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| Ron GraySummaryAffiliation: University of Oxford Country: UK Publications
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Centile charts for birthweight for gestational age for Scottish singleton birthsSandra Bonellie
School of Accountancy, Economics and Statistics, Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, UK
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 8:5. 2008..The charts currently used in Scotland are based on data from the 1970s and require updating given changes in birthweight and in the measurement of gestational age since then...- Contribution of smoking during pregnancy to inequalities in stillbirth and infant death in Scotland 1994-2003: retrospective population based study using hospital maternity recordsRon Gray
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, UK
BMJ 339:b3754. 2009..To quantify the contribution of smoking during pregnancy to social inequalities in stillbirth and infant death... - Alcohol consumption during pregnancy and its effects on neurodevelopment: what is known and what remains uncertainRon Gray
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK
Addiction 104:1270-3. 2009..Because randomized controlled trials in this area are neither feasible nor ethical, suggestions are made for further research making more use of natural experiments... - Caesarean delivery and risk of stillbirth in subsequent pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study in an English populationR Gray
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
BJOG 114:264-70. 2007..We also report on the proportion of stillbirths in our study population, which may have been attributable to previous delivery by caesarean section... - Self-reported health status and health-related quality of life of teenagers who were born before 29 weeks' gestational ageRon Gray
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 120:e86-93. 2007.... - Social inequalities in preterm birth in Scotland 1980-2003: findings from an area-based measure of deprivationR Gray
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
BJOG 115:82-90. 2008..We examined time trends in singleton live preterm birth rates in relation to area-based socio-economic indicators... - The effectiveness of antenatal care programmes to reduce infant mortality and preterm birth in socially disadvantaged and vulnerable women in high-income countries: a systematic reviewJennifer Hollowell
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 11:13. 2011.... - Social and ethnic inequalities in infant mortality: a perspective from the United kingdomJennifer Hollowell
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Semin Perinatol 35:240-4. 2011..Policies and interventions to tackle these inequalities are likely to be most effective if they have both universal and targeted components to "level-up" rates to the rate of the most advantaged in society... - Family income and child cognitive and behavioural development in the United Kingdom: does money matter?Mara Violato
Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Health Econ 20:1201-25. 2011.... - 10-year stroke prevention after successful carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis (ACST-1): a multicentre randomised trialAlison Halliday
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Lancet 376:1074-84. 2010..We assessed the long-term effects of successful CEA... - Income inequalities and self-reported maternal health status: cross-sectional national surveyS Petrou
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
BJOG 114:1018-22. 2007..Efforts to reduce income inequalities in adverse maternal health outcomes are likely to require macro and microeconomic initiatives... - Three-year efficacy of complex insulin regimens in type 2 diabetesRury R Holman
Diabetes Trials Unit, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
N Engl J Med 361:1736-47. 2009..Evidence supporting the addition of specific insulin regimens to oral therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is limited... - Brief screening questionnaires to identify problem drinking during pregnancy: a systematic reviewEthel Burns
School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University, Jack Straws Lane, Marston, Oxford, UK
Addiction 105:601-14. 2010..We investigated the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of brief alcohol screening questionnaires to identify problem drinking in pregnant women... - The relationship between household income and childhood respiratory health in the United KingdomMara Violato
University of Oxford, Health Economics Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Soc Sci Med 69:955-63. 2009..We argue that our evidence should inform government health and broader fiscal policies aimed at reducing health inequalities in childhood... - Methodological challenges posed by economic evaluations of early childhood intervention programmesStavros Petrou
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, UK
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 4:175-81. 2005..Greater multidisciplinary collaboration between social scientists should also enhance the development of ground-breaking methods in this field... - Systematic review of the fetal effects of prenatal binge-drinkingJane Henderson
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:1069-73. 2007..The effects of binge-drinking during pregnancy on the fetus and child have been an increasing concern for clinicians and policy-makers. This study reviews the available evidence from human observational studies... - Systematic review of effects of low-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on pregnancy outcomeJ Henderson
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK
BJOG 114:243-52. 2007..4 UK units or 83 g/week) compared with consumption of no alcohol on pregnancy outcome... - The implications of US experiences with early childhood interventions for the UK Sure Start ProgrammeR Gray
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Child Care Health Dev 33:655-63. 2007..Sure Start is to be further expanded, to achieve national coverage. US experience is highly relevant for anticipating challenges that this expansion will raise... - Comparability of self-collected vaginal swabs and physician-collected cervical swabs for detection of human papillomavirus infections in Rakai, UgandaMahboobeh Safaeian
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 20852, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:429-36. 2007..The objective of this study was to compare human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing between self-administered vaginal swabs and physician-administered cervical swabs in women from rural Rakai District, Uganda... - Determinants of incidence and clearance of high-risk human papillomavirus infections in rural Rakai, UgandaMahboobeh Safaeian
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1300-7. 2008..We used self-administered vaginal swabs to assess the incidence and clearance of carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in rural Rakai, Uganda... - Coerced first intercourse and reproductive health among adolescent women in Rakai, UgandaMichael A Koenig
Department of Population and Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int Fam Plan Perspect 30:156-63. 2004..Although there is increasing recognition of the scope and significance of sexual coercion experienced by adolescent women in developing countries, evidence on its consequences for reproductive health remains limited...