Tackling Health Inequalities
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Current Research Projects: Child Public Health
Biosocial pathways from mother as fetus to pregnancy outcome. Pilot study to inform a funding bid for a larger study (Wellcome) is nearing completion. Nick Spencer, Wendy Higman, Ed Hillhouse, Neil Raymond
Coventry Cohort Study. Data collection phase now complete; analysis and publication underway. Funded by Coventry Health Authority. Nick Spencer and Chris Coe.
Developing multi-disciplinary and multi-agency evidence-based criteria for behaviour services for under-fives in Coventry. This study informs the development of more effective services for pre-school children with behavioural problems. Funded by Coventry Health Authority. Nick Spencer, Chris Coe, Panos Vostanis, Lynne Laine
Extending infant health and illness data collection across the whole of Coventry using the WCHMP. Agreement has been reached with the North PCG to fund the roll-out of the WCHMP across Coventry so that infant health and illness data are collected routinely on all children born in the city - we are negotiating with the remaining PCGs to ensure that the data collection is citywide. Nick Spencer & Chris Coe
Fathers and smoking in households with young infant. Data collection is in progress for this study. Funded by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death. Clare Blackburn, Nick Spencer, Alan Dolan, Sheila Bonas, Chris Coe, Rob Moy
Infant and toddler smoke exposure studies. Data collection for these studies is complete. Funded by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death and the West Midlands NHS. Clare Blackburn, Nick Spencer, Alan Dolan, Sheila Bonas, Chris Coe, Rob Moy
Sure Start Evaluation. We are undertaking an evaluation of the health status of infants included in Coventry's first Sure Start area using the Warwick Child Health and Morbidity Profile (WCHMP) developed in the Coventry Cohort Study. Chris Coe and Nick Spencer
Systematic review of the determinants of preterm birth. Part funded from PGME reserves. Nick Spencer and Dianne Forster with colleagues from Public Health in Birmingham
The needs and experiences of Families of Children with Severe Visual Impairment and the role of a Liaison Service to support them. Funded by Wellcome Trust, Health Services Research Programme. Prof Gillian Hundt (University of Warwick), Dr Jugnoo Rahi, Dr David Taylor, Professor Catherine Peckham (Institute of Child Health).
Veria, North Greece Cohort. Data collection in progress and further funding being sought for this study which uses the same instrument as the Coventry Cohort allowing comparison of infant health and illness experience in very different settings. Nick Spencer and Chris Coe with Greek colleagues
Refereed Publications and Book Chapters
Blackburn, C. (2000) 'Researching the health needs of low-income mothers' in Appleton, J. and Cowley, S. (eds) The Search for Health Needs. Basingstoke: MacMillan.
Blackburn, C. (1999) 'Poor health, poor health care: the experiences of low-income households with children', in Purdy, M. and Banks, D. (eds) Health and Exclusion: Policy and Practice in Health Provision. London: Routledge.
Blackburn, C., Graham, H. and Scullion, P. (1997) 'Disseminating research findings on women and smoking to health practitioners: findings of an evaluation study', Health Education Journal, Vol. 56, pp113-124.
Logan S, Spencer NJ. Inequality and children's health. Child:care, health and development 2000;26:1-3
Spencer NJ. Social gradients in child health: why do they occur and what can paediatricians do about them? Ambulatory Child Health 2000;6:191-202
Spencer NJ. Reducing child health inequalities: insights and strategies for health workers. In Bywaters P, McLeod E (eds) Working for equality in health Routledge 1996
Elizabeth DOWLER and Suzi Leather (2000) Spare some change for a bite to eat? From Primary Poverty to Social Exclusion: the role of food, in Bradshaw, J and Sainsbury, R. (eds) Experiencing Poverty, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 200-218.
Donkin, A.J.M., DOWLER, E. A., Stevenson, S.J.,Turner S. A.. (2000) Mapping access to food in a deprived area: the development of price and availability indices. Public Health Nutrition, 3,1, 31-38.
Donkin, A.J.M., DOWLER, E. A., Stevenson, S. J.,Turner S. A. (1999) Mapping access to food at a local level. British Food Journal, 101, 7, 554-562.
DOWLER, E. (1999) Food and poverty: the present challenge. Benefits: Journal of Social Security Rearch, Policy and Practice. 24 (Jan/Feb), 3-6.
DOWLER, E. (1998) Food Poverty and Food Policy. IDS Bulletin, 29, 2, 58-65.
DOWLER, E. (1997) Budgeting for food on a low income: the case of lone parents. Food Policy 22, 5, 405-417.
DOWLER, E. and Dobson, B. (1997) Nutrition and poverty in Europe: an overview. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 56,1A, 51-62.
DOWLER, Elizabeth (1997) Nutrition and poverty in contemporary Britain: consequences for individuals and society. ch2 in: Köhler, B. Feichtinger, E., Barlösius, E. & E. DOWLER (eds) Poverty and Food in Welfare Societies. Berlin: Sigma Edition, pp 84-96.
Craig, G. and DOWLER, E. (1997) "Let them eat cake!" Poverty, hunger and the UK state. ch 5 in: Riches, G (ed) First World Hunger: Food Security and Welfare Politics. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, pp108-133.
Lewando-Hundt G. and S. Al Zaroo (1999) Evaluating the Dissemination of Health Promotion Research'. In Evaluating Health Promotion: Practice and Methods, M. Thorogood and Y. Coombes (eds) Oxford University Press: Oxford,151-163.
Lewando-Hundt G., Shoham-Vardi I., Beckerleg S., Belmaker I., Kassem F. and Abu Jafar (2001) Knowledge, Action and Resistance: the selective use of Prenatal Screening amongst the Bedouin of the Negev, Israel Social Science and Medicine, 52 (4) 561-576.
Rifkin S., Lewando-Hundt G and Draper A. (2000) Participatory Research and Health Inequalities - A Literature Review, Health Development Agency.
Spencer NJ. 'Weighing the evidence: how is birthweight determined?' Radcliffe Medical Press - due out in February
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