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Maternal and Child Health Network - MatCHNet Ruth Dundas

MatCHNet aims to enhance maternal and child health through policy interventions and data utilization. The network focuses on improving outcomes and identifying key research areas in the UK. Join us to collaborate and drive impactful change!

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Maternal and Child Health Network - MatCHNet Ruth Dundas

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  1. Maternal and Child Health Network - MatCHNet Ruth Dundas Ruth Gilbert, Joanne Given, Sinead Brophy, Rachael Wood, Pia Hardelid, Katie Harron, Alastair Leyland, Anna Pearce, Richard Cookson UKPRP Call 1 - award holders kick off meeting 25 Sept 2019, London

  2. Vision for MatCHNet • Develop a multidisciplinary community • Prioritise national policy interventions that could impact maternal and child health, and health inequalities • Subsequent improvements to chronic disease outcomes • Effective period to intervene • Harnessing administrative data in four UK countries • Rigorous methodology required to undertake evaluations • Determine priorities for future research and evaluations

  3. National Policy Landscape National Government Departments Welfare Employment Environment Health Housing Education Pregnancy Infancy Pre-school 1-6 years Maternal Mental Health Birth Outcomes Birthweight Gestational Age Birth Intervals Maternal Mental Health Birth Outcomes Birth Intervals Maternal Mental Health Child Mental Health Child chronic diseases Asthma Diabetes Injuries Policy Intervention Periods Linked Maternal and Child Data - England Linked Maternal and Child Data – Northern Ireland Linked Maternal and Child Data - Scotland Linked Maternal and Child Data - Wales Potential Cross-sectoral data linkage Housing Prescriptions Primary Care Census Hospitalisations Benefits Education

  4. Plans for the network • Establish an online presence of MatCHNet and identify wider network members • Series of sequential events • 5-6 workshops, ‘hackathon’ for data documentation, paper-sprint for methods consolidation working paper • Establish an online resource documenting data availability • 4 UK countries, cross-sectoral, timelines • Conduct proof-of-concept analyses of variation in policies between countries • Develop grant funding applications to evaluate national policies • co-produced with decision makers and users

  5. Pump priming funds • Undertake work to inform future grant applications on areas identified by the network, including partners and key users • Two-day event for network members to form collaborations to develop potential research proposals • Key users of the research will be there to co-develop the research questions and join collaborations

  6. Who we plan to work with • Across the four UK countries • Multiple disciplines and cross-sector • Government agencies • Data providers • Public Health agencies • Data controllers • NGOs

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