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10-Jul-2025

‘Support, not judgement’: Study explores links between children’s social care involvement and maternal deaths

King's College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A third of women who died during or in the year after pregnancy were known to Children’s Social Care – higher than previously reported, new research reveals. The authors say urgent changes are needed to prioritise and improve mothers’ care.

Journal: BMJ Medicine

10-Jul-2025

Children’s social care involvement common to nearly third of UK mums who died during perinatal period

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The involvement of children’s social care services was a common factor in nearly a third of UK maternal deaths occurring during, or within a year of, pregnancy between 2014 and 2022, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine.

Journal: BMJ Medicine
Funder: National Institute for Health Research, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

10-Jul-2025

Education exports help offset U.S. trade deficit—but new tariff and visa policies threaten gains

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As U.S. policymakers increase tariffs on goods, particularly those imported from China—a new study from the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy finds the opposite may be needed to protect one of the country’s most powerful economic exports: higher education.

Journal: The Review of Economics and Statistics

10-Jul-2025

Green spaces boost children’s cognitive skills and strengthen family well-being

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Access to nature promotes physical and mental health, and it is vital for children’s social and emotional development. Outdoor activities also influence family dynamics, helping to reduce stress and encourage connections. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines how green spaces and outdoor structures near the family residence interact with other factors in the household environment to influence executive functioning in early childhood.