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Association of Mental Health Providers @assocmhp.bsky.social · 22d

This year’s MBRRACE-UK report highlights that mental health is the leading cause of late maternal deaths.

Read the report here👉 tinyurl.com/374m7tuj

If you need mental health support, please reach out:
amhp.org.uk/resources/su...

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NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber @arc-yharc.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌿 NEW BLOG: Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers

Discover insights from a groundbreaking one-day conference on how nature can transform parenting and caregiving.

🔗 Read more: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...

Exploring Nature-Based Interventions for Parents and Caregivers: Insights from a One-Day Conference - ARC

This blog covers insights from a one-day conference focused on nature-based interventions designed to support parents and caregivers. It likely explores how outdoor activities, natural environments, a...

arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk

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Fathers Network Scotland @fathersnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨Final week of our #DadsSurvey2025!🚨

There’s still time to have your say and help shape support for dads and families across Scotland.

⬇️ Take part today - your voice matters!
bit.ly/dadssurvey2025

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Nicki Pierce @nickipierce.bsky.social · Jul 28

Read @ruthndwrites.bsky.social insightful report on how we can stop perinatal loneliness. It highlights the need for family friendly professional support in the perinatal period.

Perinatal Mental Health Social Research @perinatalresearch.bsky.social · Jun 19

How can we stop perinatal loneliness? Read our report about ways we can address the crisis in loneliness - we need more professional support, a family friendly society, greater parental leave and social groups designed with parents #loneliness #endloneliness #perinatal

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Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness

This report shares findings from the Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project.

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School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social · Jun 9

📢 @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and colleagues have been awarded @mhrincubator.bsky.social funding to set-up the Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS), to provide support for academic mental health researchers with lived experience.

Read more + sign up for events: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...

LENS Lived Experience Network for Scholars

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School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social · Jun 5

New parents are at high risk for loneliness. 💔

@ruthndwrites.bsky.social has led researchers, practitioners and people with lived experience to write a consensus statement exploring what we know about loneliness, and directions for research, policy and practice: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...

Two illustrations of parents with children. Text reads: Perinatal loneliness. New parents are at an increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being.

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 5

@ashmore1973.bsky.social @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social #livedexperience #mentalhealth #mentalhealthresearch

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 5

Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!

LENS @lensmentalhealth.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our next meeting will be on 23rd June from 13.00 - 14.00. Sign up at this link: shorturl.at/3U5sB We hope to see you there!

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · Jun 5

“With the exception of London, deprived settlements in England tend to have fewer, smaller and further-away playgrounds – a serious social justice issue.”

Very much the situation in the parts of the north-east I’m working in, exacerbated by questions of quality and wider environments too.

Michael Martin @mic-martin.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our article in @uk.theconversation.com reveals substantial #play inequalities across #England

Paul Brindley & I looked at England’s largest settlements & mapped patterns from +18,000 #playgrounds within them

Serious #socialjustice issues for #children exist!!

theconversation.com/we-mapped-18...

We mapped 18,000 children’s playgrounds and revealed inequality across England

Our maps show some kids have nearer, bigger playgrounds than others.

theconversation.com

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

Welcome! :)

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

Sounds fab! Would love to hear more about your project

Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

Fab job opportunity with a great and friendly team here!

Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social · Jun 4

Are you a post-doctoral researcher with strong qualitative skills, a critical mind and a love for digging into the complexities of how people navigate work and health? Check out our vacancy at the Uni of York School for Business and Society: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... @uoysbs.bsky.social

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · Jun 3

New publication! ✨📃🎉
Check out our consensus paper led by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, highlighting perinatal loneliness as a critical determinant of maternal mental health and calling for more research, policy attention, and support to address loneliness during pregnancy and early parenthood.

Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, PhD, BSN, RN @jacquelinekm.bsky.social · Jun 1

Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness

Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurem...

Objectives New parents are at increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being and has been linked to an increased likelihood of parental mental illness....

bmjopen.bmj.com

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

Brilliant thanks for having us, recording and sharing!

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Following Young Fathers Further @followingyff.bsky.social · Jun 3

It was fantastic to have @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and Niall Bacon (Steel City Dads) join us last week to speak about how fathers experience perinatal loneliness and what we can do about it in policy and practice

If you missed out,the recording is now live: followingyoungfathersfurther.org/webinars

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

Had a quick look and this project sounds amazing! It’s exactly the type of initiative that participants in my research wanted. Thanks so much for sharing this. I will have a good read tomorrow!

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

I need to hear more about parenting science gang! Sounds fab!

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks Sophie! I would love to read your novel. You can find more of our work on www.perinatal-loneliness.com

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

Delighted to share our consensus statement on perinatal loneliness - we outline the current evidence and share reflections on priorities for research, policy and practice.

#loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth

Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, PhD, BSN, RN @jacquelinekm.bsky.social · Jun 1

Proud to share our new BMJ Open paper on perinatal loneliness—featuring leading researchers + community voices from the UK and beyond. A topic taken seriously in the UK, and still overlooked in the US.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...
#PerinatalMentalHealth #Loneliness

Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurem...

Objectives New parents are at increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being and has been linked to an increased likelihood of parental mental illness....

bmjopen.bmj.com

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks to the NIHR Three Schools Mental Health Programme for funding my fellowship that led to this important paper. NIHR School for Primary Care Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

Recommendations for future research include secondary data analysis; prioritising equality, diversity and inclusion; reconsidering solutions to perinatal loneliness through a social justice lens; co-producing interventions, and rigorous evaluation of existing interventions

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

We concluded: Despite emerging research into perinatal loneliness, it is hard to determine prevalence due to limited analyses of national survey data.

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Perinatal Mental Health Social Research @perinatalresearch.bsky.social · May 30

What are the benefits of nature-based interventions in the early years? What are the future directions for research and practice? This amazing graphic summarises the reflections of 30 academics and practitioners who met at our conference! We will be sharing a blog soon, but enjoy this for now!

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · May 29

#perinatalmentalhealth #perinatalloneliness #loneliness #researchimpact @hmpartnership.bsky.social @mmhalliance.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social @dadmattersuk.bsky.social @followingyff.bsky.social @perinatalresearch.bsky.social

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · May 29

I'm trying to understand the potential impact of my research and discover where I need to do more to get the word out there. Anyone can fill this in- whether you are a parent, a professional supporting parents, or a researcher- or all three! Thanks so much for your help!

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