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An evaluation of the First Parent Health Visitor Scheme (2002)
Journal Article
Emond, A., Harvey, I., Bonnell, S., Peters, T. J., Pollock, J., & Deave, T. (2002). An evaluation of the First Parent Health Visitor Scheme. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 86(3), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.86.3.150

Aims: To assess outcomes in families who received the First Parent Health Visitor Scheme (FPHVS), in comparison with families who received conventional ("generic") health visiting. Methods: Retrospective data on 2113 families were collected during 19... Read More about An evaluation of the First Parent Health Visitor Scheme.

Health and social factors for health visitor caseload weighting: Reliability, accuracy and current and potential use (2002)
Journal Article
Pollock, J., Horrocks, S., Emond, A., Harvey, I., & Shepherd, M. (2002). Health and social factors for health visitor caseload weighting: Reliability, accuracy and current and potential use. Health and Social Care in the Community, 10(2), 82-90. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2524.2002.00345.x

The reliability and validity of data collection and recording for a health visitor caseload weighting system operating in a large combined acute and community trust in Bristol was examined. Client families were recruited from all participating (servi... Read More about Health and social factors for health visitor caseload weighting: Reliability, accuracy and current and potential use.

Retinopathy of prematurity in the UK I: The organisation of services for screening and treatment (2002)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, A. R., Fielder, A. R., Haines, L., Scrivener, R., & Pollock, J. (2002). Retinopathy of prematurity in the UK I: The organisation of services for screening and treatment. Eye, 16(1), 33-38. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6700030

Aims. To ascertain how closely services for the screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were organised on a national level in 1995. Methods. Questionnaires about the local arrangements for the screening and treatment of retinopath... Read More about Retinopathy of prematurity in the UK I: The organisation of services for screening and treatment.

Retinopathy of prematurity in the UK II: Audit of national guidelines for screening and treatment (2002)
Journal Article
Pollock, J. I., Scrivener, R., Wilkinson, A. R., Fielder, A. R., Haines, L., Scrivener, R., & Pollock, J. (2002). Retinopathy of prematurity in the UK II: Audit of national guidelines for screening and treatment. Eye, 16(3), 285-291. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6700131

Aims To ascertain how closely in 1995, neonatologists and ophthalmologists were adhering to the national guidelines for the screening of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP, 1990) and those for screening and treatment (1995). Methods Questionnaires about... Read More about Retinopathy of prematurity in the UK II: Audit of national guidelines for screening and treatment.

The effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve maternal and infant health in the Northeast of Brazil (2002)
Journal Article
Macedo, A., Emond, A., Da Costa, M., Maranhao, T., & Pollock, J. (2002). The effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve maternal and infant health in the Northeast of Brazil. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 12(2), 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1020-49892002000800005

Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based intervention project aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality in a poor urban district in the city of Natal, in the Northeast of Brazil. Methods. The intervention, called the ProNat... Read More about The effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve maternal and infant health in the Northeast of Brazil.

Project pro-natal: Population-based study of perinatal and infant mortality in natal, Northeast Brazil (2000)
Journal Article
Pollock, J. I., Maranhão, T. D., Emond, A. M., Macedo, A. S., Ramos, A. M. O., & Pollock, J. (2000). Project pro-natal: Population-based study of perinatal and infant mortality in natal, Northeast Brazil. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 3(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100240050003

The Pro-Natal project is a collaborative initiative that aims to improve maternal and infant health in a deprived community in Natal, Northeast Brazil. To assess the perinatal and infant mortality in this population of 40,000, we have collected over... Read More about Project pro-natal: Population-based study of perinatal and infant mortality in natal, Northeast Brazil.

A screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity: A collaborative study by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the British Association of Perinatal Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons (1998)
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Fielder, A., Wilkinson, A., Haines, L., Scrivener, R., & Pollock, J. (1998). A screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity: A collaborative study by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the British Association of Perinatal Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons

Health visitor understanding and rating of 28 health and social factors used as part of a health visitor caseload weighting system (1998)
Journal Article
Emond, A., Harvey, I., Horrocks, S., Pollock, J., Harvey, I., Emond, A., & Shepherd, M. (1998). Health visitor understanding and rating of 28 health and social factors used as part of a health visitor caseload weighting system. Health and Social Care in the Community, 6(5), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00137.x

This paper reports the results of the first stage of an evaluation study of a health visitor caseload weighting system. In Bristol, health visitor caseloads are compiled annually to complete caseload weighting summaries based on 28 health and social... Read More about Health visitor understanding and rating of 28 health and social factors used as part of a health visitor caseload weighting system.

Mature maternity: Long term associations in first children born to older mothers in 1970 in the UK (1996)
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Pollock, J. I., & Pollock, J. (1996). Mature maternity: Long term associations in first children born to older mothers in 1970 in the UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 50(4), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.50.4.429

Study objectives - To identify the physical, behavioural, medical, and educational outcomes in first children born to women aged 30 or more compared with those born to younger women. Design - Longitudinal cohort study design employing logistic regres... Read More about Mature maternity: Long term associations in first children born to older mothers in 1970 in the UK.