The Lifecourse Podcast

The role of positive experiences for young people growing up

In Episode 6 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast we're talking about the impact on young people's lives of positive experiences and asking if it's time to shift the research and policy narrative away from the negative experiences facing those young people. Chris Garrington is joined by Rebecca Lacey, a researcher based at UCL, who's been investigating how positive experiences are linked with children and young people's physical and mental health and Ann Hagell from the Association for Young People's Health.  Further information * Association for Young People's Health [https://ayph.org.uk] * Taking a ‘positive’ look at child health development , [https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2023/01/taking-a-positive-look-at-child-health-development/]Child of our Time blog * T [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100550]he effect of adverse and positive experiences on inflammatory markers in Australian and UK children [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100550]  [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354622001405]is research by Naomi Priest and colleagues and is published in Brain, Behaviour and Immunity – Health * Factors mitigating the harmful effects of intimate partner violence on adolescents’ depressive symptoms—A longitudinal birth cohort study [https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12134] is research by David Gondek and colleagues and is published in JCPP Advances   Read/Download a full transcript  [https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Lifecourse-Podcast-S2-Ep6.pdf]

Losing a parent: substance misuse and suicidal behaviour around the anniversary of their death

In Episode 5 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast, Professor Scott Montgomery of Örebro University discusses research showing an increased likelihood of drug misuse and suicidal behaviour among young people who have lost a parent around the anniversary of their death. He is joined by child bereavement specialist Beck Ferrari [https://www.annafreud.org/training/training-and-conferences-overview/tutors/f/beck-ferrari/] and Olivia Clark-Tate whose father died nearly 10 years ago.  Further information * Substance use disorder and suicide-related behaviour around dates of parental death and its anniversaries: a register-based cohort study [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00158-X/fulltext] is reserach published in The Lancet Public Health * Drug misuse and suicidal behaviour more common on the anniversary of a parent’s death – new research  [https://theconversation.com/drug-misuse-and-suicidal-behaviour-more-common-on-the-anniversary-of-a-parents-death-new-research-186781]is a blog by Scott Montgomery published in The Conversation.   Read/Download a full transcript  [https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Lifecourse-Podcast-S2-Ep5.pdf]

The physical punishment of children: using the law to protect them and promote change

In Episode 4 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast, Dr Anja Heilmann from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL) talks about the physical punishment of children and how and where the law is being used to protect children against it. She's joined by Bruce Adamson, the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland and children's rights advocate and former Irish Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Together they talk about how the law has been changed in Ireland, Scotland and Wales and discuss the prospects for change in England.  Futher information * Equally protected?: a review of the evidence on the physical punishment of children [https://library.nspcc.org.uk/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?CookieCheck=44893.4389863542&searchTerm0=C5778] Report by Anja Heilmann, Yvonne Kelly, Richard Watt, published by the NSPCC * Physical punishment and child outcomes: a narrative review of prospective studies [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00582-1/fulltext] Journal article by Anja Heilmann, Anita Mehay, Richard G Watt, Yvonne Kelly, Joan E Durrant, Jillian van Turnhout and Elizabeth T Gershoff, The Lancet * There is no longer a debate. End the physical punishment of children now!  [https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2021/06/there-is-no-longer-a-debate-end-the-physical-punishment-of-children-now/]Blog, Child of our Time (UCL)   Read/Download a full transcript  [https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Lifecourse-Podcast-S2-Ep4.pdf]

ACES: what the evidence says about adverse childhood experiences

In Episode 3 of Series 2 of The Lifecourse Podcast, Dr Rebecca Lacey from ICLS is in conversation with Kirsten Asmussen from the Early Intervention Foundation about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).  Further reading and useful links * Early Intervention Foundation [http://www.eif.org.uk/] (website) * ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies  [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-public-health/research/international-centre-for-lifecourse-studies] (website) * Adverse childhood experiences: What we know, what we don't know, and what should happen next [https://www.eif.org.uk/report/adverse-childhood-experiences-what-we-know-what-we-dont-know-and-what-should-happen-next] (EIF report) * Adverse childhood experiences: Building consensus on what should happen next [https://www.eif.org.uk/report/aces-building-consensus-on-what-should-happen-next] (EIF report) * Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice [https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcpp.13135] (journal article) * What should happen next? Identifying next steps for taking the ACEs evidence forward through a consensus-building exercise [https://www.eif.org.uk/blog/what-should-happen-next-identifying-next-steps-for-taking-the-aces-evidence-forward-through-a-consensus-building-exercise] (blog) * Health screening using adverse childhood experiences: further evidence highlights the need to hit pause [https://www.eif.org.uk/blog/health-screening-using-adverse-childhood-experiences-further-evidence-highlights-the-need-to-hit-paus] * Unpicking childhood trauma and its later life effects [https://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2022/04/unpicking-childhood-trauma-and-its-later-life-effects/] (blog)   Read/Download a full transcript  [https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Lifecourse-Podcast-S2-Ep3.pdf]

Getting to grips with Multiple Sclerosis: using experience and evidence for change

In Episode Two of Series 2 of the Lifecourse Podcast from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-public-health/research/international-centre-for-lifecourse-studies] we discus getting to grips with Multiple Sclerosis. Our guests are Scott Montgomery [https://www.oru.se/english/employee/scott_montgomery] from Örebro University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, who has been researching MS for more than 20 years. Helen Andrew, who has been diagnosed with MS and David Coutts [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/david-coutts-61aa7959], senior research manager at the MS Society [https://www.mssociety.org.uk/].   Further reading: Review of research on MS on the ICLS Child of our Time blog – “Joining the dots between teenage infections and Multiple Sclerosis” [http://childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2021/11/joining-the-dots-between-teenage-infections-and-multiple-sclerosis/] by Scott Montgomery. Comorbid disease burden among MS patients 1968-2012: A Swedish register-based cohort study [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32162580/] is research by Kelsi A Smith, Sarah Burkill, Ayako Hiyoshi, Tomas Olsson, Shahram Bahmanyar, David Wormser, Yvonne Geissbuhler, Alan Moore, Vineetkumar Kharat and Scott Montgomery. Hospital diagnosed pneumonia before age 20 years and multiple sclerosis risk [https://neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000044] is research by Kelsi A Smith, Ayako Hiyoshi, Sarah Burkill, Shahram Bahmanyar, Johan Öckinger, Lars Alfredsson, Tomas Olsson and Scott Montgomery. Concussion in adolescence and risk of multiple sclerosis [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28869671/] is research by Scott Montgomery, Ayako Hiyoshi, Sarah Burkill, Lars Alfredsson, Shahram Bahmanyar and Tomas Olsson.   Read/Download a full transcript  [https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Lifecourse-Podcast-S2-Ep2.pdf]