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Current search: 'Public Policy' and 'Media'

  1. Home carers' mental health worsened during lockdown

    Elise Whitley, Kelly Reeve, and Michaela Benzeval

    1. Disability
    2. Older People
    3. Psychology
    4. Unpaid Work
    5. Young People
    6. Households
    7. Public Policy
    8. Well Being
    9. Health
    10. Life Course Analysis
    11. Caregiving
    12. Covid 19

  2. Community spirit in the age of Covid

    Magda Borkowska and James Laurence

    1. Social Groups
    2. Area Effects
    3. Social Networks
    4. Psychology
    5. Geography
    6. Demography
    7. Social Change
    8. Households
    9. Poverty
    10. Public Policy
    11. Ethnic Groups
    12. Well Being
    13. Societies
    14. Social Capital
    15. Health
    16. Life Course Analysis
    17. Social Attitudes
    18. Social Stratification
    19. Social Behaviour
    20. Social Psychology
    21. Covid 19

  3. Mental health of mothers more negatively affected by Covid school closures than fathers, research finds

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Education
    3. Households
    4. Public Policy
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Life Course Analysis
    8. Caregiving
    9. Covid 19

  4. Lockdown school closures hit mental health of mums but not dads, study claims

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Education
    3. Households
    4. Public Policy
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Life Course Analysis
    8. Caregiving
    9. Covid 19

  5. Covid lockdown school closures ‘hit mothers’ mental health but left fathers unaffected’

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Education
    3. Households
    4. Public Policy
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Life Course Analysis
    8. Caregiving
    9. Covid 19

  6. Covid school closures damaged mothers’ mental health

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Education
    3. Households
    4. Public Policy
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Life Course Analysis
    8. Caregiving
    9. Covid 19

  7. New evidence shows how school closures hit children’s mental health hard

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Public Policy
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Covid 19

  8. Children will need further help with mental health despite return of schools, study warns

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Public Policy
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Covid 19

  9. Stressed pupils 'are more likely to bully and fight': Teachers could face an increase in bad behaviour in class after effect of pandemic on children's mental health, study warns

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Public Policy
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Covid 19

  10. Back to school: 'It's nice to see my friends'

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Public Policy
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Covid 19

  11. Schools return in England: Boris Johnson hails first steps to freedom

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Public Policy
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Covid 19

  12. School closures negatively affected children's mental health, research suggests

    Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Public Policy
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Covid 19

  13. Are UK immigrants selected on education, skills, health and social networks?

    Renee Reichl Luthra and Lucinda Platt

    1. Social Networks
    2. Human Capital
    3. Migration
    4. Education
    5. Labour Market
    6. Public Policy
    7. Ethnic Groups
    8. Social Capital
    9. Health
    10. Social Stratification
    11. Higher Education

  14. Good neighbours? No, UK’s community spirit fell in summer Covid lockdown

    Magda Borkowska and James Laurence

    1. Social Groups
    2. Area Effects
    3. Social Networks
    4. Psychology
    5. Geography
    6. Demography
    7. Social Change
    8. Households
    9. Poverty
    10. Public Policy
    11. Ethnic Groups
    12. Well Being
    13. Societies
    14. Social Capital
    15. Health
    16. Life Course Analysis
    17. Social Attitudes
    18. Social Stratification
    19. Social Behaviour
    20. Social Psychology
    21. Covid 19

  15. Common policy problems and what researchers can do about them

    Raj Patel

    1. Social Sciences
    2. Information Networks
    3. Social Change
    4. Households
    5. Public Policy
    6. Government
    7. Research
    8. Societies
    9. Surveys
    10. Social Policy

  16. Working with the policy machinery

    Raj Patel

    1. Social Sciences
    2. Information Networks
    3. Social Change
    4. Households
    5. Public Policy
    6. Government
    7. Research
    8. Societies
    9. Surveys
    10. Social Policy

  17. Covid generation: UK youth unemployment 'set to triple to 80s levels'

    Laura Gardiner, Maja Gustafsson, Mike Brewer, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Demography
    3. Social Change
    4. Labour Market
    5. Unemployment
    6. Economics
    7. Living Standards
    8. Public Policy
    9. Debt: Indebtedness
    10. Ethnic Groups
    11. Well Being
    12. Health
    13. Life Course Analysis
    14. Housing Market
    15. Social Behaviour
    16. Covid 19

  18. Unemployment rate: how many people are out of work?

    Mike Brewer, Laura Gardiner, and Karl Handscomb

    1. Statistical Analysis
    2. Labour Market
    3. Unemployment
    4. Economics
    5. Public Policy
    6. Welfare Benefits
    7. Wages And Earnings
    8. Health
    9. Economic Policy
    10. Covid 19

  19. Weird but true: lockdown has made many families happier

    Brienna Perelli-Harris and Sandra Walzenbach

    1. Public Policy
    2. Well Being
    3. Health
    4. Sociology Of Households
    5. Covid 19

  20. Britons with life-threatening conditions denied care during pandemic

    Michaela Benzeval, Cara L. Booker, and Meena Kumari

    1. Psychology
    2. Demography
    3. Public Policy
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Social Stratification
    7. Caregiving
    8. Covid 19

  21. The health impact of the pandemic: NHS hospital treatments for long-term health conditions fall by over 60% in April

    Michaela Benzeval, Cara L. Booker, and Meena Kumari

    1. Psychology
    2. Demography
    3. Public Policy
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Social Stratification
    7. Caregiving
    8. Covid 19

  22. 60% of cancer patients miss treatment during first month of the pandemic

    Michaela Benzeval, Cara L. Booker, and Meena Kumari

    1. Psychology
    2. Demography
    3. Public Policy
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Social Stratification
    7. Caregiving
    8. Covid 19

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