirth. Opportunities missed. So sad.
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Lots of festive celebrations at the @uclofficial.bsky.social Great Ormond St ICH Child Health Informatics Group party today 🎄🎅🏼 #healthdata #teamwork
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 09/12/2024
Pretty embarrassing for her to defend the NIH’s woeful lack of funding for women’s health (<10% of funded research in 2023!) and the fact that there is no institute or center focused on women’s health (tho there is an office).
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Concert day - hoorah 🥳
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Suicide rates have long been recognised as an indicator of how societies are faring . Rates in E&W now at highest for 20 years. But as @lucindahiam.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social & I show, the overall figures conceal stark regional inequalities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Changing suicide trends: A shift in regional disparities across the UK
In 2023, suicide rates in England & Wales reached their highest levels since 1999. Despite changes in legal definitions and registration methods impac…
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Kerrie Stevenson @drkstevenson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🔔 Our new publication is now available! ➡️ Multicomponent interventions improve #perinatal outcomes for migrant women and their infants ➡️ Removing financial barriers to care may improve perinatal outcomes and be #cost saving to #healthcare systems. Access here: www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Public health, policy, and clinical interventions to improve perinatal care for migrant women and infants in high-income countries: a systematic review
The findings suggest that multicomponent interventions comprising multidisciplinary teams, in-person interpreting, maternal education, and social welfare support can improve perinatal outcomes for migrant women and their infants. Removing financial barriers to care may improve perinatal outcomes and be cost saving to healthcare systems. However, these findings should be interpreted with caution given that most included studies were of poor quality and that sensitivity analysis restricting to interventional studies only did not demonstrate any effect on the main outcomes of interest.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
What Banksy says…
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 04/12/2024
Women were already banned from becoming doctors (as of 2022), but yesterday the Taliban announced women could no longer become nurses and midwives, shuttering institutions where women were enrolled. Given the sex segregation in care, this is severely endangers women’s health.
Screenshot of bbc article titled “Afghan women 'banned from midwife courses' in latest blow to rights”
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