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Health and Society Blog Archive

Here you will find an archive of Health and Society Blog articles published before 1 May 2022, divided into their relevant categories.

Children and Families

Community Relations

Culture and Sport

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How has COVID-19 emergency funding for individual artists been distributed in Northern Ireland? (Updated)

By James Bamford & Karen McCallion This visualisation provides a snapshot of £11.1 million in emergency funding provided to over 2824 individual artists in Northern Ireland. This funding is…
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What’s next for public service broadcasting in Northern Ireland?

This article explores how our viewing habits are changing the landscape for public service broadcasting and what this might mean for audiences in Northern Ireland. More than half of…
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How is Brexit changing things for our artists?

  This article examines some of the potential implications for artists in Northern Ireland (NI) following the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) exit from the European Union (EU). Once COVID-19 restrictions…

Equality

Women’s economic transition to retirement

While women are increasingly better educated than men, they earn less, feel less financially secure, provide the bulk of unpaid care, have smaller pensions, face greater hardship in later…
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How big is the gender pay gap in NI’s public and private sectors?

By Aidan Stennett & Eóin Murphy Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent data, see here. This article examines the gender…

Modernising equality legislation

Following decades of piecemeal development, governments are increasingly seeking to address the common problem of fragmented, uneven and incoherent equality legislation….

Health and Social Care

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Eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

Following the Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which took place in the United Kingdom in March 2021, this article examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on individuals…
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Social media spread of misinformation and COVID-19 vaccine uptake

As the COVID-19 vaccination programme progresses in Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, this article considers the causes and consequences of misinformation surrounding vaccines, and highlights…
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COVID-19: Vaccines and other potential treatments

This article considers a number of recent medical developments in relation to COVID-19 and the implications of the new vaccine for Northern Ireland. Coronaviruses are viruses that cause respiratory…

Housing

Immigration

Third Sector

Welfare

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