Selena Gray's Outputs (161)
Exploring young people's interpretations of female genital mutilation in the UK using a community-based participatory research approach (2020)
Journal Article
BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply-rooted cultural practice mainly undertaken in Africa, the Middle East and Asian countries. Evidence to date suggests that although first-generation migrants to the West are abandoning FGM, the c... Read More about Exploring young people's interpretations of female genital mutilation in the UK using a community-based participatory research approach.
Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces (2020)
Digital Artefact
Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces. This article highlights the need to recognise the essential role that green space and nature plays in sustaining health and well being, and argues that invest... Read More about Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces.
Exploring the views of planners and public health practitioners on integrating health evidence into spatial planning in England: A mixed-methods study (2020)
Journal Article
Background: This study explored barriers and facilitators to integrating health evidence into spatial planning at local authority levels and examined the awareness and use of the Public Health England Spatial Planning for Health resource.
Methods:... Read More about Exploring the views of planners and public health practitioners on integrating health evidence into spatial planning in England: A mixed-methods study.
The tribulations of trials: Lessons learnt recruiting 777 older adults into REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a trial of a community, group-based active ageing intervention targeting mobility disability (2020)
Journal Article
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. BACKGROUND: Challenges of recruitment to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and successful strategies to overcome them should be clearly r... Read More about The tribulations of trials: Lessons learnt recruiting 777 older adults into REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a trial of a community, group-based active ageing intervention targeting mobility disability.
Measuring the effectiveness of catch-up MMR delivered by school nurses compared to signposting to general practice on improving MMR coverage (2020)
Journal Article
BACKGROUND: This study assesses whether increased coverage of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination differs between areas where school nurses deliver catch-up MMR doses to adolescents in school settings, compared to signposting to general... Read More about Measuring the effectiveness of catch-up MMR delivered by school nurses compared to signposting to general practice on improving MMR coverage.
Methods of identifying and recruiting older people at risk of social isolation and loneliness: A mixed methods review (2019)
Journal Article
Background
Loneliness and social isolation are major determinants of mental wellbeing, especially among older adults. The effectiveness of interventions to address loneliness and social isolation among older adults has been questioned due to the lac... Read More about Methods of identifying and recruiting older people at risk of social isolation and loneliness: A mixed methods review.
Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among adults and older adults from Black and Minority Ethnic groups in the UK: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2019)
Journal Article
Older adults from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups experience a relatively higher burden of physical inactivity compared with their counterparts from non-BME groups. Despite the increasing number of qualitative studies investigating the barrier... Read More about Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among adults and older adults from Black and Minority Ethnic groups in the UK: A systematic review of qualitative studies.
Feasibility trial evaluation of a peer volunteering active aging intervention: ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) (2019)
Journal Article
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. BACKGROUND: ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) is a theory-informed, pragmatic intervention using peer volunteering support to promote active... Read More about Feasibility trial evaluation of a peer volunteering active aging intervention: ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged).
Association between ultrasound assessment of glenohumeral subluxation and shoulder pain, muscle strength, active range of movement and upper limb function in people with stroke (2019)
Journal Article
Background: Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is a commonly reported post-stroke complication which has a negative effect on rehabilitation.
Objective: To explore the association between GHS and other clinical outcomes in people with post-stroke hemip... Read More about Association between ultrasound assessment of glenohumeral subluxation and shoulder pain, muscle strength, active range of movement and upper limb function in people with stroke.
Building capacity to use and undertake applied health research: establishing a training programme for the health workforce in the West of England (2019)
Journal Article
Objectives
Increasing research capacity is important for health services as part of improving the conduct of high quality research which addresses the needs of patients and the public. It is a core function of the 13 Collaborations for Leadership in... Read More about Building capacity to use and undertake applied health research: establishing a training programme for the health workforce in the West of England.
Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among Black and Minority Ethnic adults and older adults in the United Kingdom: A meta-ethnographic study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Introduction: Older adults from socially disadvantaged groups and BME groups experience a relatively higher burden of physical inactivity. BME communities in the UK experience a considerably higher burden of disease than non-BME counterparts. Despite... Read More about Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among Black and Minority Ethnic adults and older adults in the United Kingdom: A meta-ethnographic study.
The effects of changes to the built environment on the mental health and well-being of adults: Systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
© 2018 The Authors There is increasing interest in the influence of place on health, and the need to distinguish between environmental and individual level factors. For environmental-level factors, current evidence tends to show associations through... Read More about The effects of changes to the built environment on the mental health and well-being of adults: Systematic review.
Developing the public health workforce: Training and recognizing specialists in public health from backgrounds other than medicine: Experience in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
© 2018 The Author(s). Background: There is increasing recognition that improving health and tackling inequalities requires a strong public health workforce capable of delivering key public health functions across systems. The World Health Organizatio... Read More about Developing the public health workforce: Training and recognizing specialists in public health from backgrounds other than medicine: Experience in the UK.
A community-based physical activity intervention to prevent mobility-related disability for retired older people (REtirement in ACTion (REACT)): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
© 2018 The Author(s). Background: The REtirement in ACTion (REACT) study is a multi-centre, pragmatic, two-arm, parallel-group randomised controlled trial (RCT) with an internal pilot phase. It aims to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of... Read More about A community-based physical activity intervention to prevent mobility-related disability for retired older people (REtirement in ACTion (REACT)): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Measuring the effectiveness of catch-up MMR delivered by school nurses compared to signposting to general practice on improving MMR coverage: A retrospective cohort study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aim: This study aims to determine the extent to which increased coverage of at least one dose and two doses of MMR differs between areas in which school nurses deliver catch-up MMR doses to adolescents in school settings, compared to signposting to g... Read More about Measuring the effectiveness of catch-up MMR delivered by school nurses compared to signposting to general practice on improving MMR coverage: A retrospective cohort study.
Earth has not anything to show more fair…. (2017)
Journal Article
Editorial
Food for life: Evaluation of the impact of the Hospital Food Programme in England using a case study approach (2017)
Journal Article
Objectives
To evaluate the impact and challenges of implementing a Food for Life approach within three pilot NHS sites in 2014/2015 in England. Food for Life is an initiative led by the Soil Association, a non-governmental organisation in the UK tha... Read More about Food for life: Evaluation of the impact of the Hospital Food Programme in England using a case study approach.
Interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood injuries in the indigenous populations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand in the last 20 years: A systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Globally, Indigenous children are found to be at a significantly higher risk of injury compared to non-Indigenous children. It has been suggested that mainstream injury prevention strategies a... Read More about Interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood injuries in the indigenous populations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand in the last 20 years: A systematic review.
Inter-sectoral Transfer of the Food for Life Settings Framework in England (2017)
Journal Article
© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Organisational settings such as schools, workplaces and hospitals are well recognised as key environments for health promotion. Whilst there is extensive literature on spec... Read More about Inter-sectoral Transfer of the Food for Life Settings Framework in England.
Recent developments in public health education accreditation (2016)
Journal Article
Summary: In 2011, ASPHER established the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA). This represented the culmination of nearly a quarter of a century of activities dating back to 1988 in developing and assuring quality in public health... Read More about Recent developments in public health education accreditation.
Participant and Public Involvement in Refining a Peer-Volunteering Active Aging Intervention: Project ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) (2016)
Journal Article
© The Author(s) 2016. Background Evidence for the health benefits of a physically active lifestyle among older adults is strong, yet only a small proportion of older people meet physical activity recommendations. A synthesis of evidence identified "b... Read More about Participant and Public Involvement in Refining a Peer-Volunteering Active Aging Intervention: Project ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged).
Women in senior post-graduate medicine career roles in the UK: a qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Objectives:
This qualitative study sought to elicit the views, experiences, career journeys and aspirations of women in senior post-graduate medical education roles to identify steps needed to help support career progression.
Design:
In-dept... Read More about Women in senior post-graduate medicine career roles in the UK: a qualitative study.
Crossing disciplines: do architecture and planning course leaders see value in a Public Health Practitioner in Residence programme? (2016)
Journal Article
Highlights
• We study a public health residency in a university architecture and planning department.
• We assess the benefits of the residency from the perspective of the teaching staff.
• The residency was successful at introducing public heal... Read More about Crossing disciplines: do architecture and planning course leaders see value in a Public Health Practitioner in Residence programme?.
Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the Soil Association Food for Life programme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
To evaluate the progress of FFL within the hospital setting
A case study approach with three pathfinder organisations working with the SA (Barts Health, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. S... Read More about Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the Soil Association Food for Life programme.
Environment, beliefs and behaviour (2016)
Journal Article
Editorial
Evaluation of Food for Life 2013-15: Summary and synthesis report (2016)
Report
This is the final report of the phase two evaluation of Food for Life undertaken by the University of the West of England, Bristol 2013-15.
The research encompassed five workstreams:
1. Long term impacts and durability - understanding how and w... Read More about Evaluation of Food for Life 2013-15: Summary and synthesis report.
Food for life: A social return on investment analysis of the locally commissioned programme. Full Report (2016)
Report
A Social Return on Investment Analysis of two locally commissioned Food for Life programmes
Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of acromiongreater tuberosity distance in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia (2015)
Journal Article
© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is reported in up to 81% of patients with stroke. Ultrasonographic measurements of GHS by measuring the acromion-greater tuberosity (AGT) have been found t... Read More about Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of acromiongreater tuberosity distance in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia.
Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the UK Food for Life Partnership (2015)
Journal Article
The Food for Life Partnership (FFLP) is an initiative led by the Soil Association (SA), a non governmental organisation in the UK which aims to encourage a healthy, sustainable food culture in communities. The SA also runs a Catering Mark scheme that... Read More about Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the UK Food for Life Partnership.
A pilot study of a peer volunteering intervention for promoting active ageing in the community: Project ACE (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Project ACE (Active, Connected and Engaged) is a theory-informed, pragmatic intervention using peer volunteering support to promote active ageing.
The ACE intervention was one of the outcomes of a 12–month collaborative network, AVONet, that used a... Read More about A pilot study of a peer volunteering intervention for promoting active ageing in the community: Project ACE.
Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the Soil Association Food for Life programme (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Food for Life (FFL) is an initiative which aims to encourage a healthy, sustainable food culture in communities, and is led by the Soil Association (SA), a UK charity. Thanks to a Big Lottery Fund grant, FFL have been able to develop the programme wi... Read More about Improving hospital food: Evaluating the impact of the Soil Association Food for Life programme.
Evaluation of recruitment and selection for specialty training in public health: Interim results of a prospective cohort study to measure the predictive validity of the selection process (2015)
Journal Article
Background The recruitment process for public health specialty training includes an assessment centre (AC) with three components, Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal (RANRA),Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCT) and a Situation Jud... Read More about Evaluation of recruitment and selection for specialty training in public health: Interim results of a prospective cohort study to measure the predictive validity of the selection process.
Objectively assessed physical activity and lower limb function and prospective associations with mortality and newly diagnosed disease in UK older adults: An OPAL four-year follow-up study (2015)
Journal Article
Background: objective measures of physical activity and function with a diverse cohort of UK adults in their 70s and 80s were used to investigate relative risk of all-cause mortality and diagnoses of new diseases over a 4-year period.
Participants... Read More about Objectively assessed physical activity and lower limb function and prospective associations with mortality and newly diagnosed disease in UK older adults: An OPAL four-year follow-up study.
Understanding change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course: A first look at gender and cohort differences (2015)
Book Chapter
Research of walking and cycling is dominated by approaches oriented to explanations of behavioural outcomes as a function of contemporaneous circumstances. The lack of a long term temporal perspective precludes understanding of behaviour as an outcom... Read More about Understanding change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course: A first look at gender and cohort differences.
Predictive validity of recruitment into public health specialist training in the UK (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Background: In 2009 an assessment centre, looking at critical thinking (Watson Glaser Critical thinking Appraisal ) and numerical reasoning numeracy (Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal t) was introduced to identify candidates to invite to a... Read More about Predictive validity of recruitment into public health specialist training in the UK.
Assessment of glenohumeral subluxation in poststroke hemiplegia: Comparison between ultrasound and fingerbreadth palpation methods (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 American Physical Therapy Association. Background. Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is a common poststroke complication. Treatment of GHS is hampered by the lack of objective, real-time clinical measurements.Objective. The aims of this study wer... Read More about Assessment of glenohumeral subluxation in poststroke hemiplegia: Comparison between ultrasound and fingerbreadth palpation methods.
A biographical approach to studying individual change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course (2014)
Journal Article
Most research studies seeking to understand walking and cycling behaviours have used cross-sectional data to explain inter-individual differences at a particular point in time. Investigations of individual walking and cycling over time are limited, d... Read More about A biographical approach to studying individual change and continuity in walking and cycling over the life course.
Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up study (2014)
Journal Article
Objectives: To examine the associations between volume and intensity of older peoples' physical activity, with their subsequent health service usage over the following four to five years. Study Design: A prospective cohort design using baseline parti... Read More about Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up study.
Glenohumeral subluxation and other post-stroke complications in people with stroke (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records (2014)
Journal Article
Background: Deaths and injuries on the road remain a major cause of premature death among young people across the world. Routinely collected data usually focuses on the mechanism of road traffic collisions and basic demographic data of those involved... Read More about Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records.
Association between glenohumeral subluxation and other post-stroke complications in people with stroke (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of coroners’ records (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
What are the costs and benefits of patient notification exercises following poor infection control practices in dentistry? (2013)
Journal Article
Background: Allegations of serious failures in infection control practice were made against a dentist practicing in the South West of England. The dentist (who tested negative for Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs)) was immediately suspended. Methods: Becaus... Read More about What are the costs and benefits of patient notification exercises following poor infection control practices in dentistry?.
Understanding changes and continuity in cycling through life history interviews (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
How far up the ladder should we go? (2013)
Journal Article
Validity of ultrasound measurements of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities (2013)
Journal Article
The project commissioned by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aimed to examine the degree to which UK, mainly English local planning authorities, incorporate health in their land use plans and development decisions. The... Read More about Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities.
Coroners’ records for action on road safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Post-partum MMR immunisation rates in rubella-susceptible antenatal women (2013)
Journal Article
Rubella, an insignificant viral disease of childhood, can have devastating effects on the fetus if infection is acquired during pregnancy. An immunisation programme was established in the UK in the 1970s, with the monitoring of pregnant women for rub... Read More about Post-partum MMR immunisation rates in rubella-susceptible antenatal women.
Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article
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.
Coroners’ records for Action on Road Safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Globe to globe: Whither (local) public health? (2012)
Journal Article
Editorial
Diagnostic accuracy of an ultrasound method of glenohumeral subluxation in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Out of confusion as the way is....Dylan Thomas (2012)
Journal Article
Editorial
The ethics of publication in public health (2012)
Journal Article
Publication in peer-reviewed journals is a key part of advancement in science and a vital part of development of the scientific basis for public health practice. The process of publication should promote rigorous standards of high quality ethical res... Read More about The ethics of publication in public health.
Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators (2012)
Journal Article
This article presents the results of a review of literature examining the barriers and facilitators in integrating health in spatial planning at the local, mainly urban level, through appraisals. Our literature review covered the UK and non UK experi... Read More about Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators.
The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review (2011)
Journal Article
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.
An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005 - 2009) (2011)
Journal Article
Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005 - 2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of
Modern life is rubbish (2011)
Journal Article
Editorial
Test retests reliability and discriminant validity of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity distance in patients with stroke (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reliability and validity of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity distance in poststroke hemiplegia (2011)
Journal Article
Objectives The primary aim of this study was to assess the intrarater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity (AGT) distance in patients with stroke using portable ultrasound. A secondary aim was to determine the d... Read More about Reliability and validity of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity distance in poststroke hemiplegia.
An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005–2009) (2010)
Journal Article
Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005–2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of
Development of a situational judgement test for selection into UK public health training (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Environmental risk factors for injuries in UK primary school aged children (2010)
Journal Article
P16 immunocytochemistry on borderline cervical cytology: preliminary results following colposcopy (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lessons from the UK: Doctors' views of changes in postgraduate training (2010)
Journal Article
Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability (2009)
Journal Article
This paper examines the development and achievements of the Teaching Public Health Networks (TPHNs) in England; an initiative that aimed to catalyse collaborative working between the public health workforce and further and higher education, to enhanc... Read More about Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability.
How can we make health care safer for patients? (2009)
Journal Article
Unintentional injuries in school-aged children and adolescents: Lessons from a systematic review of cohort studies (2009)
Journal Article
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.
Is Harvard too often cited as the example to emulate? (2009)
Journal Article
Editorial: Leading for health (2009)
Journal Article
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose (2008)
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Book review
Long term health effects of flooding (Editorial) (2008)
Journal Article
Long-term health effects of flooding (2008)
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Translational public health: Rehearsing the evidence until the task is done (2008)
Journal Article
Measuring productivity (2008)
Journal Article
It is a great privilege to take on editorship of the Journal of Public Health (2008)
Journal Article
Health impacts of exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers (2007)
Journal Article
Background. Casino workers are exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke (SHS) at work, yet remain at risk of being excluded from smoke-free legislation around the world. If the prime motivation for smoke-free legislation is the protection of worker... Read More about Health impacts of exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers.
Public health leadership in the real world: The role of the director of public health (2006)
Journal Article
Gambling with workers' health: Is exposure to second hand smoke at work a concern for casino workers? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Attitudes towards second hand smoke amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers (2006)
Journal Article
Study objective: To examine knowledge, attitudes and experiences of London casino workers regarding exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) in the workplace. Design: Postal survey of 1568 London casino workers in 25 casinos who were members of the TGWU o... Read More about Attitudes towards second hand smoke amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers.
Public health in the UK: Success or failure? (2006)
Journal Article
Academic public health (2006)
Book Chapter
Creating a healthy workforce (2006)
Report
Patient confidentiality, clinical data and NHS research: A researcher's guide (2005)
Journal Article
A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003 (2005)
Journal Article
This first survey of the specialist public health workforce conducted by the UK Faculty of Public Health (UKFPH) highlights lack of capacity and variability, raising the profile of workforce issues. It provided a baseline for the 2005 survey (to be r... Read More about A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003.
A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003 (2005)
Journal Article
Objective: To identify the number and distribution of public health specialists in the UK. Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: Postal survey of UK members and fellows of the Faculty of Public Health and primary care trust directors of publ... Read More about A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003.
Public health at strategic health authorities: Implications of regional changes (2005)
Journal Article
Cancer (2005)
Book Chapter
Women in medicine: Doctors of both sexes are seeking balance between life and work (2004)
Journal Article
Equal opportunity for all? Trends in flexible training 1995-2001 (2004)
Journal Article
This paper describes current patterns and trends in flexible training in the UK. It is a descriptive study based on (1) survey data on the number of flexible trainees from the annual survey of UK deaneries from 1995 to 2001; (2) Department of Health... Read More about Equal opportunity for all? Trends in flexible training 1995-2001.
Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001 (2004)
Journal Article
The incidence of new persons and repeat attenders presenting for treatment for problem drug misuse in the South West of England more than doubled from 1996-1997 to 2000-2001. During this time there was an increase in the number and severity of chroni... Read More about Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001.
Public health workforce planning: Why is it important? (2003)
Journal Article
Role of voluntary and charitable organisations in providing training for public health specialists (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Somerset and Avon eye studies: Identification of patients with chronic open angle glaucoma (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Somerset and Avon eye studies: Chronic open angle glaucoma prevalence (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The Somerset and Avon Eye Studies: Assessment of the efficiency of options for glaucoma screening (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
NHS needs flexible training (2003)
Journal Article
Infant mortality in the South West of England (2002)
Report
Rural deprivation and service need (2002)
Report
The health of Travellers in the South West region: A review of data sources and a strategy for change (2002)
Report
This report reviews available data on Travellers' health and highlights the difficulties in making accurate assessments of the health of the travelling population and the comparative poverty of research on the health experience of Travellers.
Meritocracy not mediocrity (2002)
Journal Article
Update on public health (2002)
Journal Article
Smoking in the South West of England (2001)
Report
Teenage pregnancy in the South West of England (2001)
Report
Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom (2001)
Journal Article
Objectives: To evaluate the use of attitudes to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among UK physicians. Design: Postal questionnaire. Subjects: All Members and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians. Results: Twelve thousand, one hundre... Read More about Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom.
Desperately seeking support: Mature medical students and the MWF (2001)
Journal Article
The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years (2000)
Journal Article
Aim - To examine the outcome of care for patients with glaucoma followed up by the hospital eye service compared with those followed up by community optometrists. Methods - A randomised study with patients allocated to follow up by the hospital eye s... Read More about The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years.
Clinicians attitudes to recruitment to randomised trials in care: A qualitative study (2000)
Journal Article
Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice (2000)
Journal Article
This paper maps the extent of involvement of 1031 general practices in the South and West health region of England in undergraduate medical student teaching, medical vocational training, continuing medical education, and research. More than half (56%... Read More about Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice.
Profile: Selena Gray, Honorary Treasurer, in conversation with Joan Trowell (1999)
Journal Article
General practitioners' use of computers during the consultation (1999)
Journal Article
Use of guidelines in primary care - Practitioners' perspectives (1998)
Journal Article
Background and objectives. Concern about the inadequate take-up of guidelines in general practice has concentrated on problems arising from the process of their development and implementation. However, these perspectives fail to take account of the n... Read More about Use of guidelines in primary care - Practitioners' perspectives.
We prospectively randomized 51 patients with haematological malignancy requiring platelet concentrates (PCs) to receive either single donor platelet-pheresis products (SD-PC), PCs made from pooled buffy coats (BC-PC) or pooled units of platelets made... Read More about A prospective randomized study of three types of platelet concentrates in patients with haematological malignancy: Corrected platelet count increments and frequency of nonhaemolytic febrile transfusion reactions.
The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Validity of measurements and patients satisfaction (1997)
Journal Article
Purchasing evidence: The corollary of evidence-based purchasing (1997)
Journal Article
From pilot to practice: Continuing professional development in public health medicine (1996)
Journal Article
Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West (1996)
Journal Article
A multidistrict audit was conducted in seven hospitals to examine the proportion of preterm births in which antenatal corticosteroids were given. Of the 550 births examined, corticosteroids had been given in 301(64%), ranging from 49–76% in different... Read More about Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West.
Effective purchasing: Rehabilitation of older people (1996)
Report
Clinical effectiveness indicators (1996)
Report
The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Study design (1995)
Journal Article
Smoking cessation interventions: Is patient education effective? (1995)
Journal Article
The hospital admissions study in England: Are there alternatives to emergency hospital admission? (1995)
Journal Article
Study objective - To assess the potential for substituting alternative forms of care for admission to an acute hospital in particular groups of patients. Design - A screening tool, the intensity-severity-discharge review system with adult criteria (I... Read More about The hospital admissions study in England: Are there alternatives to emergency hospital admission?.
Community follow up of glaucoma (1994)
Journal Article
Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset (1994)
Journal Article
Giardia lamblia is a common and increasing cause of gastrointestinal illness in the UK. We report a case-control study that examined risk factors for giardiasis. Patients with giardiasis were identified from reports to the Consultants in Communicable... Read More about Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset.
Hepatitis C (HCV)‐positive blood donors in South‐West England: a case control study (1994)
Journal Article
SUMMARY. The aim of this study was to compare the socio‐demographic characteristics and risk factors in anti‐HCV positive blood donors with those of matched controls. The participants were 50 hepatitis C antibody (HCV) positive blood donors and 50 ma... Read More about Hepatitis C (HCV)‐positive blood donors in South‐West England: a case control study.
The use of steroids in preterm labour (1993)
Report
Dose-response in an outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning traced to a mixed seafood cocktail (1993)
Journal Article
An outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning presumed due to small round, structured viruses (SRSV) occurred at a national conference. A detailed postal survey of all conference attenders was carried out to ascertain the cause of the outbreak and 355... Read More about Dose-response in an outbreak of non-bacterial food poisoning traced to a mixed seafood cocktail.
The problems of tracing a geographically widespread outbreak of salmonellosis from a commonly eaten food: Salmonella typhimurium DT193 in North West England and North Wales in 1991 (1993)
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Geographically widespread outbreaks involving commonly isolated organisms and where the vehicles of infection are commonly eaten foodstuffs pose particular difficulties at a technical and organizational level. An outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in... Read More about The problems of tracing a geographically widespread outbreak of salmonellosis from a commonly eaten food: Salmonella typhimurium DT193 in North West England and North Wales in 1991.
Tobacco advertising in post offices in Bristol (1992)
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Giardiasis - a cause of travellers diarrhoea (1992)
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Fish tank granuloma (1990)
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Maternal death from constrictive pericarditis 15 years after radiotherapy. Case report (1988)
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Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency in twins (1986)
Journal Article
This is the second of a series of seven reports to NICE concerned with the degree to which the spatial planning system incorporates health and well-being effectively in its processes. Report 1 examined how projects (concerned with land use) are appra... Read More about The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in use to address health and wellbeing during plan appraisal.
Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective
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UK transport statistics suggest there was a marked decline in levels of walking and cycling in the second half of the twentieth century, yet what this looks like in the life course patterns of walking and cycling of individuals and cohorts alive at t... Read More about Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective.
Developing an e-induction passport for doctors in training in the South West of England
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Doctors in training rotate round different organisations, sometimes for short periods of times. Face to face induction and requirements for statutory and mandatory training can be very time-consuming, Streamlining these processes has pote... Read More about Developing an e-induction passport for doctors in training in the South West of England.
Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity distance in post-stroke hemiplegia
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Applying the life course perspective to understanding walking and cycling behaviour: Narrative biographical interviews with the baby-boom generation
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Rubella susceptibility in pregnant women
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The specialist public health workforce in the UK
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Public health leadership in the real world: An action inquiry approach
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Leadership development through action inquiry
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