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Delivery, setting and outcomes of paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT): A scoping review (2018)
Journal Article
Carter, B., Carrol, E. D., Porter, D., Peak, M., Taylor-Robinson, D., Fisher-Smith, D., & Blake, L. (2018). Delivery, setting and outcomes of paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT): A scoping review. BMJ Open, 8(11), Article e021603. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021603

Background There has been little detailed systematic consideration of the delivery, setting and outcomes of paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), although individual studies report that it is a safe and effective treatment. O... Read More about Delivery, setting and outcomes of paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT): A scoping review.

What do we know about family estrangement? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, L. (2018, March). What do we know about family estrangement?. Presented at Psychology Seminar Series, Nottingham Trent University

Holding children for procedures: An international survey of health professionals (2018)
Journal Article
Bray, L., Carter, B., Ford, K., Dickinson, A., Water, T., & Blake, L. (2018). Holding children for procedures: An international survey of health professionals. Journal of Child Health Care, 22(2), 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493517752499

Children undergoing clinical procedures can experience pain and/or anxiety. This may result in them being unwilling to cooperate and being held still by parents or health professionals. This study aimed to capture an international perspective of heal... Read More about Holding children for procedures: An international survey of health professionals.

Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, L. (2017). Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 9(4), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12216

This review article examines what is known about estrangement between parents and adult children in terms of definition, prevalence, causes, and consequences. Estrangement has been defined and conceptualized in different ways, although most definitio... Read More about Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature.

A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation: Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment at age 14 (2017)
Journal Article
Golombok, S., Ilioi, E., Blake, L., Roman, G., & Jadva, V. (2017). A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation: Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment at age 14. Developmental Psychology, 53(10), 1966-1977. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000372

The aim of the 6th phase of this longitudinal study was to establish whether children born through assisted reproduction involving reproductive donation were at risk for psychological problems following the transition to adolescence at age 14 and, if... Read More about A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation: Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment at age 14.

Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study (2017)
Journal Article
Bray, L., Carter, B., Sanders, C., Blake, L., & Keegan, K. (2017). Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study. Patient Education and Counseling, 100(8), 1537-1543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.004

Objectives This paper will report on the findings of a study which investigated the influence of a befriending (parent-to-parent peer support) scheme on parents whose children have a disability or additional need. The scheme operated from an acute c... Read More about Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study.

Gay fathers’ motivations for and feelings about surrogacy as a path to parenthood (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Carone, N., Raffanello, E., Slutsky, J., Ehrhardt, A. A., & Golombok, S. (2017). Gay fathers’ motivations for and feelings about surrogacy as a path to parenthood. Human Reproduction, 32(4), 860-867. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex026

STUDY QUESTION Why do gay men choose to start their families through surrogacy? SUMMARY ANSWER Most fathers chose surrogacy because they considered adoption to be a less desirable and/or accessible path to parenthood. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY L... Read More about Gay fathers’ motivations for and feelings about surrogacy as a path to parenthood.

Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy (2017)
Journal Article
Golombok, S., Blake, L., Slutsky, J., Raffanello, E., Roman, G. D., & Ehrhardt, A. (2018). Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy. Child Development, 89(4), 1223-1233. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12728

Findings are presented on a study of 40 gay father families created through surrogacy and a comparison group of 55 lesbian mother families created through donor insemination with a child aged 3–9 years. Standardized interview, observational and quest... Read More about Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy.

The role of age of disclosure of biological origins in the psychological wellbeing of adolescents conceived by reproductive donation: A longitudinal study from age 1 to age 14 (2016)
Journal Article
Ilioi, E., Blake, L., Jadva, V., Roman, G., & Golombok, S. (2017). The role of age of disclosure of biological origins in the psychological wellbeing of adolescents conceived by reproductive donation: A longitudinal study from age 1 to age 14. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(3), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12667

Background The question of whether children should be told of their biological origins is one of the most controversial issues regarding the birth of children through donated eggs, sperm, embryos or surrogacy. Methods In the sixth phase of this... Read More about The role of age of disclosure of biological origins in the psychological wellbeing of adolescents conceived by reproductive donation: A longitudinal study from age 1 to age 14.

Gay father surrogacy families: Relationships with surrogates and egg donors and parental disclosure of children's origins (2016)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Carone, N., Slutsky, J., Raffanello, E., Ehrhardt, A. A., & Golombok, S. (2016). Gay father surrogacy families: Relationships with surrogates and egg donors and parental disclosure of children's origins. Fertility and Sterility, 106(6), 1503-1509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.08.013

Objective: To study the nature and quality of relationships between gay father families and their surrogates and egg donors and parental disclosure of children's origins. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Family homes. Patient(s): Parents in... Read More about Gay father surrogacy families: Relationships with surrogates and egg donors and parental disclosure of children's origins.

Hidden voices. Family estrangement in students (2015)
Report
Blake, L. Hidden voices. Family estrangement in students. Stand Alone

Data is presented from 84 students who completed the Hidden Voices survey that was a collaboration between Stand Alone and the Centre for Family Research at University of Cambridge

Parent psychological adjustment, donor conception and disclosure: A follow-up over 10 years (2014)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Jadva, V., & Golombok, S. (2014). Parent psychological adjustment, donor conception and disclosure: A follow-up over 10 years. Human Reproduction, 29(11), 2487-2496. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deu231

STUDY QUESTION What is the relationship between parent psychological adjustment, type of gamete donation (donor insemination, egg donation) and parents' disclosure of their use of donated gametes to their children. SUMMARY ANSWER Disclosure of d... Read More about Parent psychological adjustment, donor conception and disclosure: A follow-up over 10 years.

Families created by donor insemination: Father-child relationships at age 7 (2013)
Journal Article
Casey, P., Jadva, V., Blake, L., & Golombok, S. (2013). Families created by donor insemination: Father-child relationships at age 7. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(4), 858-870. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf

This study examined the psychological well-being of fathers and father–child relationships in families with a 7-year-old child conceived by donor insemination. Twenty-four donor insemination families and comparison groups of 25 egg donation and 32 un... Read More about Families created by donor insemination: Father-child relationships at age 7.

‘I was quite amazed’: Donor conception and parent-child relationships from the child's perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Casey, P., Jadva, V., & Golombok, S. (2014). ‘I was quite amazed’: Donor conception and parent-child relationships from the child's perspective. Children & Society, 28(6), 425-437. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12014

Donor conception and parent–child relationships were explored from the child's perspective. At ages 7 and 10, interview data were obtained from children in 31 donor insemination, 28 egg donation and 51 natural conception families. Children were also... Read More about ‘I was quite amazed’: Donor conception and parent-child relationships from the child's perspective.

Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment (2012)
Journal Article
Golombok, S., Blake, L., Casey, P., Roman, G., & Jadva, V. (2013). Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(6), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12015

Background: Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. Methods: Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview... Read More about Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment.