I was delighted to share recommendations for reducing perinatal loneliness at this APPG. We need to invest in an Early Years ecosystem (health visitors, Family Hubs, nonprofits), and co-design inclusive support where all parents feel welcome and safe @ncb.org.uk www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med...

Perinatal loneliness is a preventable driver of poor mental health during pregnancy & the first 2 years after giving birth, with significant costs for children, families & services. Our new briefing with @york.ac.uk sets out what govt can do. buff.ly/lwjNANu @ruthndwrites.bsky.social

Its been a while since i've been on Bluesky - fellow #perinatalmentalhealth academics, what have you been up to? :)

We’re proud to be working with @york.ac.uk and @ruthndwrites.bsky.social on a study exploring how community-based support can improve #mentalhealth in young mothers and birthing people under 25 💜 Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/perinatal-support

It was a real pleasure to be involved in writing this paper with an amazing group of women. We connect experiences of walking & wheeling with children to wider debates around mobility justice, drawing on a multidisciplinary context, & calling for a rethinking of mobility infrastructures & policies

The ‘walking/wheeling with’ framework: establishing walking/wheeling with children as a mobility justice issue

Adopting a mobility justice lens, this review paper brings together the often-fragmented literature on walking and wheeling with children and develops a ‘Walking/Wheeling With’ framework to underst...

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Our paper on walking/wheeling with children looks at historical, political, geographical, cultural, and structural barriers to mobilities, and explores social justice through widening access to walking/wheeling for families. #walking #wheeling #families

The ‘walking/wheeling with’ framework: establishing walking/wheeling with children as a mobility justice issue

Adopting a mobility justice lens, this review paper brings together the often-fragmented literature on walking and wheeling with children and develops a ‘Walking/Wheeling With’ framework to underst...

tandfonline.com

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Our paper on walking/wheeling with children looks at historical, political, geographical, cultural, and structural barriers to mobilities, and explores social justice through widening access to walking/wheeling for families. #walking #wheeling #families

🏳️‍🌈 Join us for the inaugural LGBTQ+ Families Research Network Meeting! 🎤 Guest speaker: Dr Zoe Darwin 💬 Topic: James Lind Alliance PSP for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Mental Health 🗓 Wed 3 Dec, 2–3pm | 💻 Online | FREE 👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-p... #LGBTQFamilies #Research

Do you work with Muslim mothers during pregnancy or in the first few years after birth? Help us design a walking group for Muslim mothers! Join us for a one-hour online focus group with other professionals/practitioners/volunteers. Contact ruth.naughton-doe@york.ac.uk for more information.

Save the date! 📍Our 46th Annual Conference will take place on 15-16th Sept @ the University of Chester Further updates will be shared in due course via this account, webpage, & LinkedIn. Members will also receive emails 💫 Will you be joining us? We look forward to seeing you there! #SRIP2026

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...

🌿 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...

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🚨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

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 · last yr.

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 figshare.com/articles/onl...

📢 @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...

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...

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 · last yr.

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!

“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 · last yr.

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...

Fab job opportunity with a great and friendly team here!

Annie Irvine@annieirvine.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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 · last yr.

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

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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One-stop research community supporting young fathers

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Ruth Naughton-Doe@ruthndwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely loved presenting fathers’ stories of loneliness today. Thanks for having me @followingyff.bsky.social - the full webinar will be available online soon!

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 · last yr.

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

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!

Have you learnt anything new from hearing about/reading about my perinatal loneliness research? Has this translated into differences in your practice/research/personal experiences? If so, i'd be so grateful if you could complete this form: forms.gle/K6hh2z7VM3Xf...

Perinatal Loneliness Impact Form

I am keen to track any impacts that the perinatal loneliness research project has had either on individuals, professionals, services or research. I'd be so grateful if you could complete the form belo...

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Absolutely loved presenting fathers’ stories of loneliness today. Thanks for having me @followingyff.bsky.social - the full webinar will be available online soon!

Following Young Fathers Further@followingyff.bsky.social · last yr.

We're delighted that @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and Niall Bacon will join us for our May webinar to speak about how fathers experience perinatal loneliness what we can do to address it in policy and practice 📅 Wednesday 28th May 🕛12noon-1pm 📍 Zoom Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-do-fat...

Day 2 of the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference and I’m excited to present the findings and outputs from the Coproducing Solutions to Perinatal Loneliness Project with lived-experience public contributor Amy Chidley @nihr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social

Today (part of) our team presented our ongoing study that aims to improve perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents at the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference. What a treat to meet in person on a sunny day! #nihrsscr #nihr #perinatalmentalhealth

Fresh faced, excited and nervous: ready for the Tour of the Lake District in four days. Not sure we would have believed we would do this if you told us when we first met 3.5 years ago with babies on our backs in the Peak District 😍 #running #adventures #mumsontour

🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to @ruthndwrites.bsky.social, Research Associate @uoysbs.bsky.social, Joint-PI @martinwebber.bsky.social and Co-I Dr Beth Casey for Improving perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents (@perinatalresearch.bsky.social) 🍼

Improving perinatal support for young mothers and birthing parents: a University of York Research study

An NIHR Research Programme for Social Care Funded study based at the Mental Health Social Care Research Centre, University of York

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