Alison Parkes

Summary

Affiliation: National Institute for Medical Research
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Do television and electronic games predict children's psychosocial adjustment? Longitudinal research using the UK Millennium Cohort Study
    Alison Parkes
    MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 98:341-8. 2013
  2. ncbi Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:41-50. 2011
  3. ncbi Is parenting associated with teenagers' early sexual risk-taking, autonomy and relationship with sexual partners?
    Alison Parkes
    Sexual Health and Families Team, Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:30-40. 2011
  4. ncbi Comparison of teenagers' early same-sex and heterosexual behavior: UK data from the SHARE and RIPPLE studies
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, UK
    J Adolesc Health 48:27-35. 2011
  5. ncbi Does early sexual debut reduce teenagers' participation in tertiary education? Evidence from the SHARE longitudinal study
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc 33:741-54. 2010
  6. ncbi Contraceptive method at first sexual intercourse and subsequent pregnancy risk: findings from a secondary analysis of 16-year-old girls from the RIPPLE and SHARE studies
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc Health 44:55-63. 2009
  7. ncbi The quality of young people's heterosexual relationships: a longitudinal analysis of characteristics shaping subjective experience
    Daniel Wight
    Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme, Medical Research Council, Social Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 40:226-37. 2008
  8. ncbi Explaining associations between adolescent substance use and condom use
    Alison Parkes
    MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc Health 40:180.e1-18. 2007
  9. ncbi Do sexual health services encourage teenagers to use condoms? A longitudinal study
    Alison Parkes
    MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
    J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 31:271-80. 2005
  10. ncbi Teenagers' use of sexual health services: perceived need, knowledge and ability to access
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
    J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 30:217-24. 2004

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Do television and electronic games predict children's psychosocial adjustment? Longitudinal research using the UK Millennium Cohort Study
    Alison Parkes
    MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 98:341-8. 2013
    ..Most research is from North America and focuses on television. Few longitudinal studies have compared the effects of TV and electronic games, or have investigated gender differences...
  2. ncbi Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:41-50. 2011
    ..Access to abortion services is a critical issue, particularly since the number of abortion providers has been falling for the last three decades...
  3. ncbi Is parenting associated with teenagers' early sexual risk-taking, autonomy and relationship with sexual partners?
    Alison Parkes
    Sexual Health and Families Team, Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:30-40. 2011
    ..Extensive research has explored the relationship between parenting and teenagers' sexual risk-taking. Whether parenting is associated with wider aspects of teenagers' capacity to form satisfying sexual relationships is unknown...
  4. ncbi Comparison of teenagers' early same-sex and heterosexual behavior: UK data from the SHARE and RIPPLE studies
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, UK
    J Adolesc Health 48:27-35. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Does early sexual debut reduce teenagers' participation in tertiary education? Evidence from the SHARE longitudinal study
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc 33:741-54. 2010
    ..Early sexual experience may predict disengagement from tertiary education, although further research is needed to explore causal pathways...
  6. ncbi Contraceptive method at first sexual intercourse and subsequent pregnancy risk: findings from a secondary analysis of 16-year-old girls from the RIPPLE and SHARE studies
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc Health 44:55-63. 2009
    ..This study examined associations between contraceptive method at first intercourse and subsequent pregnancy in 16-year-old girls...
  7. ncbi The quality of young people's heterosexual relationships: a longitudinal analysis of characteristics shaping subjective experience
    Daniel Wight
    Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme, Medical Research Council, Social Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 40:226-37. 2008
    ..Perceived quality of sexual relationships may be related to gender, background characteristics, circumstances of first intercourse and subsequent sexual history...
  8. ncbi Explaining associations between adolescent substance use and condom use
    Alison Parkes
    MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    J Adolesc Health 40:180.e1-18. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi Do sexual health services encourage teenagers to use condoms? A longitudinal study
    Alison Parkes
    MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
    J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 31:271-80. 2005
    ..This study investigated whether 15/16-year-olds who attended sexual health services used condoms more and had different beliefs about condoms compared to those who did not use these services...
  10. ncbi Teenagers' use of sexual health services: perceived need, knowledge and ability to access
    Alison Parkes
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
    J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 30:217-24. 2004
    ..This paper presents the first UK large-scale quantitative analysis of these factors, comparing those who use services with those who do not...
  11. ncbi The multi-dimensional neighbourhood and health: a cross-sectional analysis of the Scottish Household Survey, 2001
    Alison Parkes
    ESRC Centre for Neighbourhood Research, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens Glasgow G12 8RS, UK
    Health Place 12:1-18. 2006
    ..There was also some evidence that the relationship between neighbourhood factors and health varied according to the population subgroup, although not in a consistent manner...