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Social Sciences - 10.02.2025
Study highlights importance of sleep for mental wellbeing of teenage girls
A new study by researchers at The University of Manchester, using data from the #BeeWell survey , has found that sleep plays a crucial role in the mental wellbeing of adolescent girls. P ublished in Quality of Life Research, the study tracked nearly 28,000 teenagers in Greater Manchester over three years and examined how sleep, physical activity, and mental wellbeing are connected.

Health - Social Sciences - 05.02.2025
Social connections are key to preventing disease
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Scientific Reports has revealed that people's social connections play a crucial role in determining whether they adopt preventative health measures. Researchers from institutions including The University of Manchester, the University of Birmingham, NYU and the Indian Institute of Public Health collaborated on this innovative Their study - which focused on malaria prevention in ten villages in India - looked at how different factors influence people's use of preventative measures like bed nets, insect repellent and protective clothing.

Psychology - Social Sciences - 30.01.2025
Childhood trauma strongly linked to mental health problems in Brazilian adolescents
A UK-Brazil study links childhood trauma to psychiatric disorders in adolescents from lowand middle-income countries. A new study by a team of researchers from the UK and Brazil has revealed a strong connection between childhood trauma and the development of psychiatric disorders in adolescents living in low-and middle-income countries.

Life Sciences - Social Sciences - 10.01.2025
Genetics, childhood aspirations and family background work together to shape status, career and health
A study of occupational status published in Nature Human Behaviour identifies 106 genetic variants, the importance of the interplay of genetics and family environment, childhood educational and occupational aspirations, and differences across the life course and links to health.

Social Sciences - Psychology - 06.01.2025
Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood maltreatment
Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood maltreatment
The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. For the study, published in Molecular Psychiatry , researchers analysed data from 12,794 participants born in England and Wales from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS).

Health - Social Sciences - 06.01.2025
Prioritising resource for GPs in deprived areas is essential for care
GP practices in deprived areas should be prioritised for resource, in order to allow them to provide effective care to some of the most unwell and vulnerable patients in society. In areas experiencing high levels of poverty, factors including a lack of access to and time with GP services impacts patients' engagement in healthcare, their self-management and, ultimately, their overall wellbeing.

Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 05.12.2024
A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age
Major 25-year study reveals a "dual pathway" for when people start carrying. Carrying a concealed firearm is now a common event in the life course for Americans Charles Lanfear Around a third (32%) of people who grew up in Chicago have carried a concealed firearm on the city streets at least once by the time they turn 40 years old, according to a major study of gun usage taking in a quarter of a century of data.

Social Sciences - 03.12.2024
Owning a home linked to longer life in the US
A new study by an Oxford University researcher finds that owning a home in early adult life adds approximately four months to the lives of male Americans born in the early twentieth century. Dr Casey Breen , Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Oxford University's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Department of Sociology, conducted the study, published in Demography .

Health - Social Sciences - 21.11.2024
Global trends for menstrual tracking app use
A new study by researchers in the UK and Denmark, published in Digital Health , provides the first publicly accessible analysis of global downloads for menstrual tracking apps. While the market for menstrual tracking apps is rapidly growing, there have been no large-scale analyses about why users download these apps, and particularly few studies on their use in the Global South.

Health - Social Sciences - 21.11.2024
Study of menstrual tracking app usage highlights potential role in improving access to reproductive health services
A new study by researchers in the UK and Denmark, published in Digital Health , provides the first publicly accessible analysis of global downloads for menstrual tracking apps. While the market for menstrual tracking apps is rapidly growing, there have been no large-scale analyses about why users download these apps, and particularly few studies on their use in the Global South.

Social Sciences - Psychology - 13.11.2024
Time alone heightens ’threat alert’ in teenagers - even when connecting on social media
Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the rise in young people. People in their late teens experience an increased sensitivity to threats after just a few hours left in a room on their own - an effect that endures even if they are interacting online with friends and family.

Health - Social Sciences - 05.11.2024
'We were frontline workers in the community' - study finds pandemic contribution from voluntary sector is 'under-valued'
’We were frontline workers in the community’ - study finds pandemic contribution from voluntary sector is ’under-valued’
A study has found that the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector played a 'crucial' role supporting Greater Manchester communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout - but that their contribution has been undervalued and under-recognised by the wider health system.

Social Sciences - 28.10.2024
No incentive for older birds to make new friends
Like people, birds have fewer friends as they age, but the reasons why are unclear. New research suggests they may just have no drive to. In humans, it's often been assumed that older people have fewer friends because they're pickier about who they spend their time with. There's also the issue that there are fewer people of their own age around.

Social Sciences - 24.10.2024
Half of young adults support prison time for non-consensual condom removal
Half of young adults support prison time for non-consensual condom removal
Almost nine in 10 young adults in the UK believe that removing a condom during sex without the other person's permission is sexual assault, and around half support prison time as a penalty, finds a new study by UCL researchers. This is the first UK study to cover views on non-consensual condom removal.

Forensic Science - Social Sciences - 24.10.2024
Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods
Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right across London, according to the most detailed study of its kind. There may be social consequences to turning large swathes of city neighbourhoods into hotels with little regulation Charles Lanfear Latest research has revealed a "positive association" between the number of properties listed as Airbnb rentals and police-reported robberies and violent crimes in thousands of London neighbourhoods between 2015 and 2018.

Career - Social Sciences - 17.10.2024
New index reveals livelihood insecurity becoming ’entrenched’ in east London
Disadvantaged communities are not seeing significant benefit from years of urban regeneration in east London and local residents report feeling more insecure than ever about their livelihoods, finds a new report by UCL researchers. The report, " Prosperity in East London 2021-2031 " looked at living standards across five east London Boroughs where there have been significant physical, economic and social changes in the last few decades.

Health - Social Sciences - 11.10.2024
Regional inequalities in community resilience exposed in new research
Regional inequalities in community resilience exposed in new research
Coastal, rural and areas in the North of England are less able to withstand and recover from adverse events, according to new research which highlights regional disparities in community resilience. The analysis shows that regionally, Yorkshire and the Humber and the North East had the lowest resilience scores, while London and the South East had the highest.

Health - Social Sciences - 04.10.2024
Water fluoridation less effective now than in past
Water fluoridation less effective now than in past
The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller now than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, an updated Cochrane review has found. The team of researchers from the Universities of Manchester, Dundee and Aberdeen reviewed the evidence from 157 studies which compared communities that had fluoride added to their water supplies with communities that had no additional fluoride in their water.

Psychology - Social Sciences - 09.09.2024
1 in 10 people with dementia experience suicidal thoughts
1 in 10 people with dementia experience suicidal thoughts
People with dementia are more likely to have suicidal thoughts but are not necessarily more likely to attempt or die by suicide than the general population, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in Ageing Research Reviews , analysed 54 studies that investigated various aspects of mental health - including the prevalence and risk of suicide - in people with dementia, between 1991 and 2023.

Social Sciences - 29.08.2024
New WHO/Europe report reveals high rates of unprotected sex among adolescents
A new report from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals that condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high. The new data were published as part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, which surveyed over 242,000 15-year-olds across 42 countries and regions in the period 2014 to 2022.
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