ECHILD will be enhanced with a pseudonymised mother-child link and UPRN to facilitate policy-relevant research on the impact of family, household and environmental characteristics on child outcomes, including how maternal mental health, family violence, and experience of maltreatment or adversity influence child health, early school outcomes and additional needs.

The study will:

• Link ECHILD to maternal hospital records to enable analysis of maternal demographic and health characteristics, siblings and family structure.

• Build capacity through a research project to evaluate the influence of maternal factors on child outcomes

The study is being led by Prof Katie Harron and is funded by ADR UK.