South West Public Health Observatory Updates from the Internet 18 December 2002 No. 3 4
 

Important Consultation and Meeting in February

 Public Health Observatories & Health Development Agency

Local Health Inequalities Indicators and Health Equity Audit - local SW consultation and event 12 March 2003.  Consultation is taking place on a  basket of local health indicators .   Details  

 

 Department of Health

Statistics on smoking cessation services in England, April 2001 to March 2002 Statistical Bulletin 13 December 2002

Drinking: Adults' Behaviour and Knowledge in 2002 0 5 December 2002

Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2001 03 December 2002

Provisional Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System in England, 2001/02 03 December 2002

Prevalence of HIV & Hepatitis Infections in the UK 2001 - Annual Report 02 December 2002

Alcohol Strategy - speech by Hazel Blears MP, Minister for Public Health 29 November 2002

 National Statistics

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 Department for Education and Skills

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Key DFES statistics for Local Education Authorities   04 December 2002

 Public Health Observatories & HDA

Local Health Inequalities Indicators and Health Equity Audit - local SW consultation and event 12 March 2003.  Consultation is taking place on a  basket of local health indicators .   Details   18 December 2002

 Countryside Agency

Rural Social Exclusion Conference, 3 December 2002.  News article   03 December 2002

 New Policy Institute

Indicators of Poverty & Social Exclusion in Rural England 2002 , compiled by the New Policy Institute. Available, priced £2, from Countryside Agency Publications, PO Box 125, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7EP   Graphs can be viewed here   Full document as PDF file

 Department for Work and Pensions

Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance quarterly summary of statistics - August 2002    12 December 2002

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 Home Office

£2.5m fund launched to deliver resources to the community Community renewal. News release. 0 6 December 2002

 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Housing Statistics 2002   12 December 2002

Addressing the Health Needs of Rough Sleepers  11 December 2002

 Journal articles

Secular trends in mortality by stroke subtype in the 20th century: a retrospective analysis.  Lawlor DA, et al. Lancet. 2002 Dec 7;360(9348):1818-23. [Abstract]
 
Antenatal visits and adverse perinatal outcomes: results from a British population-based study. Petrou S, et al Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2003 Jan 10;106(1):40-9. [Abstract]  

Psychiatric morbidity in children remanded to prison custody-a pilot study. Dimond C, Misch P. J Adolesc. 2002 Dec;25(6):681-9. [Abstract]

Acute and chronic pancreatitis - diseases on the rise: a study of hospital admissions in England 1989/90-1999/2000. Tinto A, et al.  Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2002 Dec;16(12):2097-105. [Abstract]

Drug use and initiation in prison: results from a national prison survey in England and Wales. Boys A, et al  Addiction. 2002 Dec;97(12):1551-1560. [Abstract]

Admissions for myocardial infarction and World Cup football: database survey. Carroll D, et al BMJ. 2002 Dec 21;325(7378):1439-42. [Abstract]

Social mobility and self-reported limiting long-term illness among West Indian and South Asian migrants living in England and Wales. Harding S. Soc Sci Med. 2003 Jan;56(2):355-61. [Abstract] Office workers and video display terminals: physical, psychological and ergonomic factors. Travers PH, Stanton BA. AAOHN J. 2002 Nov;50(11):489-93. [Abstract]

Behavioural surveillance: the value of national coordination. McGarrigle CA, et al Sex Transm Infect. 2002 Dec;78(6):398-405. [Abstract]

Ethnic differences in prisoners: 1: Criminality and psychiatric morbidity. Coid J, et al.  Br J Psychiatry. 2002 Dec;181(6):473-480.

[Abstract] Ethnic differences in prisoners: 2: Risk factors and psychiatric service use. Coid J, et al Br J Psychiatry. 2002 Dec;181(6):481-487. PMID: 12456517 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]  [Abstract]

Low back pain in schoolchildren: the role of mechanical and psychosocial factors. K D Watson, et al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 12-17 [Abstract]

The epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome. M J Platt and P O Pharoah Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 27-29 [Abstract]

Altered arousal response in infants exposed to cigarette smoke. A B Chang, et al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 30-33 [Abstract]

Young women's accounts of factors influencing their use and non-use of emergency contraception: in-depth interview study Caroline Free, et al BMJ 2002; 325: 1393 [Abstract] [Full text]  

Air pollution responsible for 600 000 premature deaths worldwide. Anne Gulland BMJ 2002; 325: 1380c. [Abridged text] [Full text]

Social inequalities in health by individual and household measures of social position in a cohort of healthy people T Chandola, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 56-62  [Abstract] **

Health impact assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence. H Thomson, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 11-16 [Abstract] **

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