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The health economic case for infrastructure to promote active travel: A critical review (2010)
Journal Article
Powell, J., Dalton, A., Brand, C., & Ogilvie, D. (2010). The health economic case for infrastructure to promote active travel: A critical review. Built Environment, 36(4), 504-518. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.36.4.504

The aim of this paper is to review the current state of the economic evaluation evidence concerning infrastructural environmental interventions for walking and cycling and their health benefits. Relevant economic evaluations are identified by applyin... Read More about The health economic case for infrastructure to promote active travel: A critical review.

An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005–2009) (2010)
Journal Article
Matthews, L. M., Lawrance, L., Gray, D., & Gray, S. (2011). An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005–2009). Epidemiology and Infection, 139(11), 1720-1726. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810002748

Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005–2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of

Injecting practices and knowledge of the associated risk among 1619-year-old injecting drug users in Plymouth, UK (2010)
Journal Article
Trudgeon, H., & Evans, D. (2010). Injecting practices and knowledge of the associated risk among 1619-year-old injecting drug users in Plymouth, UK. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 17(6), 808-820. https://doi.org/10.3109/09687630902769707

There has been significant research into the harms associated with injecting drugs and about the use of needle exchange programmes (NEPs) by adult injecting drug users (IDUs) in the United Kingdom. However, very limited research has been conducted in... Read More about Injecting practices and knowledge of the associated risk among 1619-year-old injecting drug users in Plymouth, UK.

Councils, consultations and community: Rethinking the spaces for children and young people's participation (2010)
Journal Article
Percy-Smith, B. (2010). Councils, consultations and community: Rethinking the spaces for children and young people's participation. Children's Geographies, 8(2), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733281003691368

The participation of children and young people in decisions that affect them is now mainstream in social and public policy in the UK. Yet for many young people formal participation opportunities are abstracted from everyday lives and concerns. Childr... Read More about Councils, consultations and community: Rethinking the spaces for children and young people's participation.

The impact of addiction on the family: Estimates of prevalence and costs (2010)
Journal Article
Copello, A., Templeton, L., & Powell, J. (2010). The impact of addiction on the family: Estimates of prevalence and costs. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 17(SUPPL. 1), 63-74. https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2010.514798

The negative impact of alcohol or drug misuse on the family has been well documented. However, the predominantly individualistic approach to treatment and policy has led to lack of accurate calculations of the numbers of affected family members and t... Read More about The impact of addiction on the family: Estimates of prevalence and costs.

Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia' (2010)
Journal Article
Harrison, K., Manning, R., & McCartan, K. (2010). Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia'. Social and Legal Studies, 19(4), 481-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663910369054

Despite the current high-profile concern over paedophiles and paedophilic activity, there is no easily accessible or widely accepted multi-disciplinary definition of paedophilia. Commentators have pointed to a general contemporary misunderstanding su... Read More about Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia'.

Current multidisciplinary definitions and understandings of ‘paedophilia’ (2010)
Journal Article
Harrison, K., Manning, R., & McCartan, K. (2010). Current multidisciplinary definitions and understandings of ‘paedophilia’. Social and Legal Studies, 19(4), 481-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663910369054

Despite the current high-profile concern over paedophiles and paedophilic activity, there is no easily accessible or widely accepted multi-disciplinary definition of paedophilia. Commentators have pointed to a general contemporary misunderstanding su... Read More about Current multidisciplinary definitions and understandings of ‘paedophilia’.

Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process (2010)
Journal Article
Dixon, J. (2010). Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process. British Journal of Social Work, 40(8), 2398-2413. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq076

Service users subject to section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 come under the scrutiny of both the mental health and the criminal justice systems. Much of the sociological literature in this area focuses on the growth of risk-related practices in... Read More about Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process.