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Prevention of unintentional injuries in children (2009)
Journal Article
Towner, E., & Mytton, J. (2009). Prevention of unintentional injuries in children. Paediatrics and Child Health, 19(11), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2009.10.007

Unintentional injury is a major cause of death in children throughout the world and is responsible for considerable morbidity. All children are vulnerable to injury because their physical, psychological and behavioural characteristics place them at r... Read More about Prevention of unintentional injuries in children.

Injuries in school aged children (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Mytton, J. (2009, April). Injuries in school aged children. Poster presented at Institute of Sustainability, Health and the Environment Launch Conference, UWE, Bristol

Unintentional injuries in school-aged children and adolescents: Lessons from a systematic review of cohort studies (2009)
Journal Article
Mytton, J., Towner, E., Brussoni, M., & Gray, S. (2009). Unintentional injuries in school-aged children and adolescents: Lessons from a systematic review of cohort studies. Injury Prevention, 15(2), 111-124. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2008.019471

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.

School-based secondary prevention programmes for preventing violence (2009)
Journal Article
Taylor, R. S., DiGuiseppi, C., Gough, D., Logan, S., & Mytton, J. (2009). School-based secondary prevention programmes for preventing violence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004606.pub2

Background: Early aggressive behaviour is a risk factor for later violence and criminal behaviour. Despite over 20 years of violence prevention interventions being delivered in the school setting, questions remain regarding the effectiveness of diffe... Read More about School-based secondary prevention programmes for preventing violence.

An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register (2008)
Journal Article
Mytton, J., Harrison, V., McLoughlin, A., Thompson, R., & Overton, T. (2008). An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register. Prenatal Diagnosis, 28(8), 722-726. https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.2034

Objective: Some congenital anomaly registers arc collecting data on risk factors for pregnancies affected by anomalies; yet the quality of that information is rarely assessed. We assessed the quality of the risk factor data in the South West Congenit... Read More about An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register.

Estimating infectious disease in UK asylum seekers and refugees: A systematic review of prevalence studies (2007)
Journal Article
Clark, R., & Mytton, J. (2007). Estimating infectious disease in UK asylum seekers and refugees: A systematic review of prevalence studies. Journal of Public Health, 29(4), 420-428. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdm063

Background The prevalence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis B in the UK asylum seeker and refugee population is currently uncertain. Methods Systematic review of published and unpublished studies. Results Five studie... Read More about Estimating infectious disease in UK asylum seekers and refugees: A systematic review of prevalence studies.