South West Public Health Observatory
Updates from the Internet 31 January 2003 No. 37


 Department of Health

Referrals, assessments, of children and young people on child protection registers   Statistical press release. 28 January 2003

Chief Executive appointed to new National Health Protection Agency   Press release. See also:  HPA Newsletter   27 January 2003

Joint department programme launched to improve both basic skills and health  Press release. 27 January 2003

Timetable for tobacco sponsorship to be phased out   Press release. 23 January 2003

Defibrillators in Public Places Programme New web site. January 2003

Government initiative saving lives of heart attack victims . Press release. 24 January 2003

 Chief Medical Officer

Innovations in public health   "The aim of this page is to highlight good, innovative work in the area of public health promotion".  January 2003

 Health Development Agency

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Health Development Today: Febuary-March 2003   23January 2003

 National Statistics

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Regional Trends, 24 October 2002. Errors have been amended in tables 11.17, 7.16, 6.1 of the above release. ONS apologises for any inconvenience. to access the latest data.  30 January 2003

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 British Heart Foundation

Coronary heart disease statistics 2003   27January 2003

 Department for Education and Skills

The Level of Highest Qualification Held by Young People and Adults: England 2001 - Updated   28 January 2003

Secondary School Performance Tables - 2002   23January 2003

 Department for Work and Pensions

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Publication of DWP research reports: Families and Children study - 2001   27January 2003

 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEfRA)

  Environment minister to launch South West climate change study .  Press release. 22January 2003. For background see:

 University of Utah

Cell phone users drive 'blind': study explains why hands-free phones just as bad as hand-held To be published March 2003 issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied   (Press release)   27 January 2002

 Journal articles

Changes in summer temperature and heat-related mortality since 1971 in North Carolina, South Finland, and Southeast England. Donaldson GC, et al. Environ Res. 2003 Jan;91(1):1-7. [Abstract]

Non-attendance at re-examination 20 years after screening in the British Regional Heart Study. Thomas MC, et al. J Public Health Med. 2002 Dec;24(4):285-91. [Abstract]

Availability of primary care doctors and population health in England: is there an association? Gulliford MC. J Public Health Med. 2002 Dec;24(4):252-4. [Abstract]

Social and demographic predictors of parental consultation for child psychological difficulties. Haines MM, et al. J Public Health Med. 2002 Dec;24(4):276-84. [Abstract]

Implementing a Chlamydia pilot screening programme. Gleave T. Nurs Times. 2002 Dec 10-16;98(50):34-7. [Abstract]

Trends in the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanomas in the south east of England, 1960-1998. Newnham A, Moller H. J Public Health Med. 2002 Dec;24(4):268-75 [Abstract]

Monitoring mortality rates in general practice after Shipman. Richard Baker, et al. BMJ 2003; 326: 274-276. [Full text] [PDF]  

Sudden infant death syndrome: bed sharing with mothers who smoke . C James, et al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 112-113   **

Lung function and respiratory health in adolescents of very low birth weight . D Anand, et al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 135-138   **

Secular trends in growth in diabetes: are we winning? K C Donaghue, et al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 151-154   **

Sexual health of teenagers .  "Archivist"  Arch. Dis. Child. 2003;88 146   **

Income related inequalities in self assessed health in Britain: 1979-1995 . H Gravelle and M Sutton. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 125-129   **

Relation between body mass index and mortality in an unusually slim cohort . M Thorogood, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 130-133   **

Geographical variation in cardiovascular disease, risk factors, and their control in older women: British Women's Heart and Health Study . D A Lawlor, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 134-140   **

Associations of height, leg length, and lung function with cardiovascular risk factors in the Midspan Family Study . D Gunnell, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 141-146   **

Job strain, job demands, decision latitude, and risk of coronary heart disease within the Whitehall II study . H Kuper and M Marmot. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 147-153   **

The challenges of evaluating environmental interventions to increase population levels of physical activity: the case of the UK National Cycle Network . D A Lawlor, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57 96-101   **

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