South West PHO
Updates from the Internet 21 July 2001 No. 1

 FromDOH  

Drinking adults' behaviour and knowledge in 2000 - a report on research for the Department of Health using the ONS Omnibus Survey notice of publication
Contraception and sexual health, 1999 a report by Social Survey Division on research using the ONS Omnibus Survey produced on behalf of the Department of Health (notice of publication)

 FromNational Statistics (ONS) 


  • The National Statistics Annual Report for the year 2000-2001 was laid before Parliament on 19 July 2001.

    Released 20 July 2001. Details of recent changes to the Labour Force Survey dataset.

    Provides statistics on marriages solemnised, and dissolution and annulments of marriages granted, in England and Wales during 1999, as well as adoption orders in England and Wales during 2000. Summary statistics are also given for the years 1989-1999, or other recent periods.

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    •  FromDETLR   (Department for Transport, Local Government and theRegions) 
     
    Changing Fortunes: geographic patterns of Income Deprivation in the late 1990s -
    Research Summary No.41 20 July 2001
    Indices of Deprivation 2000 updated  20 July 2001

      Kings Fund

    NHS could do more to help tackle crime to improve health, says King's Fund 12 July 2001

      HTA ( National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment )  

    992102.htm Provision, uptake and cost of cardiac rehabilitation programmes: improving services to under-represented groups
    Systematic review of the long-term outcomes of the treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement and the economic consequences for the NHS [ongoing project update] July 2001

      Journal articles 

    Moser K. Inequalities in treated heart disease and mental illness in England and Wales, 1994-1998. Br J Gen Pract. 2001 Jun;51(467):438-44.
    King EA, Baldwin DS, Sinclair JM, Baker NG, Campbell MJ, Thompson C. The Wessex Recent In-Patient Suicide Study, 1. Case-control study of 234 recently discharged psychiatric patient suicides.
    Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Jun;178:531-6.
    Shah S, Cook DG. Inequalities in the treatment and control of hypertension: age, social isolation and lifestyle are more important than economic circumstances.
    J Hypertens. 2001 Jul;19(7):1333-40.
    Sikorski J, Boyd F, Dezateux C, Wade A, Rowe J. Prevalence of breastfeeding at four months in general practices in south London

      From Research Findings Electronic Register (ReFeR)

    An investigation into recent temporal trends and geographic patterns of suicide
    Socio-economic Circumstances, Lone Parenthood and Children's Utilisation of Health Services,
    Social status in early life, social mobility, health behaviours and CVD mortality risk (SE6),
           ( shortcut to ReFeR web site )

    Callum MacLeod 21 July 2001
    SWPHO