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Women’s health

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At the University of Essex we use interdisciplinary approaches to generate evidence supporting women's health and wellbeing. We recognise that the health of women and girls represents the cornerstone of healthy societies and that a plethora of socio-economic, cultural, environmental, and political factors impact on critical health outcomes.

Experts in the Department of Sociology and Criminology research how social norms impact women’s willingness to use and the effectiveness of their use of contraception; how men and women define consent; differences in how consent is enacted in relationships versus casual sex; how alcohol plays a role in consent and sexual assault; intersections of gender, sexuality and equality; assisted conception; and the role digital intimacies in online romance fraud.

Drawing on the fields of international human rights law and public health governance, researchers from Essex Law School, have sought to look at the expectations, or norms, in relation to the right to health, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Experts in the School of Health and Social Care, Essex Business School, and School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering are at the forefront of research focusing on supporting women’s health in the workplace, including inclusivity in the work place, experience of early pregnancy endings in the workplace, and transition through menopause.

Global health experts in the School of Health and Social Care and Essex Business School are supporting international organisations in understanding the impact of women empowerment on maternal and child health, levels and trends in maternal and child nutrition, maternal health surveillance in low- and middle-income countries, and maternal health care delivery.

Research projects

Reducing recurrent care proceedings

One in four birth mothers who have a child taken into care in England will re-appear in further care proceedings within seven years. Our research in ‘recurrent care’ comprises theoretical innovation and the development of evaluation methodology to establishing the field of Recurrent Care Proceedings which has influenced national policy, practice and thinking.

Our research is helping to improve services across the UK for mothers who have experienced repeated child removals. We have developed an enhanced theoretical and clinical understanding of, and ability to, meet birth parents’ previously unmet needs.

We have been involved in establishing a Community of Practice supporting key workers and service managers and Essex evaluation methods have enabled services in the East of England, London, North West and Midlands to demonstrate significant initial one-off savings plus recurring annual savings, enabling them to secure new or ongoing commissioning.

Global maternal and child health

Professor Neil Kellard and Dr Anna Sarkisyan at the Essex Business School use advanced modelling to analyse the effects of women’s empowerment on children’s health across countries and over time, contributing to our understanding how individuals’ rights are translated into better welfare.

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Blog: The voice of women in menopause research

In this blog post Professor Camille Cronin explains how women's experiences should be included in research on menopause.

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