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The UK Illegal Migration Bill: a child rights violation and safeguarding catastrophe
• None Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. • None Impact of punitive immigration policies, parent-child separation and child detention on the mental health and development of children. e000338 • None Heading back to harm. A study on trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK. • None How can we meet the health needs of child refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants?. :
Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination: data disaggregation is a complex but crucial step to improving child health
Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are major determinants of child health, leading to poor health among affected children at every stage of their life, with potential intergenerational implications.Poor health outcomes for children might arise directly from interpersonal forms of violence and abuse, but also structurally via restricted access to health care and other services.
Legacies of eugenics
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Legacies of eugenics
We write this review as academics based in University College London (UCL), UK—a university with a chequered history of providing the scientific justification for the practice of eugenics, as highlighted in the Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL—Final Report. Ours is a university from which Francis Galton and then Karl Pearson, renowned statisticians, espoused the virtues of eugenics. The question of dealing with the legacy of eugenics applies to our own institution as much as any other.
Executive summary
Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination exist in every modern society, causing avoidable disease and premature death among groups who are often already disadvantaged., Although categories such as race and caste are biologically arbitrary, the discrimination that minoritised groups face is very real. History and current practice show that discriminatory ideologies have shaped society, science, research, and how they are interpreted.
Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health
Scientific racism and Japanese colonial rule over east Asia During the Age of Imperialism, the western powers used science to create and hierarchise racial categories, and to justify the occupation of their colonies. The west used techniques such as craniometry to classify the human population according to physical attributes, which provided pseudoscientific yet powerful evidence about the racial superiority of White colonisers.
Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health
Series www.thelancet.com Vol 400 December 10, 2022 2103 little understanding of how humans actually differed that in his human taxonomy he even included monsterlike and feral humans, types of people documented in literature but—of course—not real. 61 Linnaeus went one step further to ascribe behaviours and even systems of societal order to phenotypic descriptions. “Europaenus” were “governed by laws”, whereas ‘Africanus’ by ‘caprice’.
Camilla on Apple Podcasts
Dr Camilla Kingdon is a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist and the current president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK. Camilla describes her early life growing up in South Africa when it was under Apartheid rule and then her career in paediatrics in the UK. She describes her role in supporting the paediatric workforce and the major challenges facing child health.
Migrant traumas heard
Silence Heard Loud by Anna Konik offers snapshots of traumatised lives through the stories of migrants who have fled persecution and settled in the UK. The film gives the viewer a chance to hear people whose stories remain trapped within them. People who are usually ignored, cast aside, or, sometimes, demonised. As one person in the film remarks, “it is hurtful to dream when you know that your dreams are controlled, your destiny, my very destiny, is controlled by someone else”.
Dave by Global Health Lives
Professor David Osrin is a Professor of Global Health at UCL and a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science. Dave worked as a clinical paediatrician before conducting large community trials on violence against women and girls, maternal and child nutrition and urban health in Nepal and India. He also talks about his love of art and creating the Dharavi Biennale to showcase the work of local artists. http://www.dharavibiennale.com/#dharavibiennale
Dr Ozge Karadag is a senior research scholar at the Center for Sustainable Development of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York. In this episode Ozge talks about her work on migrant health, youth health and peer education as well as the mental healthcare system in Turkey. Ozge then discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and her work as part of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission and the Global Happiness Council.
Bhargavi by Global Health Lives
Dr Bhargavi Rao is the malaria infectious disease expert at Médecins Sans Frontières and an Associate Professor in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Bhargavi describes her career as a clinician and public health doctor in infectious diseases. She talks about her work on HIV in South Africa, malaria infectious disease modelling and debates around humanitarianism. In addition, she discusses coping with ill health and personal losses in her family.
Michael by Global Health Lives
Professor Michael Knipper is a medical doctor and anthropologist and is a Professor of Global Health, Migration and Medical Humanities at Giessen University Medical School in Germany. In this episode Michael talks about his work with Indigenous people in South America, migration and on taking a human rights approach to health.
Ange by Global Health Lives
Ms Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster. She is famous for her two best-selling books: 'Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong' and 'Superior: The Return of Race Science'. In this podcast she discusses these books and her journalism, as well as her own experiences of racism.
Ange on Apple Podcasts
Ms Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster. She is famous for her two best-selling books: 'Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong' and 'Superior: The Return of Race Science'. In this podcast she discusses these books and her journalism, as well as her own experiences of racism.
The role of social support in reducing the impact of violence on adolescents’ mental health in São Paulo, Brazil
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson , Ligia Kiss, Delan Devakumar, Mario Cortina-Borja, Manuel Eisner, Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson, Ligia Kiss, Delan Devakumar, Mario Cortina-Borja, Manuel Eisner, Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres Published: October 6, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258036 Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft,...
Global Health Lives
Professor Joy Lawn is director of the MARCH centre in the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a paediatrician and leading expert for newborn health worldwide. In this podcast, she discusses her journey developing epidemiological measurement for global newborn deaths and stillbirths, new shifts in large scale implementation and intentionally changing narratives for women in science and leadership, particularly from the global South.
Nick by Global Health Lives
Dr Nick Watts is a public health doctor and Chief Sustainability Officer in the NHS. In this podcast he talks about how he discovered public health, his work on climate change, including Lancet Countdown, and his plans for the NHS. He discusses how to have conversations on climate change and how to engage people on some of the most important topics of our time.
Sunil by Global Health Lives
Dr Sunil Bhopal is a UK-based academic paediatrician. Prior to re-joining Newcastle University in 2020, he was Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In this podcast he discusses his work in early childhood development and promoting the best start in life, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, and global health more broadly.
Rageshri by Global Health Lives
Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan is a consultant in sexual health and HIV medicine in Barts Health NHS Trust and honorary senior lecturer in Queen Mary University of London. She is a clinical doctor, researcher and advocate for sexual health and reproductive rights. In this podcast Rageshri discusses violence against women, racism and sexism in HIV care, and her own experiences of being a patient in the NHS.
Arianne by Global Health Lives
Dr Arianne Shahvisi is a Senior Lecturer in ethics in Brighton and Sussex medical school. Arianne was trained in astrophysics and then philosophy, and now works on various topics in global health. In this podcast Arianne discusses the racism and xenophobia, the Global Gag rule and neglected tropical diseases.
Dinesh by Global Health Lives
Mr Dinesh Deokota is a Nepali film maker and founder of the non-governmental organisation Media for Development. In this podcast, he describes how he started making films and his engagement work on bonded labour, migration and child marriage. Check out all Dinesh's films on his YouTube channel.
Trailer by Global Health Lives
Global Health Lives is a new podcast exploring some of the most important issues in global health, but from the perspective of the people working in it. We discuss their lives, what influenced them and the challenges they face both professionally and personally.
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Joy by Global Health Lives
Professor Joy Lawn is director of the MARCH centre in the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a paediatrician and leading expert for newborn health worldwide. In this podcast, she discusses her journey developing epidemiological measurement for global newborn deaths and stillbirths, new shifts in large scale implementation and intentionally changing narratives for women in science and leadership, particularly from the global South.
Building power
It was a raw response to yet another social injustice. A response to the not guilty verdict in the trial of the murderer of Trayvon Martin. A response that many people had, but Alicia Garza's response became a global movement. As she describes in her book The Purpose of Power, this was a moment decades in the making. Garza's courageous reflections document her personal transformation alongside the growth of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the USA.
Racism, the public health crisis we can no longer ignore
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We are facing a global pandemic, a climate catastrophe, an imminent recession, and possibly depression. The health of the most vulnerable and all of humanity is at stake. Yet there is nothing new, extraordinary, or unprecedented about racism, xenophobia, and discrimination.
Ethnicity and covid-19
Intended for healthcare professionals Toggle navigation The BMJ logo Toggle top menu News & Views Ethnicity and covid-19 Ethnicity and covid-19 Editorials BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2282 (Published 11 June 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2282 Read our latest coverage of the coronavirus pandemic Parth Patel, research fellow1, Lucinda Hiam, honorary research fellow2, Annabel Sowemimo, community sexual and reproductive health registrar, Delan Devakumar, associate...
COVID-19: the great unequaliser
COVID-19 infection can lead to devastating consequences for individuals, families and wider society. But the impact on individuals is not equal. In an age of populist and divisive movements around the world, the outbreak has been racialised, hitting minority and marginalised communities the hardest.1 From the first known cases in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the infection was rapidly identified in nearby countries and then in Europe and North America.
Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses
Outbreaks create fear, and fear is a key ingredient for racism and xenophobia to thrive. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered social and political fractures within communities, with racialised and discriminatory responses to fear, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups. Throughout history, infectious diseases have been associated with othering. Following the spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan, China, discrimination towards Chinese people has increased.
Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis
Is obesity associated with depression in children?
The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move
References McNeill L Moore R Sustainable fashion consumption and the fast fashion conundrum: fashionable consumers and attitudes to sustainability in clothing choice. Int J Consum Stud. 2015; 39: 212-222 Fellmeth G, Rose-Clarke K, Zhao C, et al. Health impacts of parental migration on left-behind children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (in press). Aldridge RW, Nellums LB, Bartlett S, et al.
Children and adolescents on the move: what does the Global Compact for Migration mean for their health?
The Lancet Commission on migration and health shows that migration can have huge benefits for the health and wellbeing of populations.Families, children, and adolescents move to seek a new life and escape hardships, such as poverty and conflict. When conditions are optimal, they integrate quickly and successfully into societies.
Associations of stunting at 2 years with body composition and blood pressure at 8 years of age: longitudinal cohort analysis from lowland Nepal
The study was conducted in Dhanusha district, in the lowland Central Terai region of Nepal. The original trial, described in detail elsewhere [22, 23], is registered as an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial, number ISRCTN88625934.
Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis
Objectives To compare the odds of depression in obese and overweight children with that in normal-weight children in the community.
Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis
Objectives To compare the odds of depression in obese and overweight children with that in normal-weight children in the community.
UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health
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The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move
Panel 5 On Jan 1, 2017, an MOU between the UK Home Office and NHS Digital was signed.211 The MOU formalised existing processes and data sharing that had occurred between NHS Digital and the Home Office.212 The MOU described how any data shared had to comply with the legal obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Requests were used by the Home Office to track down migrants for the purposes of immigration enforcement.
Child Homicide: A Global Public Health Concern
Loading metrics Open Access Perspective Perspective Perspectives are commissioned from an expert and discuss the clinical practice or public health implications of a published study. The original publication must be freely available online. See all article types » Delan Devakumar , David Osrin Delan Devakumar, David Osrin Published: April 26, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002004 Citation: Devakumar D, Osrin D (2016) Child Homicide: A Global Public Health Concern.
Government changes are jeopardising public health
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