157 research outputs found
Report Writing, Style, and Components
No full textA well-written report is an important tool, but it can be seriously undermined by mistakes of any description, from spelling and grammar to factual errors. As there are few guidelines on how to structure an applied crime analysis, this chapter will provide the reader with an approach based on "what works" from the perspective of the author. This will include the suggested content and layout of the report, and other decisions that need to be made by the analyst. These include the language used and the target audience, the fees charged, and any caveats or disclaimers such as conflicts of interest.</p
Supplemental Material - Body mass index across adulthood and the development of airflow obstruction and emphysema
No full textSupplemental Material for Body mass index across adulthood and the development of airflow obstruction and emphysema by Ruth E Trethewey, Nicole L Spartano, Ramachandran S Vasan, Martin G Larson, George T O’Connor, Dale W Esliger, Emily S Petherick and Michael C Steiner in Chronic Respiratory Disease</p
Evaluation of ethnic disparities in detection of depression and anxiety in primary care during the maternal period:combined analysis of routine and cohort data
No full textBackgroundThere are limited data on detection disparities of common mental disorders in minority ethnic women.AimsDescribe the natural history of common mental disorders in primary care in the maternal period, characterise women with, and explore ethnic disparities in, detected and potentially missed common mental disorders.MethodSecondary analyses of linked birth cohort and primary care data involving 8991 (39.4% White British) women in Bradford. Common mental disorders were characterised through indications in the electronic medical record. Potentially missed common mental disorders were defined as an elevated General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) score during pregnancy with no corresponding common mental disorder markers in the medical record.ResultsEstimated prevalence of pre-birth common mental disorders was 9.5%, rising to 14.0% 3 years postnatally. Up to half of cases were potentially missed. Compared with White British women, minority ethnic women were twice as likely to have potentially missed common mental disorders and half as likely to have a marker of screening for common mental disorders.ConclusionsCommon mental disorder detection disparities exist for minority ethnic women in the maternal period
Dental Public Health in Action: A feasibility study to explore the governance processes required for linkage between dental epidermiological, and birth cohort, data in the UK
No full textBirth cohort initiatives, such as ‘Born in Bradford’, provide a unique opportunity to study the influence of socio-economic and environmental factors acting in pregnancy, birth and infancy on the development of dental caries in later life. This paper describes a feasibility study which established the processes required, and outcomes of, successful linkage of oral health data collected by the 2013 three-year-old national dental epidemiology survey with the Born in Bradford birth cohort database. The necessary processes included achieving research permissions and ethical approval; creation of a data sharing agreement; ensuring data security and encrypted data transfer. With regard to the outcomes, a robust a priori statistical plan was developed. 152 three-year-old children were examined for the 2013 dental epidemiology survey in Bradford, and of those, 69 parents consented to data linkage believing that their child was part of the Born in Bradford cohort. However, only 36 of these 69 children were participating in the cohort. Of these, six children had obvious dentinal caries experience (dmft >0). There was insufficient power with such small numbers, to examine the association between birthweight and dental caries at the age of three-years-old. Key learning points from this feasibility study have informed the design of a larger study to link the 2014/5 five-year-old dental epidemiology surveys with the Born in Bradford cohort. This paper reveals the important methodological considerations for future data linkages between routine health data and research data
Gertrude Studios 2011
No full textCatalogue of an exhibition held at Gertrude Contemporary, 18 November - 17 December 2011.Essay: Pip Wallis.Artists exhibited: Trevelyan Clay, Emily Ferretti, Susan Jacobs, Katie Lee, Silvana Mangano & Gabriella Mangano, Sanne? Mestrom, Laith McGregor, Selina Ou, Josh Petherick, Kate Smith, Darren Sylvester, Hanna Tai, Jensen Tjhung, Alex Vivian, Jake Walker, Paul Yore.Includes bibliographical references
Leg ulceration: An exploration of the role of socio-economic factors in the epidemiology, access to health care and outcomes.
No full textBackground
Tackling health inequalities has been a priority policy area for the NHS since the 1990’s. To date there has been scant research addressing this area in relation to leg ulcers, despite there being some evidence of inequalities in leg ulcer prevalence. The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the epidemiology, management and outcomes of leg ulcers in relation and socio-economic factors.
Methods
The epidemiology and management of leg ulcers was examined using the GPRD and THIN primary care databases. Regression models were undertaken to quantify the relationship between variables and leg ulcer rates. Multilevel logistic models were undertaken to examine three aspects of guideline recommended care in the cohort of patients diagnosed with incident venous leg ulcers; initial assessment using Doppler ultrasound, provision of compression bandaging and referrals. Analysis conducted using the THIN database adjusted for Townsend deprivation fifth rank of each patient, a proxy measure of socio-economic position. Analyses of patient management using the GPRD adjusted for practice level deprivation. Second, the relationship between socio-economic position with leg ulcer outcomes including healing and adverse events was investigated using two recently completed leg ulcer treatment RCTs.
Results
Socio-economic gradients were found in rates of incident venous and prevalent venous and arterial leg ulcers. The reported management of most patients fell short of standards recommended by leg ulcer guidelines although there were wide variations between practices. Only the initial assessment of patients was found to have a relationship with deprivation. Patients living in or attending practices in the most deprived areas had reduced odds of having a record of receiving Doppler assessment of their leg. No relationship was observed between deprivation and healing or adverse outcomes in the clinical trials.
Conclusions
There are health inequalities evident in leg ulcer development and some aspects of management. The wider implementation of guideline recommendations for care may have the potential to ameliorate some of these health inequalities as results demonstrated that low socio-economic position patients were no less likely to achieve positive leg ulcer outcomes when provided with high quality care
Heredity and environment : delivered before (and printed at the request of) the Criminological Society of South Australia, October 23rd, 1897 /
No full textCover title.; Ferguson no. 16063.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn2094099; Library's copy inscribed: "Mr. E.A. Petherick from the Author"
Maternal psychological distress in primary care and association with child behavioural outcomes at age three
No full textObservational studies indicate children whose mothers have poor mental health are at increased risk of socio-emotional behavioural difficulties, but it is unknown whether these outcomes vary by the mothers' mental health recognition and treatment status. To examine this question, we analysed linked longitudinal primary care and research data from 1078 women enrolled in the Born in Bradford cohort. A latent class analysis of treatment status and self-reported distress broadly categorised women as (a) not having a common mental disorder (CMD) that persisted through pregnancy and the first 2 years after delivery (N = 756, 70.1 %), (b) treated for CMD (N = 67, 6.2 %), or (c) untreated (N = 255, 23.7 %). Compared to children of mothers without CMD, 3-year-old children with mothers classified as having untreated CMD had higher standardised factor scores on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (d = 0.32), as did children with mothers classified as having treated CMD (d = 0.27). Results were only slightly attenuated in adjusted analyses. Children of mothers with CMD may be at risk for socio-emotional and behavioural difficulties. The development of effective treatments for CMD needs to be balanced by greater attempts to identify and treat women.</p
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