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
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
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...
🚨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.
LENS Lived Experience Network for Scholars
📢 @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...
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.
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...
@ashmore1973.bsky.social @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social #livedexperience #mentalhealth #mentalhealthresearch
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!
“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.
Welcome! :)
Sounds fab! Would love to hear more about your project
Fab job opportunity with a great and friendly team here!
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.
Brilliant thanks for having us, recording and sharing!
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
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!
I need to hear more about parenting science gang! Sounds fab!
Thanks Sophie! I would love to read your novel. You can find more of our work on www.perinatal-loneliness.com
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
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