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View article: Changing patterns in marriage choice and related health risk in the Pakistani heritage community in Bradford UK: a qualitative study.
Changing patterns in marriage choice and related health risk in the Pakistani heritage community in Bradford UK: a qualitative study. Open
Background Children born to blood relations (consanguineous parents), primarily cousins, have higher mortality and morbidity than children born to non-consanguineous parents. Consanguinity is low in the UK but high in some communities, inc…
View article: A City “Collabatory”: Researchers, Commissioners and Community Members Planning Interventions Together
A City “Collabatory”: Researchers, Commissioners and Community Members Planning Interventions Together Open
Improving children's health and development in their early years is important, urgent and, cost‐effective. But it's difficult to do. Using an example from Bradford in the UK we argue that integration, innovation and community engagement ar…
View article: Changing patterns in marriage choice and related health risk in the Pakistani heritage community in Bradford UK: a qualitative study.
Changing patterns in marriage choice and related health risk in the Pakistani heritage community in Bradford UK: a qualitative study. Open
Background Children born to blood relations (consanguineous parents), primarily cousins, have higher mortality and morbidity than children born to non-consanguineous parents. Consanguinity is low in the UK but high in some communities, inc…
View article: Changes in prevalence and patterns of consanguinity in Bradford, UK – evidence from two cohort studies
Changes in prevalence and patterns of consanguinity in Bradford, UK – evidence from two cohort studies Open
Background Research undertaken using the Born in Bradford cohort study identified consanguinity as a major risk factor for congenital anomalies and also reported longer term adverse health outcomes associated with consanguinity. Methods We…
View article: Changing patterns in marriage choice and related health risk in the Pakistani heritage community in Bradford UK: a qualitative study.
Changing patterns in marriage choice and related health risk in the Pakistani heritage community in Bradford UK: a qualitative study. Open
Background Children born to blood relations (consanguineous parents), primarily cousins, have higher mortality and morbidity than children born to non-consanguineous parents. Consanguinity is low in the UK but high in some communities, inc…
View article: Mortality, morbidity and educational outcomes in children of consanguineous parents in the Born in Bradford cohort
Mortality, morbidity and educational outcomes in children of consanguineous parents in the Born in Bradford cohort Open
Background Children of consanguineous parents have a higher risk of infant and childhood mortality, morbidity and intellectual and developmental disability. Methods Using a UK based longitudinal cohort study we quantify differences accordi…
View article: Mortality, morbidity and educational outcomes in children of consanguineous parents in the Born in Bradford cohort
Mortality, morbidity and educational outcomes in children of consanguineous parents in the Born in Bradford cohort Open
Background Children of consanguineous parents have a higher risk of infant and childhood mortality, morbidity and intellectual and developmental disability. Methods Using a prospective UK based longitudinal family cohort study we quantify …
View article: Changes in prevalence and patterns of consanguinity in Bradford, UK – evidence from two cohort studies
Changes in prevalence and patterns of consanguinity in Bradford, UK – evidence from two cohort studies Open
Background Research undertaken using the Born in Bradford cohort study identified consanguinity as a major risk factor for congenital anomalies and also reported longer term adverse health outcomes associated with consanguinity. Methods We…
View article: Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research
Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research Open
Bradford is multi-ethnic and one of the most deprived districts in the United Kingdom where around a quarter of children live in low-income families. Born in Bradford (BiB) has followed the lives of 13,776 children born in the district bet…
View article: Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research
Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research Open
Born in Bradford (BiB) has followed the lives of 13,776 children born in the district between 2007 and 2011. Children in the birth cohort are now entering adolescence, and the next phase of the research - Age of Wonder (AoW) - will be a wh…
View article: Applying the community readiness model to identify and address inequity in end-of-life care in South Asian communities
Applying the community readiness model to identify and address inequity in end-of-life care in South Asian communities Open
Background: Individuals from minoritised ethnic backgrounds are less likely than individuals from the dominant ethnic group to access palliative care services and to have documented Advance Care Plans. They are more likely to be admitted t…
View article: Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research
Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research Open
Born in Bradford (BiB) has followed the lives of 13,776 children born in the district between 2007 and 2011. Children in the birth cohort are now entering adolescence, and the next phase of the research - Age of Wonder (AoW) - will be a wh…
View article: Vulnerabilities in child well-being among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK
Vulnerabilities in child well-being among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK Open
Objective To describe the prevalence of factors related to well-being among primary school children in a deprived multiethnic community in the UK. Design and participants Cross-sectional survey of 15 641 children aged 7–10 years in Born in…
View article: The Effects of Caring for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities on Mothers’ Health and Healthcare Use: Analysis of Primary Care Data in the Born in Bradford Cohort
The Effects of Caring for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities on Mothers’ Health and Healthcare Use: Analysis of Primary Care Data in the Born in Bradford Cohort Open
We explored the association between caregiving for preschool children with developmental disabilities and maternal health and healthcare use using linked primary care and Born in Bradford birth cohort data. Adjusting for prenatal health, h…
View article: Disciplinary and pastoral power, food and poverty in late-modernity
Disciplinary and pastoral power, food and poverty in late-modernity Open
Using a Foucauldian perspective, we explicate the systems of power which shape the lives of women in or at risk of ‘food poverty’. We develop a theoretical framework of power for analyses of contemporary food poverty, which we apply to dat…
View article: Vulnerabilities in child wellbeing among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK
Vulnerabilities in child wellbeing among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK Open
Objective To describe the prevalence of factors related to wellbeing among primary school children in a deprived multi-ethnic community. Design and participants Cross-sectional survey of 15,641 children aged 7-10 years in Born in Bradford’…
View article: Fine-scale population structure and demographic history of British Pakistanis
Fine-scale population structure and demographic history of British Pakistanis Open
Previous genetic and public health research in the Pakistani population has focused on the role of consanguinity in increasing recessive disease risk, but little is known about its recent population history or the effects of endogamy. Here…
View article: An annotated and critical glossary of the terminology of inclusion in healthcare and health research
An annotated and critical glossary of the terminology of inclusion in healthcare and health research Open
The importance of including members of the public has been accorded a significant position in health planning, service delivery and research. But this position masks a lack of clarity about terms that are used. This paper identifies terms …
View article: An ecological framework for improving child and adolescent health
An ecological framework for improving child and adolescent health Open
The rise in non-communicable disease as a principal cause of premature mortality and a continuing failure to address health inequalities requires a critical examination of prevailing paradigms in health. In this paper, we offer ecology as …
View article: ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing.
ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing. Open
Economic, physical, built, cultural, learning, social and service environments have a profound effect on lifelong health. However, policy thinking about health research is dominated by the 'biomedical model' which promotes medicalisation a…
View article: ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing
ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing Open
Economic, physical, built, cultural, learning, social and service environments have a profound effect on lifelong health. However, policy thinking about health research is dominated by the ‘biomedical model’ which promotes medicalisation a…
View article: On Folk Devils, Moral Panics and New Wave Public Health
On Folk Devils, Moral Panics and New Wave Public Health Open
New wave public health places an emphasis on exhorting individuals to engage in healthy behaviour with good health being a signifier of virtuous moral standing, whereas poor health is often associated with personal moral failings. In effec…
View article: Assessing community readiness for early intervention programmes to promote social and emotional health in children
Assessing community readiness for early intervention programmes to promote social and emotional health in children Open
Objective Evidence for early intervention and prevention‐based approaches for improving social and emotional health in young children is robust. However, rates of participation in programmes are low. We explored the dynamics which affect l…
View article: Addressing obesity in Roma communities: a community readiness approach
Addressing obesity in Roma communities: a community readiness approach Open
Purpose Participation in community programmes by the Roma community is low, whilst this community presents with high risk of poor health and low levels of wellbeing. To improve rates of participation in programmes, compatibility must be ac…
View article: Hidden hunger? Experiences of food insecurity amongst Pakistani and white British women
Hidden hunger? Experiences of food insecurity amongst Pakistani and white British women Open
Purpose Foodbank use in the UK is rising but, despite high levels of poverty, Pakistani women are less likely to use food banks than white British women. The purpose of this paper is to understand the lived experience of food in the contex…