South West Public Health O bservatory
Updates from the Internet  29 December  2001  No. 1 2

 National Statistics (ONS) 

Statistics from the Regional Drug Misuse Databases on drug misusers in treatment in England, 2000/01 Bulletin 2001/33 13 December

18 December

Mortality Statistics (Cause) - 18 December

Birth Statistics: Births and patterns of family building England and Wales - 13 December

Population Trends:   13 December

A Short Guide to Population Estimates:

Incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance:   pdf file 13 December

Jobseekers allowance statistics:   pdf file 13 December

Consultation on the National Statistics Code of Practice - 19 December

 Department of Health

Boundaries for 28 new Health Authorities press release 18 December

Chief executives designate for 27 of the 28 new Health Authorities press release    21 December

National Service Framework for Diabetes download page   14 December

 The Treasury

Tackling child poverty: giving every child the best start in life press release   13 December

 Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS)

1999/2000 Review of Communicable Diseases

        pdf files 30 November

 Audit Commission

Review of National Findings Day Surgery   13 December

 Commission for Health Improvement/Audit Commission

NHS Cancer Care in England and Wales NSF Assessments no.1   11 December

 The Home Office

20 December

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 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Digest of Environmental Statistics   17 December

 The Housing Corporation

Black and minority ethnic communities: key data  "[on} ...the inequalities faced by Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) households" Sector Study 11   17 December

 The Countryside Agency

Social exclusion in the rural areas facts and figures (no sources given)  December

  Journal articles

Public health skills in primary care in South West England—a survey of training needs, obstacles and solutions
Freudenstein U Yates B  Public Health, November 2001, vol. 115, no. 6 pp. 401-406 [Abstract]

Marital status and bed occupancy in health and social care facilities in the United Kingdom Prior PM, Hayes BC Public Health, November 2001, vol. 115, no. 6 pp. 401-406  [Abstract] The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that marriage and physical health are positively related.

Effect of social class at birth on risk and presentation of schizophrenia: case-control study. Fiona Mulvany, et al BMJ 2001; 323: 1398-1401. [Abstract] [Full text]

"Unwarranted survivals" and "anomalous deaths" from coronary heart disease: prospective survey of general population Alex McConnachie et al. BMJ 2001; 323: 1487-1491. [Abstract] [Full text]  

Scots think healthy food is "boring and tasteless" Bryan Christie BMJ 2001; 323: 1386d [Full text]

Incidence of schizophrenia in ethnic minorities in London: ecological study into interactions with environment J Boydell, J van Os, K McKenzie, J Allardyce, R Goel, R G McCreadie, and R M Murray BMJ 2001; 323: 1336 [Abstract] [Full text] [Abridged full text]  

Income, health, and the National Lottery (editorial) Anthony Rodgers BMJ 2001; 323: 1438-1439. [Full text]  

Household educational level as a determinant of consumption of raw vegetables among male and female adolescents. Roos EB, Hirvonen T, Mikkila V, Karvonen S, Rimpela M. Prev Med. 2001 Oct;33(4):282-91. {Abstract] Finnish research

The change-in-stage and updated smoking status results from a cluster-randomized trial of smoking prevention and cessation using the transtheoretical model among British adolescents. Aveyard P, Sherratt E, Almond J, Lawrence T, Lancashire R, Griffin C, Cheng KK. Prev Med. 2001 Oct;33(4):313-24. {Abstract]

Siblings, multiple births, and the incidence of allergic disease: a birth cohort study using the West Midlands general practice research database. McKeever TM, et al
Thorax. 2001 Oct;56(10):758-62. [Abstract]

National level promotion of physical activity: results from England's ACTIVE for LIFE campaign. Hillsdon M, et al   J Epidemiol Community Health. 2001 Oct;55(10):755-61. [Abstract]

 
Are perceived neighborhood hazards a barrier to physical activity in children? Romero AJ, et al Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001 Oct;155(10):1143-8. [Abstract]

Association between schizophrenia and social inequality at birth: case-control study. Harrison G, et al Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Oct;179:346-50. [Abstract]

Identifying predictors of high quality care in English general practice: observational study. Campbell SM, et al BMJ 2001 Oct 6;323(7316):784-7 [Abstract]

Age, sex, and social trends in out-of-hospital cardiac deaths in Scotland 1986-95: a retrospective cohort study. Capewell S, et al Lancet. 2001 Oct 13;358(9289):1213-7. [Abstract]
 

Notes on online journals

 

Callum MacLeod
South west Public Health Observatory