Family and community impacts of COVID-19

Since the first English lockdown in March 2020 we have been working with our Born in Bradford (including Born in Bradford, Born in Bradford’s Better Start, BiB4All) families and the CARE75+ cohort to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 on various aspects of life including wellbeing, health, household finances and education. Our series of longitudinal surveys are developed in partnership with local decision makers and communities. We are also undertaking in-depth research the impacts of COVID-19 on child wellbeing and health beliefs and attitudes to COVID-19. Through ActEarly we are working with our UCL partners to understand how these impacts may be similar or differ for residents of Bradford District and Tower Hamlets.

Briefings and reports

• Interim report: Experiences of pregnancy and birth during the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2021
• Children’s physical activity during Covid-19 from the Born in Bradford Cohort, February 2021
• The range and accessibility of food aid provision in Bradford, and the impact of COVID-19, January 2021
• The impact of COVID-19 on learning and wellbeing, November 2020
• Her whole little life has changed dramatically. Findings of a qualitative study into children’s mental wellbeing in Bradford during Covid-19, November 2020
• I think I am falling behind: Findings of the Born in Bradford Covid-19 Children Survey, August 2020
• Findings of the First 1000 Participants in the Born in Bradford Covid-19 Parents Survey, 19th June 2020 and summary slides
• Socially Vulnerable Groups, June 2020
• Child Wellbeing pre-COVID-19, June 2020
• Community Soft Intelligence – Key issues noted across various communities in Bradford District after the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown May 2020
• Vulnerable Groups and Recovery, April 2020

Webinars

• Bradford Schools Head Teachers webinar (August 2020)
• Bradford Schools Head Teachers webinar (July 2020)

Protocol

• McEachan RRC, Dickerson J, Bridges S et al. The Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Study: Protocol for an adaptive mixed methods research study to gather actionable intelligence on the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities amongst families living in Bradford [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2020, 5:191. (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16129.1)

Questionnaires

Publications

• Bingham DD, Daly-Smith A, Hall J, Seims A, Dogra SA, Fairclough SJ, et al. Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children’s self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment. A longitudinal and cross-sectional. medRxiv. 2021:2021.02.26.21252543
• Pickett KE, Ajebon M, Hou B, Kelly B, Bird PK, Dickerson J, et al. Vulnerabilities in child wellbeing among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK. medRxiv. 2021:2021.01.10.21249538
• Lockyer B, Islam S, Rahman A, Dickerson J, Pickett K, Sheldon T, Wright J, McEachan R, Sheard L Understanding Covid-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK medRxiv 2020.12.22.20248259; (doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.22.20248259)
• Brown L, Mossabir R, Harrison N, Brundle C, Smith J, Clegg A, Life in lockdown: a telephone survey to investigate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the lives of older people (≥75 years), Age and Ageing, 2020; afaa255, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa255
• Dickerson J, Kelly B, Lockyer B et al. Experiences of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic: descriptive findings from a survey of families in the Born in Bradford study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2020, 5:228 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16317.1)
• Power M, Doherty B, Pybus K and Pickett K. How Covid-19 has exposed inequalities in the UK food system: The case of UK food and poverty [version 2; peer review: 5 approved]. Emerald Open Res 2020, 2:11 (https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13539.2)