Maternal and Child Health Network (MatCHNet) Webinar Series: Policy Evaluations in the Early Years
MatCHNet hosts online lunchtime webinars that showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years. This includes work in progress as well as completed projects from across the 4 UK nations. Presentations focus on evaluations of policies using routine and administrative data or secondary analysis of existing data.
Topic: Exploring the impact of the Flying Start programme in Wales using linked administrative data
Speaker: Tony Whiffen
Webinar 5
Date: Tuesday 17th May at 12.30pm
Topic: Evaluations of the ban on smoking inside cars with children present
Speaker: Anthony Laverty
Webinar 6
Date: Thursday 16th June at 12.30pm
Topic: Using linked administrative data to evaluate Scotland’s Baby Box Scheme
Speaker: Ronan McCabe
Series 1: Autumn/Winter 2021
Webinar 1
Date: Thursday, 4th November at 12.30pm
Topic: The Teenage Pregnancy Strategy – evaluating its impact on teenage pregnancy rates
Speaker: Andy Baxter
Webinar 2
Date: Thursday, 9th December at 12.30pm
Topic: Childhood obesity and the impact of cuts to local government investment in Sure Start Children’s Centres
Speaker: Kate Mason
Webinar 3
Date: Thursday, 13th January at 12.30pm
Topic: Using linkage of administrative data to evaluate the Family Nurse Partnership in England
Speaker: Francesca Cavallaro
Methods workshops
MatCHNet runs online interactive workshops to showcase natural experiment methods that can be used to evaluate policies in the early years. Expert speakers lead the discussion of study design, methods, and limitations. Find out more on our Methods page.