All Outputs (5)

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.

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.

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.