Bitter-Sweet Sixteen: Gender-Based Violence and Young People
Abuse, violence and exploitation within young people’s intimate relationships is increasing in Scotland. More young people are looking for help from specialist services for relationship abuse.
Join Dr. Annie Herbert and Dr. Maria Barnes from the University of Bristo for a webinar on Monday 1 December, 1.30pm to 3.30pm to discuss their research on this topic. A lot of their recent research has been carried out in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, also known as ‘Children of the 90’s’, which has followed families from the South West of England over three decades. There will be time for discussion and questions and answers after the webinar.
They will focus on key questions of what makes young people vulnerable to abuse within their relationships and what parents and professionals in all levels of education, policy, child protection and health can do to prevent children and young people from becoming victims of violence.
This event is for the public and professionals. If you
- work for the City of Edinburgh Council, please register on My Learning Hub.
- do not work for the City of Edinburgh Council, please sign up using our bitter-sweet sixteen form.
Our speakers
Dr. Annie Herbert is a Sir Henry Welcome Research Fellow at the University of Bristol Medical School. She is a statistical epidemiologist whose research in large datasets explores how difficult experiences in childhood and adolescence, such as witnessing or experiencing abuse, can affect young people’s health and relationships as they grow up.
Dr. Maria Barnes is a social scientist and qualitative health researcher at the Medical School, University of Bristol, with over 20 years’ experience of interviewing vulnerable populations in the areas of depression, anxiety, suicide, domestic violence and abuse. Her recent work has been to do with reaching underserved groups and building trust between minoritised ethnic communities and health research. She also works closely with lived-experience panels in all her studies.
