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Young Lives Newsletter April 2023
Welcome to the April edition of the Young Lives newsletter. In it you’ll find highlights, news, views and events from our global programme over the last couple of months!
Food for thought: safety net programmes and foundational cognitive skills
Young Lives latest research analysis shows that children whose families benefit from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program have better cognitive skills including long-term memory and implicit learning with the most disadvantaged improving most. This has important implications for policy makers - read more in our latest blog.
Young Lives presented these research findings at the CSAE conference, held in Oxford in March. Read more in our Working Paper.
Developing Round 7 - latest news
The team continue to pull out all the stops to bring together Round 7 of our longitudinal study.
With tracking now completed in all four study countries, the team are finalising the survey, incorporating feedback from a wide range of peers.
Reflecting the current age of our two cohorts, now 21/22 and 28/29 years old respectively, the survey themes include labour market transitions, marriage and partner choices, as well as further investigation to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on education, employment and mental health.
The survey will include specific topics per study country, for example the impact of conflict in Ethiopia, and the team are experimenting with new methods of collecting information using an Audio Self-Administered Questionnaire.
Between now and the first field work in Peru in June, there remains much to do, including training enumerators and creating the field manuals and materials to support the questionnaire rollout.
We’ll keep you updated next time!
Oxford University Mental Health and Brain Campaign profiles Young Lives evidence
This year, Oxford University's Brain and Mental Health Campaign is highlighting leading research on the future of brain and mental health.
Young Lives evidence on the impact of multiple crises, including conflict and COVID-19, on the well-being and mental health of young people featured in the Campaign in an article 'War, radicalisation and refugees'
Young Lives Ethiopia and India websites given a new look!
The team has worked hard to refresh and relaunch our Ethiopia and India country websites which launched last week.
Now closer in look and feel to our international site, they feature and showcase 20 years of Young Lives country specific research, findings, policy and communications. Take a look via the links below - and do let us know what you think!
Young Lives in the media
Young Lives Ethiopia's Country Director gave a wide-ranging interview with national broadcaster Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, about the Young Lives study, with a focus on our work on mental health and sexual & reproductive health.
Click below to watch the full interview.
New publication on young Peruvians' experience of education during the pandemic - now out in English
In 2022, Ninos del Milenio published qualitative research into the impact of remote learning on young people’s education pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic.
First published in Spanish, we are delighted that the paper is now available in English.
Remembering Gina
This month is a year since our colleague Gina Crivello died. We continue to mourn her loss as a colleague and as a friend. If you would like to add a message to our website page dedicated to Gina, please contact julia.tilford@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Using Our Data
Ninos del Milenio hosted a methodological workshop on how to use Young Lives data in research. Particularly relevant for early year researchers, the successful applicants learnt from senior, experienced researchers about how to best access and analyse Young Lives data for use in their research.
Young Lives Events
Young Lives India at CIES
Young Lives India Country Director, Renu Singh, attended the 67th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES 2023), in Washington in February to give evidence on the impact of disabilities on education, work and family life.
Tackling persistent inequalities - Vietnam
Young Lives Vietnam organised a seminar to discuss the policies needed to mitigate persistent inequalities in child growth and development with researchers and policy experts, including from the Department of Child Affairs, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences.
Presenting Young Lives evidence to the Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
Young Lives Ethiopia's Country Director presented recently published research and policy recommendations on sexual & reproductive health to the country's Ministry of Health. The briefing was well received by Ministry staff who indicated it offered important inputs for their programmes.
International Women's Day 2023
To mark #IWD23's theme 'Embrace Equity' we highlighted Young Lives' research on how the pandemic both exposed and widened digital access - especially for girls living in rural communities. Read our blog to find out more.
International Adolescent Health Week 2023
As part of International Adolescent Health Week we published a guest blog from Emergency Nutrition Network discussing the effect of climate shocks and undernutrition pose to the achievement of the SDGs.
If you have any questions or comments about this newsletter please contact Young Lives Communications Manager - julia.tilford@qeh.ox.ac.uk.
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