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Low maternal education predicts poor health among babies

On May 4, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development
The first years of life are crucial in building the foundation for health and well-being throughout childhood and in later life. The DRIVERS project has focused on early childhood as one of three key policy areas for improving health equity in Europe. Although a healthy start to life is a major priority across European countries, [...]
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DRIVERS policy briefs to improve health equity through policy and practice

On March 11, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, policy recommendations
DRIVERS has published targeted policy briefs focused on early childhood, employment & working conditions, and income & social protection. They gather the latest evidence from the project, provide a synopsis of the issue, solutions, and opportunities to advocate. The briefs have been informed by the findings of work on advocacy for health equity, and are [...]
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European policy makers support DRIVERS solutions to tackle health inequalities

On February 8, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Final events, Income & Social Protection, policy recommendations, policy solutions
On Tuesday 3 February 2015, DRIVERS showcased its recommendations for improving health equity at its conference ‘Tackling societal challenges: solutions from DRIVERS for Health Equity’.
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DRIVERS reports on early child development, employment & working conditions, and income & social protection

On February 2, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: DRIVERS event - European Parliament, Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, project outcomes dissemination, Report
Three important reports are published today by the DRIVERS project. They detail the scientific work carried out by teams at University College London/UCL Institute of Health Equity, the Department of Medical Sociology at Universität Düsseldorf, and the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) at Stockholms Universitet, on (respectively) early child development, employment [...]
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DRIVERS contributes to discussions on advocacy and tackling health inequalities at the 7th annual European Public Health Conference

On November 24, 2014 · Add Comment • Tagged With: advocacy, Early Childhood Development, EPH Conference, EU-funded projects tackling health inequalities, Final events, Income & Social Protection
The 7th annual European Public Health (EPH) Conference entitled “Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care” took place in Glasgow, Scotland from 19 to 22 November 2014. DRIVERS participated in several pre-conference sessions, during which project partners presented some key findings of the project and discussed the role of effective advocacy in [...]
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Early childhood education and care, a key determinant of social and cultural equity

On July 24, 2014 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Report
The EC highlights that only eight out of the 32 European countries studied guarantee a legal right to early childhood education and care soon after birth. The report Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe -2014, published by Eurydice in cooperation with Eurostat, determines that even if most European countries ensure ECEC, [...]
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DRIVERS presentations at the 6th European Public Health Conference and the 3rd Annual Convention Against Poverty & Social Exclusion

On November 26, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Presentation
DRIVERS hosted a dissemination workshop at the Sixth European Public Health Conference on 15 November 2013 in Brussels. It was a chance to disseminate preliminary findings of the work of the research consortium. Claudia Marinetti presented on the project as a whole. Hynek Pikhart presented on the work on early childhood development on behalf [...]
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Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region

On October 3, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Report
This recently published review follows up on the 2008 Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). It details health inequalities across the 53 member states of the WHO-Europe region, and was commissioned to support Health 2020. It builds on global evidence and recommends policies to reduce health inequities across all countries, and [...]
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One in four children at risk of poverty in the EU: EAPN and Eurochild

On April 22, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Income & Social Protection, Report
Twenty-five million children in the European Union (EU) are at risk of poverty or social exclusion – that is one child in every four. Most of these children grow up in families that lack economic resources and are increasingly struggling to provide them with a decent life. This is a stain on the fabric of the EU, and EU that prides itself on its social model, an affront to fundamental rights and a real failure to invest in people and in our future. Can the EU really afford to pay the price?
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Taking action to fight child poverty and to promote child well-being: round-table event

On April 9, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Event, Income & Social Protection, Report
Eurochild, EAPN and UNICEF are organising "Taking action to fight child poverty and to promote child well-being", a high-profile political round table and seminar on 10-11 April 2013 in Dublin, under the patronage of the Irish Presidency of the EU.
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DRIVERS is co-ordinated by EuroHealthNet and has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°278350.