Outputs (76)

Inequalities in birth before arrival at hospital in South West England: a multimethods study of neonatal hypothermia and emergency medical services call-handler advice. (2024)
Journal Article

ObjectivesTo examine inequalities in birth before arrival (BBA) at hospitals in South West England, understand which groups are most likely to experience BBA and how this relates to hypothermia and outcomes (phase A). To investigate opportunities to... Read More about Inequalities in birth before arrival at hospital in South West England: a multimethods study of neonatal hypothermia and emergency medical services call-handler advice..

Parental engagement with complementary feeding information in the United Kingdom: A qualitative evidence synthesis (2023)
Journal Article

Complementary feeding is the process of introducing solid foods to milk‐fed infants (also known as weaning). Current UK guidance states that complementary feeding should occur around 6 months but not before 4 months. This systematic review explores h... Read More about Parental engagement with complementary feeding information in the United Kingdom: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

Temperature measurement of babies born in the pre-hospital setting: Analysis of ambulance service data and qualitative interviews with paramedics (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Birth before arrival at hospital (BBA) is associated with unfavourable perinatal outcomes and increased mortality. An important risk factor for mortality following BBA is hypothermia, and emergency medical services (EMS) providers are wel... Read More about Temperature measurement of babies born in the pre-hospital setting: Analysis of ambulance service data and qualitative interviews with paramedics.

The relationship between feeding and non-nutritive sucking behaviours and speech sound development: A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article

Background
Children with and without Speech Sound Disorders (SSD) are exposed to different patterns of infant feeding (breast/bottle feeding) and may or may not engage in non-nutritive sucking (NNS) (pacifier/digit sucking). Sucking and speech use... Read More about The relationship between feeding and non-nutritive sucking behaviours and speech sound development: A systematic review.

Child Injury Prevention Photosphere EU Safety Conference Oct19 (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

INTRODUCTION:
Burn and scald injuries in children are common in the UK; 50,000 children under 14 years old attend emergency departments (EDs) annually. Approximately 70% of these children are under three years old, injuries are likely to occur in... Read More about Child Injury Prevention Photosphere EU Safety Conference Oct19.

The Bumps and BaBies Longitudinal Study (BaBBLeS): A multi-site cohort study of first-time mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app (2019)
Journal Article

Background: Health mobile applications (apps) have become very popular, including apps specifically designed to support women during the ante- and post-natal periods. However, there is currently limited evidence for the effectiveness of such apps at... Read More about The Bumps and BaBies Longitudinal Study (BaBBLeS): A multi-site cohort study of first-time mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app.

A study to evaluate the effectiveness of Best Beginnings' Baby Buddy phone app in England: A protocol paper (2018)
Journal Article

© Cambridge University Press 2018. Introduction Developments in information and communication technologies have enabled electronic health and seen a huge expansion over the last decade. This has increased the possibility of self-management of health... Read More about A study to evaluate the effectiveness of Best Beginnings' Baby Buddy phone app in England: A protocol paper.

An injury prevention photosphere (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background and rationale
Burn and scald injuries in children are common in the UK; 50,000 children under 14 years old attend emergency departments (EDs) annually. Approximately 70% of these children are under three years old, injuries are likely to... Read More about An injury prevention photosphere.

Injury prevention photoshphere: Final report for the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute TRACK Award (2018)
Report

The overall aim of this project is to adapt an existing technology (photosphere) to be used to identify hazards to prevent injuries to children in the home environment. The EBI TRACK Award enabled us to conduct the essential development and refinemen... Read More about Injury prevention photoshphere: Final report for the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute TRACK Award.

Exploring perceptions of common practices immediately following burn injuries in rural communities of Bangladesh (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Burns can be the most devastating injuries in the world, they constitute a global public health problem and cause widespread public health concern. Every year in Bangladesh more than 365,000 people are injured by ele... Read More about Exploring perceptions of common practices immediately following burn injuries in rural communities of Bangladesh.

Developing an injury prevention photosphere (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Burn and scald injuries in children are common in the UK; 50,000 children under 14 years old attend emergency departments (EDs) annually. Approximately 70% of these children are under three years old, injuries are likely to occur in the... Read More about Developing an injury prevention photosphere.

Evaluation of the specialist community public health nursing peripatetic assessment model (2017)
Journal Article

The Health Visitor Implementation Plan 2011-15: a call to action, called for an additional 4200 health visitors to be trained by 2015. To accommodate larger numbers of students, specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) programmes across the... Read More about Evaluation of the specialist community public health nursing peripatetic assessment model.

Keeping children safe: A multicentre programme of research to increase the evidence base for preventing unintentional injuries in the home in the under-fives (2017)
Journal Article

Background

Unintentional injuries among 0- to 4-year-olds are a major public health problem incurring substantial NHS, individual and societal costs. However, evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventative interventions is la... Read More about Keeping children safe: A multicentre programme of research to increase the evidence base for preventing unintentional injuries in the home in the under-fives.

Evaluating implementation of a fireprevention injury prevention briefing in children's centres: Cluster randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article

Background
Many developed countries have high mortality rates for fire-related deaths in children aged 0-14 years with steep social gradients. Evidence-based interventions to promote fire safety practices exist, but the impact of implementing a rang... Read More about Evaluating implementation of a fireprevention injury prevention briefing in children's centres: Cluster randomised controlled trial.

Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres (2016)
Journal Article

© The Authors 2016 . Objective: To ascertain the activities undertaken by children's centres to prevent unintentional injuries in the under-fives and, in particular, the prevention of falls, poisoning and scalds. Design: A questionnaire was posted to... Read More about Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres.

Modifiable risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: A Multi-centre Case–Control Study (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI Objective To determine the relationship between a range of modifiable risk factors and medically attended scalds in children under the age of 5 years. Methods Multicentre matched case–control study in acute hospitals, min... Read More about Modifiable risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: A Multi-centre Case–Control Study.

Barriers and facilitators to delivering injury prevention interventions in English children’s centres (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015 Institute of Health Promotion and Education. The aim of this study is to understand barriers and facilitators to the delivery of injury prevention programmes in English children’s centres (CCs). Unintentional injury is a major cause of disabil... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to delivering injury prevention interventions in English children’s centres.

Response to an Earthquake in Bangladesh: Experiences and lessons learnt (2015)
Journal Article

A powerful earthquake occurred in Nepal on 25th April 2015 where the highest measure of the tremor was 7.9 on the Richter scale with a minimum of 6.6. The death toll was around 3000 and thousands were injured in the devastation of the disaster. The e... Read More about Response to an Earthquake in Bangladesh: Experiences and lessons learnt.

The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: A programme for female community health volunteers (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Pant et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Abstract Background Injuries accounted for 23% of all deaths in children and adolescents in Nepal during 2010 (n = 3,700). Despite this, there is no national death registration or injury surveillance syste... Read More about The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: A programme for female community health volunteers.

Approaches used by parents to keep their children safe at home: A qualitative study to explore the perspectives of parents with children aged under five years (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Ablewhite et al. Background: Childhood unintentional injury represents an important global health problem. Many unintentional injuries experienced by children aged under 5 years occur within the home and are preventable. The aim of this study... Read More about Approaches used by parents to keep their children safe at home: A qualitative study to explore the perspectives of parents with children aged under five years.