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The feasibility of using local general practice data to estimate the prevalence of childhood disabling conditions (2013)
Journal Article
Naqvi, H., Ellis, M., Lingam, R., Lingam, R., Ellis, M., Naqvi, H., & Mytton, J. (2013). The feasibility of using local general practice data to estimate the prevalence of childhood disabling conditions. Child: Care, Health and Development, 39(1), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01385.x

Aims This study aimed to assess the feasibility of using general practice data to estimate the prevalence of potentially disabling conditions in young people aged 0-18 years. Background There are limited data that estimate the prevalence of disabling... Read More about The feasibility of using local general practice data to estimate the prevalence of childhood disabling conditions.

Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article
Towner, E. M. L., Mytton, J., Powell, J., Pilkington, P., & Gray, S. (2012). Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury. Injury Prevention, 18(5), 334-342. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040343

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
Gray, S., Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Mytton, J., Lease, H., & Joynt, J. (2011). The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review. BMC Public Health, 11(11), 889. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-889

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 Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article
Kipping, R. R., Peters, T. J., Howe, L. D., Chittleborough, C. R., Noble, S. M., Lawlor, D. A., …Mytton, J. (2011). The Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 12, 181. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-181

Background: Low levels of physical activity, high levels of sedentary behaviour and low levels of fruit and vegetable consumption are common in children and are associated with adverse health outcomes. The aim of this paper is to describe the protoco... Read More about The Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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.

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.

Observed and expected prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in Oldham. (2005)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, I., & Mytton, J. (2005). Observed and expected prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in Oldham. Journal of Public Health, 27(3), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdi037

BACKGROUND: A perceived high prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in Oldham, particularly in the Asian community, caused concern during the local implementation of the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. METHODS: A retrospective coho... Read More about Observed and expected prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in Oldham..