Health inequalities in early life
Part of the NIHR ARCs national webinars: Health inequalities collection.
In this year’s national #ARCseminar series, we explore how health inequity cuts across life stages and places.
The first webinar of the series explores: Health inequalities in early life.
Three short 10-minute talks cover research on health inequalities in the context of maternity, ethnicity, mental health and care-leavers.
Chair
This webinar is chaired by Prof Vashti Berry, an Associate Professor in Prevention Science. Prof Berry is the Director of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Research Collaboration (ChYMe) at Exeter and sits within the NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC) where she leads work on children’s health.
Speakers:
- NIHR ARC West Midlands’ Dr Abimbola Ayorinde on ethnic health inequalities in maternal and neonatal health in England
- NIHR ARC South London’s Dr Abigail Easter on improving perinatal mental health and maternity care
- NIHR ARC West’s Prof Rachel Hiller on identifying and supporting the mental health needs of care-experienced young people
About NIHR ARCs:
We are the network of 15 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) – a research service close to the beating heart of health and social care.
NIHR ARCs support applied health and care research across the country and are funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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