By Dr Michaela James, the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research, Published in Children in Wales Autumn Magazine. Wales has become world-leading in children’s rights; legislation such as the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (WFGA) and policy relating to play (e.g., Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 and the Play Sufficiency Duty) has…
The last year (2022-2023) has been a productive year for research and innovation at the Centre. The team has continued to advance important policy-relevant research into Covid-19 and to provide vital insights into the pandemic as part of the UK-wide research effort. As Wales continues to emerge from the pandemic, the Centre has also focused…
A new study published in BMC Infectious Diseases reveals younger women, those without multimorbidity (two or more chronic conditions), current and former smokers, and those living in deprived areas were less likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. The study by the Born in Wales team based in the National Centre for Population Health…
Dr Mayara Silveira Bianchim, from the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research, was named the winner of the Best Poster Presentation at the 2023 Cochrane Colloquium. The event, organised by the Cochrane community, celebrated exceptional achievements in evidence synthesis and their impact on clinical practice. The Cochrane community is renowned for its commitment…
Published: August 29th, 2023. The Conversation. Authors: Hope Jones and Professor Sinead Brophy, The National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research. During the pandemic, there had been concerns from healthcare professionals that the restrictions placed on daily life would lead to a disruption in breastfeeding. But our new research shows that the number of women who…
Swansea University, in collaboration with Birmingham and Oxford Universities, has secured funding to use AI to better understand multi-morbidity. The partnership is among 22 AI for health research projects that share £13 million from the UKRI. The projects aim to transform health using artificial intelligence (AI) to assist and refine diagnostics and procedures. Funding from the…
Published: August 7th, 2023. The Conversation. Authors: Natasha Kennedy and Amrita Bandyopadhyay, The National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research. Identifying domestic abuse victims earlier could help to reduce future emergency medical admissions. Our new research shows how this could be done before a victim even involves the police by connecting information gathered by the police…
A Swansea University-led study revealed breastfeeding rates in Wales increased during the pandemic. The research, which included all women in Wales who gave birth between 2018 and 2021, found that breastfeeding rates at six months were higher during Covid compared to the pre-pandemic period – with rates increasing from 16.6 per cent before the pandemic…
Linking police and healthcare data has revealed that highly vulnerable individuals are detectable before the involvement of the police. Now a new study by Swansea University researchers says data sharing and linkage could help reduce police callouts and future emergency medical admissions. This study, published in The Lancet, and led by the National Centre for…
A study by Swansea University has revealed that even though COVID-19 is associated with increased risks of post-infection conditions such as fatigue and embolism- the overall healthcare burden was low, with very few people experiencing adverse outcomes following COVID-19. Published in BMC Medicine, the collaborative study, led by researchers at the National Centre for Population…