South West Public Health Observatory
Updates from the Internet  06 November 2002 No. 31

 Department of Health

National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy   (consultation document) 05 October 2002

National Schedule of Reference Costs (Costs of treatment across the NHS)  01 November 2002

Children In Need: results of a survey of activity and expenditure by local authorities in England 24 October 2002

Government Response to the Report from the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (Stewart Group)   15 October 2002

Cervical Screening Programme, England: 2001-02   (Data from the computerised call and recall system, from pathology laboratories and from colposcopy clinics) 23 October 2002

  NHS Contraceptive Services, England: 2001-02   23 October 2002

Health and neighbourhood renewal: guidance from the Department of Health and the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit - 2002  04 November 2002

 Office for National Statistics

08 October 2002

  24 October 2002

  18 October 2002

  05 November 2002

  01 November 2002

Population Estimates for the United Kingdom: England and Wales - 2001 10 October 2002

Disadvantaged Households: Results from the 2000 General Household Survey   17 October 2002

New Earnings Survey 2002 17 October 2002

Low Pay Estimates: Spring 2002 18 October 2002

Congenital Anomaly Statistics 2001  17 October 2002

Review of Pension Statistics 11 October 2002

Work and Pension Statistics 2002 31 October 2002

Labour market statistics: South West - October 2002 10 October 2002

 Department for Work and Pensions

17 October 2002

 BMA

Passive smoking report - executive summary   06 November 2002

Alcohol Concern

The State of the Nation 2002   "...annual report on the true extentof Britain's alcohol problems." (247Kb pdf) 05 November 2002

 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

The Development of a Town and City Indicators Database   31 October 2002

Turning Areas Around – The Impact of Single Regeneration Budget on Final Outcomes   "Overall, the results showed a reduction in those considering themselves to be in good health and an increase in people in bad health ..." 31 October 2002

Strategic Planning for Sustainable Waste Management: Guidance on option development and appraisal    30 October 2002

 Environment Agency

Increase of dumped asbestos causes the Environment Agency concern 28 October 2002

 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition

Salt and Health - Draft Report 04 November 2002

 Department for Education and Skills

Statistics of Education - Schools in England 2002 Edition   28 October 2002

Autumn Package of Pupil Performance Information: 2002 22 October 2002

GCSE/GNVQ Examination Results of Young People in England, 2001/02 (Early Statistics)   17 October 2002

National Curriculum Assessments of 7, 11 and 14 year olds by Local Education Authority: 2002 (Provisional)   17 October 2002

Trends in Education and Skills (New web site with statistical evidence across the whole of the education spectrum).

Pupil Absences in Schools in England, 2001-02 (Early Statistics) 08 October 2002

 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Quality: Sewage treatment in the United Kingdom - Sensitive areas September 2002 21 October 2002

 Journal articles

Mortality in adults aged 26-54 years related to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood: post war birth cohort study Diana Kuh, et al  BMJ 2002; 325: 1076-1080. [Abstract]

Socioeconomic variation in incidence of epilepsy: prospective community based study in south east England Dominic C Heaney, et al BMJ 2002; 325: 1013-1016. [Abstract]

Socioeconomic position in childhood and adulthood and insulin resistance: cross sectional survey using data from British women's heart and health study Debbie A Lawlor, et al BMJ 2002; 325: 805. [Abstract]

Presence of Pro-Tobacco Messages on the Web. Traci Hong , Michael J. Cody. Journal of Health Communication. 2002;7(4) 273 -307 [Abstract]

STD/HIV Prevention for Teenagers: A Look at the Internet Universe Sarah N. Keller , et al. Journal of Health Communication 2002;7(4) 341-353 [Abstract]

Don't forget syphilis. Syphilis outbreak is twice as big as reported. Clark P, et al.  MA BMJ 2002 Oct 5;325(7367):775 [Full text]   [Correction]

Health status of people using complementary and alternative medical practitioner services in 4 English counties. Ong CK, et al  Am J Public Health. 2002 Oct;92(10):1653-6.  [Abstract]

Chronic disease mortality in a cohort of smokeless tobacco users. Accortt NA, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Oct 15;156(8):730-7. [Abstract]

Mortality and cancer morbidity of production workers in the UK flexible polyurethane foam industry: updated findings, 1958-98. Sorahan T, Nichols L. Occup Environ Med. 2002 Nov;59(11):751-8. [Abstract]

Paracetamol-related deaths in Scotland, 1994-2000. Sheen CL, et al Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2002 Oct;54(4):430-2. [Abstract]

Impact of industrialization: Comparative study of child health in four sites from medieval and postmedieval England (A.D. 850-1859). Lewis ME. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2002 Nov;119(3):211-23. [Abstract]

Measuring the health burden of chronic disease and injury using health adjusted life expectancy and the Health Utilities Index D G Manuel, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 843-850 [Abstract]  **

  "A single petticoat" : unintended teenage pregnancy... M Huengsberg and K W Radcliffe Sex Transm Infect 2002 78: 318-320. [Full Text]   **

News from the frontline: sexually transmitted infections in teenagers attending a genitourinary clinic in south east London. S Creighton, et al. Sex Transm Infect 2002;78 349-351 [ Abstract]  **

Surveillance for rare disorders by the BPSU (British Paediatric Surveillance Unit) C Verity and M Preece Arch. Dis. Child. 2002;87 269-271 [Abstract]  **

Socioeconomic variation in incidence of epilepsy: prospective community based study in south east England Dominic C Heaney, et al BMJ 2002; 325: 1013-1016. [Abstract]

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