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Ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out national supervised toothbrushing programmes in schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children – Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report

A new report published today by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank, “An evidence-based plan for improving children’s oral health with and through...

Healthy Families

Hard-hitting report exposes vast inequalities faced by women in the North of England

Women in the North of England live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be an unpaid carer, and more likely to live in poverty...

Healthy Families

Child health experts, including researchers from ARC Yorkshire & Humber, call on new government to urgently address inequalities in rising infant mortality

More babies are dying before their first birthday, with those in deprived areas, the North of England and Black and Asian ethnic groups the worst affected, according to new analysis...

Core Projects

West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) launches “WYSAG Talks”

The West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) has released videos in it’s new “WYSAG Talks” series which provide the chance to find out more from WYSAG experts about the big...

Health Economics

Success for YH ARC PhD student, Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy passed his PhD viva in June and is now working as a research fellow with the Global Health Team in the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) at the...

Health Economics

Dacheng Huo presented at the HSR UK Conference in Oxford in July

Dacheng Huo, member of the YH ARC Health Economics team, and Research Fellow in the Centre of Health Economics at the University of York presented at the HSR UK Conference...

Healthy Families

BaBi Network joins the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme

The ARC Yorkshire & Humber BaBi Network study has recently announced its participation in the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator (API) scheme. This collaboration...

Health Economics

Congratulations to Senior Research Fellow, Sebastian Hinde who has completed a PhD by publication, using research as part of YH ARC.

Seb Hinde's PhD project evaluated how decisions are made about spending NHS funding and made recommendations to involve more local decision makers....

Mental Health

New publication – The delivery of creative socially prescribed activities for people with serious mental health needs during lockdown: Learning about remote, digital and hybrid delivery

A recent study funded by YH ARC investigated how community organisations partnering with an NHS mental health Trust adapted their services during COVID-19 restrictions....

Health Economics

New Publication – Mapping functions for the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 to generate EQ-5D-3L for economic evaluation

Researchers from YH ARC have developed a new method to estimate quality of life in mental health studies, even when standard measures aren't available....

Bradford leap-frogs London, Oxford and Cambridge to top UK medical research table for first time

Bradford has consolidated its position at the forefront of world-class, people-powered medical research after recruiting the highest number of volunteers to NIHR portfolio studies in the UK over the past...

Healthy Families

Child of the North 2024 Campaign continues with fifth report providing an evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings

The fifth report in a year-long series is a collaborative programme of work between Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives including researchers from ARC Yorkshire &...

Ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out national supervised toothbrushing programmes in schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children – Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report

Hard-hitting report exposes vast inequalities faced by women in the North of England

Child health experts, including researchers from ARC Yorkshire & Humber, call on new government to urgently address inequalities in rising infant mortality

West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) launches “WYSAG Talks”

Success for YH ARC PhD student, Peter Murphy

Dacheng Huo presented at the HSR UK Conference in Oxford in July

BaBi Network joins the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme

Congratulations to Senior Research Fellow, Sebastian Hinde who has completed a PhD by publication, using research as part of YH ARC.

New publication – The delivery of creative socially prescribed activities for people with serious mental health needs during lockdown: Learning about remote, digital and hybrid delivery

New Publication – Mapping functions for the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 to generate EQ-5D-3L for economic evaluation

Bradford leap-frogs London, Oxford and Cambridge to top UK medical research table for first time

Child of the North 2024 Campaign continues with fifth report providing an evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings

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