Sinead Brophy

Author Correction: Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Bin Zhou, Nowell H Phelps, Agnese Galeazzi, Olivia N. O’Driscoll et autres

In the version of the article initially published, María Elena Díaz-Sánchez, Patricia Varona-Pérez and Ramón Suárez-Medina (all affiliated with the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Havana, Cuba) were inadvertently omitted from the list of NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) members …

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Timing of entry into out-of-home care and health service utilisation: evidence from linked administrative data in Wales (CARELINK Wales)

Richmond Opoku, Jonathan Ian Kennedy, Michael Parker, Michaela James et autres

Public Involvement in Quantitative Child Welfare Research: Design, Impact, and Reflections

Richmond Opoku, Michaela James, Michael Parker, Jonathan Ian Kennedy et autres

Preconception advice, care and services in the UK: who delivers what, where, how and to whom? A cross-sectional survey

Danielle A. J. M. Schoenaker, Emma Cassinelli, Oluwakemi Akagwu, Shivali Lakhani et autres

Abstract Objective to describe the provision of preconception care across publicly funded or contracted health and social care settings in the UK. Design and setting online cross-sectional survey conducted October-December 2025. Population healthcare professionals delivering preconception care, recruited via professional organisations and …

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Pathways Through Public Services for Maltreated Children in Care: A Scoping Review of Studies Using Linked Administrative Data

Laura Cowley, Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Natasha Kennedy, Peter Fallesen et autres

Background: Understanding how children in care interact with public services is essential to improving outcomes. This review aims to map studies that used linked administrative data to examine service pathways and outcomes for maltreated children in care, and forms part of the …

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Beyond Randomised Trials: Harnessing CARELINK Wales for Synthetic Control Evaluation in Child Healthcare

Jonathan Kennedy, Richmond Opoku, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Michaela James et autres

Synthetic control methods have emerged as a powerful tool for evaluating interventions in healthcare by constructing counterfactual scenarios that closely approximate outcomes in the absence of treatment. In the context of children in care, the application of synthetic controls offers a novel …

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Outcomes of Children Looked-After: Evidence from Growing Up in England

Richmond Opoku, Natasha Kennedy, Jonathan Kennedy, Dan Bristow et autres

Becoming looked-after by a local authority represents a major disruption in childhood and is linked to long term consequences for health and social outcomes. While the intention of taking children into care is to provide protection where remaining at home is unsafe, …

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Patterns of service contacts for children who have experienced maltreatment and are known to social services: a Linked Routine Administrative Data Study in Wales, England and Denmark

Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Natasha Kennedy, Laura Cowley, Peter Fallesen et autres

Maltreated children may have multiple contacts with services both before and after possible identification by social services. This study examines contact patterns and pathways through public services among maltreated children who are known to social services, providing evidence about potential gaps in …

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Assessing and Improving Access to Health and Social Care Services for Children Rendered Vulnerable by Abuse: Protocol for a Cross-Sectoral Longitudinal, Mixed Methods, Multi-Country Study Using Nationwide Data in Europe

Catherine Quantin, Donna O’Leary, Yulia Shenderovich, Neha Batura et autres

Child maltreatment (CM) is a widespread and underreported public health concern with long-term health and wellbeing outcomes. In Europe, access to timely, effective support remains limited. Inadequate responses exacerbate long-term outcomes and influence life course trajectories, with substantial societal and economic costs. …

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Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Bin Zhou, Nowell H Phelps, Agnese Galeazzi, Olivia N. O’Driscoll et autres

and lacks a granular and systematic analysis of its dynamics. We used 4,050 population-based studies with measured height and weight data on 232 million participants to assess the worldwide dynamics of obesity from 1980 to 2024. The rise in obesity decelerated in …

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Children’s and Parents’ Perspectives on Universal Free School Meals in Wales: A Mixed Methods Study on Health, Wellbeing and Barriers to Uptake

Amy Locke, Michaela James, Sinead Brophy

Abstract Background Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) were introduced by the Welsh Government in 2022 to provide every primary school child (aged 4-11) with a free meal at lunch time by 2024, aiming to improve nutrition and reduce inequality. While evidence suggests …

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Mapping the evidence on outcomes of childhood out-of-home care: A scoping review of reviews

Richmond Opoku, Natasha Judd, Katie Cresswell, Michael Parker et autres

BACKGROUND: Children placed in out-of-home care in high-income countries face complex challenges due to exposure to adverse childhood experiences and systemic disadvantages. While research on their outcomes has grown, the evidence base remains fragmented. An overview of review-level evidence was conducted to …

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