15 Minutes on Health Inequalities MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow

In this episode of 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities, Anna Pearce and Lia Demou speak to Ruth Dundas about her evaluation of the Healthy Start vouchers scheme. 
 
Read the full report about the Healthy Start vouchers. 
 
Find out more about Growing Up in Scotland and the Infant Feeding Survey.
 
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In this episode of 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities, Ronan McCabe talks to Anna Pearce and Alastair Leyland about his recent work evaluating the impacts of the introduction of Baby Boxes in Finland and Scotland.
 
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To mark ‘Diversity in Health’ day during European Public Health Week, Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce have a conversation with Vittal Katikireddi about a framework for understanding and reducing ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes. You can read more about the framework in the open access paper discussed in the episode.
 
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As part of European Public Health Week’s ‘Mental Health for All’ day, 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities hosts Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce chat to Peter Craig about a recently commenced evaluation looking at the impacts of Universal Credit on mental health. You can read more about the study in the freely available protocol.
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In this episode of 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities, Naomi Miall, Gillian Fergie and Anna Pearce discuss their recently published report looking at trends in health inequalities in Scotland. You can find out more on the report website. Thanks to the commissioners of this report, the Health Foundation, as well as our many expert advisors and stakeholders.
 
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Ruth Dundas, Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce discuss the Maternal and Child Health network (MatCHNet) – including its aims, challenges, progress to date and next steps. You can visit the MatCHNet website to sign up to join the network and to find out more information, including policy briefings on welfare grants in pregnancy and early childhood, early years education and childcare, Universal Credit and welfare policies, data briefings, methods briefings, and recordings of webinars. More information on UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP), the network’s funders, can be found on their website.
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