Healthy Families
The Healthy Families theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber works with the public, service providers and researchers to improve health, wellbeing and promote fairer futures for families living in deprived areas across the Yorkshire and Humber region. The theme is co-led by Professor Kate Pickett and Professor Rosie McEachan and builds upon the foundations established by the previous Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs).
Research is undertaken across five broad topic areas (Best Start; Oral Health; Healthy Bodies; Healthy Learning; Healthy Places) and complemented by cross-cutting topic areas (Healthy Equity and Minority Ethnic Health; Systems Change and Priority Setting). An additional topic, focusing on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic was established in 2020. We have over 50 research projects in our theme and are always interested in hearing new ideas – please do get in touch. Explore the topic areas below to find out more about our current projects.
Healthy Families Projects
Healthy Urban Places
The Healthy Urban Places project (HUP) is exploring how the places where people live can impact their physical and mental health. The project focuses on two areas – Bradford District...
Acceptability of photobiomodulation for mucositis management in children and young people
Most children with cancer are treated with chemotherapy. Eight in every ten of these children develop a sore mouth, which can involve extensive, painful ulceration. We call this oral mucositis....
GP drop-in clinics at Family Hubs
Our team are supporting Hull City Council to evaluate a new GP drop-in clinic at a Family Hub. The clinic is available to all families attending certain play sessions at...
Making a Difference: Our Latest Healthy Families case studies
Evaluating the ‘Me and My Baby’ (MaM-B) parent-infant bonding tool for use in UK universal healthcare settings
Evaluating the ‘Me and My Baby’ (MaM-B) parent-infant bonding tool for use in UK universal healthcare settings
Join Us: Move Play (JU:MP)
Join Us: Move Play (JU:MP)
Born in Bradford: Focus on pollution
Born in Bradford: Focus on pollution
Meet the Healthy Families Team
Our latest Healthy Families publications
Integrating Multi-Omics with environmental data for precision health: A novel analytic framework and case study on prenatal mercury induced childhood fatty liver disease
Rapid review: Ten ways to improve support for minoritised informal adult carers at local government policy level to redress inequality
Unlocking the forest: An ethnographic evaluation of Forest Schools on developmental outcomes for 3-year-olds unaccustomed to woodland spaces
View our sub-themes
Best Start
Theme lead(s): Sarah Blower
