South West Public Health Observatory
Updates from the Internet  20 September 2002 No. 29

 

 Department of Health

National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England   17 September 2002

SexualHealth and HIV Strategy: Chlamydia Screening Pilot - Report of 1999-2000 Study 15 August 2002

CommitteeOn Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment Seventh Report: Parentalradiation exposure and childhood cancer pdf 15 August 2002

NHSQuarterly Review: A summary of NHS performance for the period April to June 2002   0 9 September 2002

Future arrangements for microbiology laboratory services 0 6 September, 2002

Government welcomes new report on water fluoridation   [Press release] 04 September 2002

Continuing progress made in tackling 12 month waits: 99 per cent of cancer patients seen within two weeks   [Press release] 06 September 2002

ImmunisationInformation: MMR the facts   Web site designed to answer questions about the MMR vaccine.

NHS waiting list figures 31 July 2002 [Press notice] 06 September 2002

Statistics on activity undertaken to prevent the sale of tobacco products to children aged under 16 years in England, 2001 [Press release] 22 August 2002

Children's Statistical Returns   13 August 2002

 Home Office

Up to £1.3 million in family support   11 September 2002
 

 Health Development Agency (HDA)

Environmental Health 2012: A key partner in delivering the public health agenda   [News release] 11 September 2002

 Office ofthe Deputy Prime Minister

G uide to regional/sub-regional data sources.   pdf 10 September 2002

Statutory Homelessness: England second quarter 2002   11 September 2002

 Departmentfor Education and Skills

Research evidence concerning relationships between learning and health. pdf 27 August 2002


 Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs

New rural standards to boost services for local people   "The Countryside Agency is now developing a childcare indicator and monitoring population distances from GPs and dentists."  [News release] 21 August 2002

 Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Sensoryand Autonomic Function and Ultrasound Nerve Imaging in Repetitive Strain InjuryPatients and Keyboard Workers   16 August 2002

 National Statistics

HealthStatistics Quarterly: Autumn 2002 pdf 22 August 2002

NationalPopulation Projections 2000-Based pdf 15 August 2002

  pdf 12 September 2002

LabourMarket Statistics: September 2002 - South West   pdf11 September 2002

 National Database for Primary Care Groups and Trusts

Website   The database "... is a substantial stand-alone data set providing linked information on population characteristics, health service provision and health status for all PCG/Ts in England"  Registration required . (free)

 NHS Information Authority

Cancer Datase t    updated 17 September 2002

Cancer : c ollecting w aiting t imes   updated 17 September 2002

NHS Number Service traces people tested for Legionnaires Disease 12 August 2002

 Selected Journal articles

Annual mammography in women in their 40s does not cut death rate
David Spurgeon BMJ 325: 563a. [Full text]  
 
Resource implications and health benefits of primary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease in people aged 30 to 74: mathematical modelling study
Tom Marshall and Andrew Rouse BMJ 325: 197. [Abstract] [Full text]  
 
Randomised factorial trial of falls prevention among older people living in their own homes
Lesley Day, et al.BMJ 325: 128. [Abstract] [Full text]  

Proportion of spending on care for older people falls
Roger Dobson BMJ 325: 355b.(News) [Full text]  

Measure for measure: the quest for valid indicators of non-fatal injury incidence. Cryer C, et al.  Public Health. 2002 Sep;116(5):257-62. [Abstract]

The National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among prisoners and the future of prison healthcare.Coid J, et al
Med Sci Law. 2002 Jul;42(3):245-50. [Abstract]

The risk of preterm delivery in women from different ethnic groups.Aveyard P, et al BJOG. 2002 Aug;109(8):894-9. [Abstract]

Cultural stereotypes of women from South Asian communities: mental health care professionals' explanations for patterns of suicide and depression.Burr J. Soc Sci Med. 2002 Sep;55(5):835-45. [Abstract]

Ethnic identities, social capital and health inequalities: factors shaping African-Caribbean participation in local community networks in the UK. Campbell C, McLean C Soc Sci Med. 2002 Aug;55(4):643-57. [Abstract]

Sex differences in the association of socioeconomic status with obesity. Wardle J, et al Am J Public Health. 2002 Aug;92(8):1299-304. [Abstract]

Car travel time and accessibility by bus to general practitioner services: a study using patient registers and GIS. Lovett A, et al
Soc Sci Med. 2002 Jul;55(1):97-111. [Abstract]

Assessing the applicability of GIS in a health and social care setting: planning services for informal carers in East Sussex, England. Foley R.
Soc Sci Med. 2002 Jul;55(1):79-96  [Abstract]

Over a decade of syringe exchange: results from 1997 UK survey.  Parsons J, et al. Addiction. 2002 Jul;97(7):845-50. [Abstract]

Trends in Smoking, Diet, Physical Exercise, and Attitudes toward Health in European University Students from 13 Countries, 1990-2000. Steptoe A,et al  Prev Med. 2002 Aug;35(2):97.   [Abstract]

Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: systematic review. Phil Edwards, et al. BMJ 324: 1183. [Abstract] [Full text]   

Mortality and political climate: how suicide rates have risen during periods of Conservative government, 1901-2000.M Shaw, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 723-725 [Full text] **

Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities. A Le Tertre, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 773-779 [Full text] **

Body mass index in young adulthood and cancer mortality: a retrospective cohort study. M Okasha, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 780-784 [Full text] [Full text] **

Gender differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary artery disease. R A Raine, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 791-797 [Full text] **

Interrelations between three proxies of health care need at the small area level: an urban/rural comparison S Barnett,et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 754-761 [Full text] **

Sampling variability of the Kunst-Mackenbach relative index of inequality. L J Hayes and G Berry. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 762-765 [Full text] **

   
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