Children's Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) is a research project @theSPHSU on the health of care experienced children using linked administrative data.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined October 2020
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@EPHconference Voices of lived experience on what research, policy and practice should do better to improve the health and wellbeing of people with care experience.
@SPHSU_ineq @theSPHSU @Become1992 @SoniaKSaxena
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Congratulations 👏to @JoannaSoraghan @BobBPorter for their report and info-comic on 'Growing Up in Kinship Care in Scotland' - for being shortlisted in the @ONS #PeoplesAward 👏 Please vote for them today! #kinshipcare @RDS_Scotland bit.ly/4fGNAHF
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Health inequalities between people with & without childhood care experience - @AllikMirjam from @SPHSU_ineq @theSPHSU leads a workshop on the challenges for research and impact.
#SPHSUatEPH #EPH2024 @EUPHActs @EPHconference
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Congratulations 👏to @JoannaSoraghan @BobBPorter for their report and info-comic on 'Growing Up in Kinship Care in Scotland' - for being shortlisted in the @ONS #PeoplesAward 👏 Please vote for them today! #kinshipcare @CELCIStweets bit.ly/4fGNAHF
ALT Help us win the ONS People's Choice Award for our latest #adminresearch on Growing up in Kinship Care. Our report, info-comic and GIFS all helped the project be successful in engaging with children living in kinship care; social workers and policy makers - that will help Scotland make changes to provide more support for those Growing Up in Kinship Care. https://www.scadr.ac.uk/our-research/childrens-lives-and-outcomes
🙏Thank you to the young people in this video for bringing their message to the @EPHconference to the academic, clinical and policy community!
Join us next week at EUPHA24!
📢How can we improve the health and wellbeing of people with childhood social care experiences❓
Join us @EPHconference November 13 at 15:15, organised by @SPHSU_ineq & @CaphEupha
Programme sway.cloud.microsoft/zjEaQRU…
youtu.be/olbdkfGLaZc?feature…
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📢How can we improve the health and wellbeing of people with childhood social care experiences❓
Join us @EPHconference November 13 at 15:15, organised by @SPHSU_ineq & @CaphEupha
Programme sway.cloud.microsoft/zjEaQRU…
youtu.be/olbdkfGLaZc?feature…
🚩Hot off the press
While hospitalisations for chronic conditions are higher among care experienced children, the rates are highest outside care placements, such as before entering and after leaving care.
Funding @ESRC @UrbanBigData
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📢 We are looking for care experienced people for a short video on lived experiences! @whocaresscot @YoungScot @CareLeavers
For more details, see our website.
gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwell…
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❗NEW PODCAST ALERT❗
In this Papers Podcast, @C_Goodfellow_ discusses her @TheCAMH paper ‘Associations between dimensions of #MentalHealthLiteracy and adolescent help-seeking intentions’.
Listen now to learn more. bit.ly/3MPs887
Applications for the PhD studentship close this Thursday, April 13th at 4PM!
🎓 There’s still time to apply for this exciting SGSS studentship opportunity - Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS): effects of maternal health, health behaviours & early childhood health on entering care
Read more – bit.ly/3KdHe4d
@CHiCS_project @AllikMirjam
ALT On the left is text that reads "Apply for a PhD studentship!" along with the SPHSU logo. On the right is a continuous line drawing of a group of young people sitting on the floor, chatting.
Thank you @AFKAScotland for inviting us to the #AFKAHealthConference to present out work from the CHiCS project. More results from our work are available here eprints.gla.ac.uk/279347/1/2…
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Listen to our latest podcast, in which @AllikMirjam and Edit Gideon talk to @RDundas0 and @akaspan1981 about current research on the health of care experienced children in #Scotland and the @CHiCS_project
Find this episode and all others on Spotify and other platforms
In our 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities podcast, Ruth Dundas & @akaspan1981 chat to @AllikMirjam & Edit Gedeon about their recently published findings from the @CHiCS_project on the health of care experienced children in Scotland.
Listen to the episode – bit.ly/3ZcH2Yw
ALT The 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities podcast logo.
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Advertising for maternity cover for my job at the brilliant @theSPHSU
Come and work on developing a new way to measure #adolescent #MentalHealth. Great opp to learn and use different methods and work with young people.
Happy to answer any informal Qs
jobs.ac.uk/job/CYE717/resear…
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In our 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities podcast, Ruth Dundas & @akaspan1981 chat to @AllikMirjam & Edit Gedeon about their recently published findings from the @CHiCS_project on the health of care experienced children in Scotland.
Listen to the episode – bit.ly/3ZcH2Yw
ALT The 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities podcast logo.
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We are offering a #PhD in social network interventions for young people. Lots of fun data, nerdy stats, and opportunities for growth and impact.
Co-funded by #SGSSS and @The_MRC.
📢Applications now open! Do not miss out! Apply before 13 April 2023 at 4 pm.
Visit our website for more on these opportunities: sgsss.ac.uk/studentships/cur…
#SGSSS #SocialScience #Phd #PhDLife #Scotland #SDS #ESRC #
📢We are looking for a PhD student!
Work on the @CHiCS_project with @AllikMirjam, Anna Pearce and @petercraig200 exploring the effects of early childhood and maternal health on childhood social care.
Deadline: April 13, 2023 at 4PM!
📢Applications now open! Do not miss out! Apply before 13 April 2023 at 4 pm.
Visit our website for more on these opportunities: sgsss.ac.uk/studentships/cur…
#SGSSS #SocialScience #Phd #PhDLife #Scotland #SDS #ESRC #
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Fully funded #PhD - 'Assessing potential #inequalities in adolescent outcomes amongst looked after children. This is a super opportunity to work with @susanmcvie and @MoragTreanor using #admindata bit.ly/3LzFfcZ
@adr_uk @SocSciScotland
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Registration is open for ‘Stepping up’ - an interactive event for schools and young people aged 14 & above (S3 up) on navigating the road to becoming an adult and starting independent life.
🗓️Thursday 9th March, 12-4pm @UofGARC
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📢Sign-up now open📢 for @theSPHSU "Stepping up" - an interactive event for schools and young people aged 14 or above (S3 and up) on navigating the road to becoming an adult and starting independent life. 👇Register at👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/stepping-…