@_joe_ward

General Paediatrician and NIHR Clinical Lecturer researching health inequalities, adolescent health and child and young person mortality.

 Walthamstow, London
Joined March 2016
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Paper out today in @TheLancet led by Pete Azzopardi, Jessica Kerr and Kate Francis The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases in children and adolescents sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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NEW RF by @_louisemurphy - Left behind: Exploring the prevalence of youth worklessness due to ill health in different parts of the UK resolutionfoundation.org/pub…

Left behind • Resolution Foundation

This briefing note is part of the Health Foundation’s Young people’s future health inquiry, in which we focus on the prevalence of youth worklessness due to ill health in different parts of the UK....

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Violence against adolescent girls often starts much earlier in life - this has long term impacts. What kinds of interventions can help us #EndViolence against adolescent girls? Find out in our BLOG with @CIatUCT @GAGE_programme @yloxford ⬇️

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Out-of-pocket spending for non–birth-related pediatric hospitalizations can be substantial and varied by factors such as hospitalization timing, medical complexity, and insurance benefit design. ja.ma/3oWeiH4
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ADC@ADC_BMJ18 May 2023
Increased in new onset diabetes and presenting more sick during covid More severe DKA and PICU Retrospective multicentric 🇬🇧🇮🇪 49 PED Another great report from PERUKI @damian_roland @mdlyttle adc.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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We’re back! Shifting to action - a second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Read more: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(2… #LancetYouth
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Matching actions to need. Thanks to Pete Azzopardi & Caroline Kabiru for leading a round table with Kenyan policy & program leaders on local adolescent health data. Thanks @aphrc for hosting this Lancet Commission side event @MelbourneGlobal @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelbMDHS
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Capacity building in action: our two 'minute keepers' on the 2016 Lancet Commission for Adolescent Health are commissioners in their own right for the 2nd Lancet Commission. Great to have ⁦@jasonmnagata⁩ and ⁦@_joe_ward⁩ on the team! ⁦@LancetYouth⁩
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Kicking off our 3-day meeting in Nairobi, hosted by @aphrc. Ready for lively discussions, updates, and getting ready for next steps - drafting the report. Stay tuned for updates.
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‘A good day’: FDA approves world’s first RSV vaccine nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

‘A good day’: FDA approves world’s first RSV vaccine

Nature - Green light from US regulatory agency for GSK’s jab caps off a decades-long quest.

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Rising child and adolescent mortality in the US. Among 10-19 yr olds, suicide 69.5% rise, homicide 32.7% rise 2013-2019. Marked differences between ethnic groups Deaths of despair: access to firearms, opiates, deepening mental health crisis. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… 

The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents

This Viewpoint discusses increased rates in pediatric mortality by age and cause between 1999 and 2021.

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Pleased to see this out bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content… - our approach to assessment of asylum seeking families - for use in ED, clinic or anywhere else you encounter these vulnerable families. @uclh @NuriaSanchezCl1 @LongleyNicky #inclusionhealth

A Whole-child, whole-family approach to health assessments for asylum-seeking children

In 2020, 21% of people who sought asylum in the UK were children. This population has complex interconnecting health and social needs. Assessment requires a holistic approach, with consideration of...

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#COVID19–associated orphanhood and caregiver death has left an estimated 10.5 million children bereaved of their parents and caregivers. ja.ma/3hpzWzW #Research
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The @TARNaudit Severe Injury in Children 2019-20 reflects in real numbers @russellviner’s presentation this morning at #RCPCHyouth22 with case fatality counts for asphyxia being the highest amongst all causes- for the first time since 2012 more than RTC’s. tarn.ac.uk/Content.aspx?ca=4…
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The rate of increase of eating problems in particular over the last few years is alarming to say the least. Data via @russellviner. #RCPCHyouth22
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RCPCH@RCPCHtweets9 Nov 2022
The changing adolescence in the UK from Professor @russellviner #RCPCHyouth22
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How #safe do #girls & #youngwomen in #UK feel? National survey of girls & adolescent women l in 2022 finds ~ 1 in 5 don’t feel safe in #school with girls of colour aged 11 to 16 less likely than girls who are White to feel safe at school (65% compared to 70%). Furthermore 👇
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To grow up in #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean is to know inequity, injustice, and hardship... Yet, these issues are given insufficient attention Our new Editorial on #adolescents in the LAC region - the challenges they face and the urgent actions needed thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

Adolescence in Latin America and the Caribbean

To grow up in Latin America and the Caribbean is to know inequity, injustice, and hardship. The region is home to 106 million 10–19 year olds, maturing under the shadow of violence, gang culture,...

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Fantastic for Nottingham Youth Climate Assembly inc @ThePythianClub members to meet the @NottsCC youth board and Nottingham Green Partnership yesterday to spread the word on #YouthClimateManifestoNottingham, building connections, working together.
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We were happy to be part of the conversation on Nottingham Citizens #YPManifesto23. Great to build connections with more young people across Nottingham, to continue to work for our #YouthClimateManifestoNottingham and connect for a future where youth voices are loud and clear!
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