Kerrie Stevenson
@drkstevenson.bsky.social
Public Health Doc, Health Data Scientist, and @nihr.bsky.social PhD Fellow at @ucl.ac.uk. Researching how conflict and migration impacts mums & children via the MAMAH Study. Mum, tea lover, occasional soprano. Irish / N Irish ☘️
💻 www.bit.ly/mamahstudy
💻 www.bit.ly/mamahstudy
🚨New Research Alert 🚨
Amazing to present the very early findings from our #MAMAHStudy @ucl.ac.uk ECHILD analysis at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social Child Health Impact Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week!
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#ChildHealthImpact2025
Amazing to present the very early findings from our #MAMAHStudy @ucl.ac.uk ECHILD analysis at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social Child Health Impact Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week!
Follow us to find out more soon!
www.bit.ly/mamahstudy
#ChildHealthImpact2025
June 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🚨New Research Alert 🚨
Amazing to present the very early findings from our #MAMAHStudy @ucl.ac.uk ECHILD analysis at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social Child Health Impact Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week!
Follow us to find out more soon!
www.bit.ly/mamahstudy
#ChildHealthImpact2025
Amazing to present the very early findings from our #MAMAHStudy @ucl.ac.uk ECHILD analysis at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social Child Health Impact Day @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week!
Follow us to find out more soon!
www.bit.ly/mamahstudy
#ChildHealthImpact2025
Great to be at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social ‘Using Evidence to Change Child Health’ event today hearing from @marianknight.bsky.social about how the NIHR aims to improve health for children and young people across the UK 💡
#nihr #impact
#nihr #impact
June 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Great to be at the @nihrarcs.bsky.social ‘Using Evidence to Change Child Health’ event today hearing from @marianknight.bsky.social about how the NIHR aims to improve health for children and young people across the UK 💡
#nihr #impact
#nihr #impact
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I'm excited to share that SSAHE will be holding a joint book launch for myself and Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson on 5 June at 5pm online, with Umut Erel as discussant!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/borderingm....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/borderingm....
Bordering/mothering online book launch
Launching Bordering social reproduction by Rachel Rosen + Eve Dickson, and Borders, Citizenship, + Pregnancy by Gwyneth Lonergan.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm excited to share that SSAHE will be holding a joint book launch for myself and Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson on 5 June at 5pm online, with Umut Erel as discussant!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/borderingm....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/borderingm....
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Good to work with Chris Osuh of @theguardian.com and @nctcharity.bsky.social to highlight difficulties with #NHS charging rules & impact on minoritised women & their babies bit.ly/43RoIub
Asylum seeker billed £10,000 for NHS maternity care ‘could only afford penny a month’
Campaigners warn NHS rules are putting migrant mothers and babies at risk
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Good to work with Chris Osuh of @theguardian.com and @nctcharity.bsky.social to highlight difficulties with #NHS charging rules & impact on minoritised women & their babies bit.ly/43RoIub
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Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation
Sara Cumming, Andrew Symon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sara Cumming, Andrew Symon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation
A co-produced infographic summarises the experiences of mothers experiencing homelessness in pregnancy in the UK: feeling unsafe, feeling undermined as mothers and feeling unseen in midwifery blind s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Pregnant and Homeless in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Maternal Experiences in Temporary Accommodation
Sara Cumming, Andrew Symon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sara Cumming, Andrew Symon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
An honour to present our co-production experiences at the @UCL #ECHILD User Day Kemi Ogunlana Katie Harron.
Some really great work and collaborations between research and policymakers 👏
UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Some really great work and collaborations between research and policymakers 👏
UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
April 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
An honour to present our co-production experiences at the @UCL #ECHILD User Day Kemi Ogunlana Katie Harron.
Some really great work and collaborations between research and policymakers 👏
UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Some really great work and collaborations between research and policymakers 👏
UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Great to be at the @ucl.ac.uk #ECHILD User Day hearing from amazing colleagues and collaborators who are sharing their work @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social @adruk.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great to be at the @ucl.ac.uk #ECHILD User Day hearing from amazing colleagues and collaborators who are sharing their work @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social @adruk.bsky.social
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This is an important new Opinion in @plosglobalpublichealth.org; the authors write about the complexities and important considerations we must take as we seek to understand the causes of maternal mortality worldwide, but I think what I appreciate most about this piece is the focus the lives lost...
NEW Opinion by @abankethomas.bsky.social et al:
Unravelling the conundrums of social autopsy for maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Unravelling the conundrums of social autopsy for maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Unravelling the conundrums of social autopsy for maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries
journals.plos.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is an important new Opinion in @plosglobalpublichealth.org; the authors write about the complexities and important considerations we must take as we seek to understand the causes of maternal mortality worldwide, but I think what I appreciate most about this piece is the focus the lives lost...
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Calling on the #publichealth community on BlueSky to share this far and wide!
@profkevinfenton.bsky.social
@felly500.bsky.social
@adphuk.bsky.social
@benwealthy.bsky.social
@stevensenior.bsky.social
@jimmcmanusph.bsky.social
Calling on the #publichealth community on BlueSky to share this far and wide!
@profkevinfenton.bsky.social
@felly500.bsky.social
@adphuk.bsky.social
@benwealthy.bsky.social
@stevensenior.bsky.social
@jimmcmanusph.bsky.social
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Absolutely fabulous job opportunity @healthfoundation.bsky.social for a Public Health Consultant with the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities through transforming prevention policy - in its broadest sense - across the UK!
Please share ☺️
lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/ca...
Absolutely fabulous job opportunity @healthfoundation.bsky.social for a Public Health Consultant with the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities through transforming prevention policy - in its broadest sense - across the UK!
Please share ☺️
lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/ca...
Hiring Assistant Director, - Salisbury Square, EC4Y 8AP
View job details and apply now
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March 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Calling on the #publichealth community on BlueSky to share this far and wide!
@profkevinfenton.bsky.social
@felly500.bsky.social
@adphuk.bsky.social
@benwealthy.bsky.social
@stevensenior.bsky.social
@jimmcmanusph.bsky.social
Calling on the #publichealth community on BlueSky to share this far and wide!
@profkevinfenton.bsky.social
@felly500.bsky.social
@adphuk.bsky.social
@benwealthy.bsky.social
@stevensenior.bsky.social
@jimmcmanusph.bsky.social
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CDC shutters the PRAMS Program on maternal and Infant health. PRAMS is a federal data collection system designed to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems that has been running since 1988 #ReproSky 🩺 🛟
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The evidence keeps piling up: Pregnant women in prison face higher risks of gestational diabetes which can lead to preeclampsia & poor birth outcomes. Alternatives to imprisonment need to be actioned urgently. @birthcompanions.bsky.social @janeystarling.bsky.social @cleanbrk.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk
‘Alarming’ data reveals high diabetes risk for pregnant women in English jails
Freedom of information requests show that female prisoners are three times more likely to suffer gestational diabetes
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The evidence keeps piling up: Pregnant women in prison face higher risks of gestational diabetes which can lead to preeclampsia & poor birth outcomes. Alternatives to imprisonment need to be actioned urgently. @birthcompanions.bsky.social @janeystarling.bsky.social @cleanbrk.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk
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"There has been progress with specialist services, but, tragically, women are still dying." Karen Middleton, Head of Campaigns and Policy at the MMHA
Catch up on this morning's BBC Breakfast feature on #MaternalMentalHealth (from 3:17:00): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social
Catch up on this morning's BBC Breakfast feature on #MaternalMentalHealth (from 3:17:00): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"There has been progress with specialist services, but, tragically, women are still dying." Karen Middleton, Head of Campaigns and Policy at the MMHA
Catch up on this morning's BBC Breakfast feature on #MaternalMentalHealth (from 3:17:00): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social
Catch up on this morning's BBC Breakfast feature on #MaternalMentalHealth (from 3:17:00): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @laurakyrkesmith.bsky.social
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“Trump's assault against WHO, USAID, and medical research threatens to bring the entire global health architecture crashing down”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Offline: Telling the truth about WHO
US President Donald Trump is angry with WHO. Me too. We are all angry with WHO for
some reason. But Trump's reasons do not make much sense. Here is his charge sheet.
First, that WHO is a bloated burea...
www.thelancet.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“Trump's assault against WHO, USAID, and medical research threatens to bring the entire global health architecture crashing down”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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February 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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Today is the International Day to #EndFGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today is the International Day to #EndFGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.
It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
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Just a day left to have YOUR say on the Cost of Living on Maternity Leave. Our survey closes tomorrow 11.59pm Wednesday 5 February! If you've been on #maternityleave in the last 18 months please complete the survey surveymonkey.com/r/CHLRV69. #EndPregnancyPoverty
February 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just a day left to have YOUR say on the Cost of Living on Maternity Leave. Our survey closes tomorrow 11.59pm Wednesday 5 February! If you've been on #maternityleave in the last 18 months please complete the survey surveymonkey.com/r/CHLRV69. #EndPregnancyPoverty
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Tuberculosis (TB) is associated with deprivation and is more common in large urban areas. Among UK-born people, TB is more common in those experiencing homelessness, drug or alcohol dependency, and contact with the criminal justice system. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Tuberculosis cases in England continued to increase in 2024
UK TB cases rise 13% in 2024, continuing upward trend.
www.gov.uk
February 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Tuberculosis (TB) is associated with deprivation and is more common in large urban areas. Among UK-born people, TB is more common in those experiencing homelessness, drug or alcohol dependency, and contact with the criminal justice system. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
Delivering ‘corridor care’ became my everyday experience as a junior doctor. It drove me to move into public health in the hope of changing the system for the better. Not sure I’ve managed that yet, but hoping I will one day.
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Today, a devastating report from the @rcn.org.uk, based on the testimony of over 5000 NHS nurses, has rightly catapulted the national shame that is NHS 'corridor care' into the headlines once more. (1/15)
Today, a devastating report from the @rcn.org.uk, based on the testimony of over 5000 NHS nurses, has rightly catapulted the national shame that is NHS 'corridor care' into the headlines once more. (1/15)
January 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Delivering ‘corridor care’ became my everyday experience as a junior doctor. It drove me to move into public health in the hope of changing the system for the better. Not sure I’ve managed that yet, but hoping I will one day.
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Despite the ceasefire, #Lebanon's health system faces immense strain:
🔸 Over 1 million displaced people have returned to their homes
🔸 Thousands of civilians require reconstructive surgeries and physical rehabilitation
🔸 The country hosts 1.5 million refugees from neighboring #Syria
bit.ly/405ElvL
🔸 Over 1 million displaced people have returned to their homes
🔸 Thousands of civilians require reconstructive surgeries and physical rehabilitation
🔸 The country hosts 1.5 million refugees from neighboring #Syria
bit.ly/405ElvL
Lebanon: soaring needs for trauma treatment and rehabilitation
The ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities took effect on 27 November, offering temporary relief for the millions of civilians caught in the conflict in Lebanon. But Lebanon’s suffering did not en...
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December 21, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Despite the ceasefire, #Lebanon's health system faces immense strain:
🔸 Over 1 million displaced people have returned to their homes
🔸 Thousands of civilians require reconstructive surgeries and physical rehabilitation
🔸 The country hosts 1.5 million refugees from neighboring #Syria
bit.ly/405ElvL
🔸 Over 1 million displaced people have returned to their homes
🔸 Thousands of civilians require reconstructive surgeries and physical rehabilitation
🔸 The country hosts 1.5 million refugees from neighboring #Syria
bit.ly/405ElvL
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In our latest blog, Candida Perera highlights the importance and challenge of adopting innovations in the NHS at scale and shares learnings from our Adopting Innovation programme ⬇️
https://buff.ly/41HxQk1
https://buff.ly/41HxQk1
December 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM
In our latest blog, Candida Perera highlights the importance and challenge of adopting innovations in the NHS at scale and shares learnings from our Adopting Innovation programme ⬇️
https://buff.ly/41HxQk1
https://buff.ly/41HxQk1
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We are pleased to launch the first free online course on Migration, Health and Equity in Europe together with Lancet Migration Europe and University of Milano.
www.coursera.org/learn/migrat...
www.coursera.org/learn/migrat...
Migration, Health and Equity in Europe
Offered by University of Geneva. Migration to and within Europe poses particular issues related to ensuring equitable access to healthcare. ... Enroll for free.
www.coursera.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:43 AM
We are pleased to launch the first free online course on Migration, Health and Equity in Europe together with Lancet Migration Europe and University of Milano.
www.coursera.org/learn/migrat...
www.coursera.org/learn/migrat...
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Watched MBRRACE published today re perinatal loss and dedicated section to supporting those who may need language support. We have co-produced a resource for commissioners, managers and clinical staff in maternity
www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5
www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5
www.mamaacademy.org.uk
December 13, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Watched MBRRACE published today re perinatal loss and dedicated section to supporting those who may need language support. We have co-produced a resource for commissioners, managers and clinical staff in maternity
www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5
www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5
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Spent a long time last night reading this report in full and reading more about migrant families and maternity care. One situation that struck me was a previous stillbirth that was not followed up in subsequent pregnancy - & the woman went onto have another stillbirth. Opportunities missed. So sad.
December 14, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Spent a long time last night reading this report in full and reading more about migrant families and maternity care. One situation that struck me was a previous stillbirth that was not followed up in subsequent pregnancy - & the woman went onto have another stillbirth. Opportunities missed. So sad.