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Maternal and Child Health Network - UKPRP-funded network @uofgshw.bsky.social Aims to evaluate policy impacts on child and maternal health by harnessing administrative data across the 4 UK nations.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

MatCHNet webinars are back for 2026! Online lunchtime sessions on policy evaluations in the early years, from 12.30-1pm Come along on 7 October - Anna Pearce will talk about BEGIN. Birth and early years grants in the UK: an evaluation All welcome Register here: tinyurl.com/bdey87nu

MatCHNet is back this autumn with Webinar Series 7, three online lunchtime sessions on policy evaluations in the early years.
Each webinar runs from 12.30 to 1pm, with a 12-minute presentation followed by a short Q&A, and is open to anyone with an interest in maternal and child health.
Webinar 20 | 7 October 2026
BEGIN. Birth and early years grants in the UK: an evaluation
Professor Anna Pearce

Webinar 21 | 5 November 2026
Investing in children and families: findings from a comparative study from Scotland and England
Dr Suzanna Nesom and Dr Ilona Pinter

Webinar 22 | 8 December 2026
The impact of cash transfers in the first 1000 days on child health outcomes and health inequalities: an evidence review
Dr Emma Stewart

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Missed any of our 2025 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ #earlyyears #SureStartNI #housing #HealthyStart ‪@amy-clair.bsky.social‬

MatCHNet policy webinars (2025)

Webinar 17: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on
health and social care (Meng Le Zhang, Cardiff University)

Webinar 18: Understanding associations between children’s housing
and health using quantitative data (Amy Clair, University of Adelaide)

Webinar 19: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme
(Christina Vogel, City St George’s, University of London)

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thanks Meng Le Zhang @Cardiff University for a great webinar on Sure Start Northern Ireland. Interesting results on reduced social service intervention and esp for younger mothers. Look forward to hearing more in the autumn. Thanks also to Emma Hitchen @Parenting Focus NI for chairing!

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluation? Come along to hear @christinaavogel.bsky.social present primary data to evaluate the UK Healthy Start Scheme. 📅24 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MatCHNet webinar: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme
Tuesday 24 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Christina Vogel of City St George’s, University of London will draw upon primary research data to i) evaluate how using the Healthy Start subsidy influences food purchasing, diet and broader child outcomes; ii) identify factors driving Healthy Start use; and iii) co-create strategies to optimise the scheme’s impact.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

📢How does housing affect children's health? Come along to hear @amy-clair.bsky.social present findings from #admindata in the UK and Australia. 📅17 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MatCHNet webinar: Understanding associations between children’s housing and health using quantitative data
Tuesday 17 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Amy Clair from the Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide will use data from the UK and Australia to give an overview of the evidence linking children’s housing and health with an emphasis on the shift towards private renting that characterises housing in the UK and Australia.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

📢Interested in using #admindata to evaluate #earlyyears policy? Come along to our lunchtime webinar to hear Meng Le Zhang (Cardiff University) talk about work on Sure Start Northern Ireland. 📅10 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MatCHNet webinar: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care
Tuesday 10 June
12.30-1pm (BST)
The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years.
Meng Le Zhang from Cardiff University will discuss how using administrative data on children born in Northern Ireland can be used to measure the impact of Sure Start on: maternal and child health in the first 60 months of life, use of services and identification of developmental delays in children, and early parenting behaviours.
See www.gla.ac.uk/matchnet for details.
To stay in touch, please follow @MatCHNet_ or @MatCHNet.bsky.social

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

📢Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluations? Join our new lunchtime webinars 📅Tuesdays - June 10, 17 and 24 🕜12.30-1pm Topics: 1. Sure Start Northern Ireland, 2. housing and children's health, and 3. UK Healthy Start Scheme Register now: matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ All welcome!

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Do you want to involve young children in health research? This new toolkit includes interactive slides and hands-on activities to make #healthdata fun & accessible for young learners Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit Explore: eprints.gla.ac.uk/345833/ #STEMEducation

Preview display of Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit. Flips through slides.

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MatCHNet @matchnet.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Missed any of our 2024 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/

MatCHNet webinar series (2024)
Webinar 14: Exploring the utility of routine perinatal mental health data for informing service provision: insights from the BiB4All cohort (Hollie Henderson, Bradford Institute for Health Research)
Webinar 15: The BEBOLD platform – Australia (Rhiannon Pilkington, University of Adelaide)
Webinar 16: The impacts of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on child health (Jean Adams, University of Cambridge)

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