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Magnet ingestion in children in the United Kingdom: A national prospective observational surveillance study (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Magnet ingestion in children and young people (CYP) associates with significant harm. The incidence and circumstances of magnet ingestions in CYP are unknown in the United Kingdom (UK). We aimed to determine these and report associated ou... Read More about Magnet ingestion in children in the United Kingdom: A national prospective observational surveillance study.

Barriers and facilitators to learning and using first aid skills for road traffic crash victims in Nepal: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Road traffic injuries are a major global public health problem despite being avoidable and preventable. In many low- and middle-income countries, the victims of road traffic crashes do not receive care at the scene and may die before reac... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to learning and using first aid skills for road traffic crash victims in Nepal: A qualitative study.

Replication of a local record keeping method for collecting road crash data in low resource settings: lessons from Bangladesh and Nepal (2024)
Journal Article

Background. Police road crash and injury data in low- and middle-income countries are known to under-report crashes, fatalities and injuries, especially for vulnerable road users. Local record keepers, who are members of the public, can be engaged to... Read More about Replication of a local record keeping method for collecting road crash data in low resource settings: lessons from Bangladesh and Nepal.

Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings (2020)
Journal Article

Background: In the UK, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities are generally considered to be at risk of low or variable immunisation uptake. Many strategies to increase uptake for the general population are relevant for GRT communities, however... Read More about Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings.

Environmental change to reduce child injury in low and middle income countries: A systematic review (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Injuries sustained in the home are a significant contributor to the burden of death and disabilities among young children especially those living in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). The objective of this review was to identify and... Read More about Environmental change to reduce child injury in low and middle income countries: A systematic review.

Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article

Objective The relative significance of child injury as a cause of preventable death has increased as mortality from infectious diseases has declined. Unintentional child injuries are now a major cause of death and disability across the world with the... Read More about Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury.

The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review (2011)
Journal Article

Background: Spatial planning affects the built environment, which in turn has the potential to have a significant impact on health, for good or ill. One way of ensuring that spatial plans take due account of health is through the inclusion of health... Read More about The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review.

The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in use to address health and wellbeing during plan appraisal (2010)
Report

This is the second of a series of seven reports to NICE concerned with the degree to which the spatial planning system incorporates health and well-being effectively in its processes. Report 1 examined how projects (concerned with land use) are appra... Read More about The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in use to address health and wellbeing during plan appraisal.

Unintentional injuries in school-aged children and adolescents: Lessons from a systematic review of cohort studies (2009)
Journal Article

Objectives: To critically synthesise current knowledge of the patterns of injuries and risk factors for injury in school-aged children, to summarise the evidence and support effective child injury prevention initiatives. Design: Systematic review. Se... Read More about Unintentional injuries in school-aged children and adolescents: Lessons from a systematic review of cohort studies.