Deborah Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3927127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9035-0551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Cancer survival disparities worsening by socio-economic disadvantage over the last 3 decades in new South Wales, Australia
There is a widening gap in comparative risk of cancer death by level of socio-economic disadvantage that warrants a policy response and further examination of reasons behind these disparities
Just and Realistic Expectations for Persons with Disabilities Practicing Nursing
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires schools to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. The profession of nursing is striving for diversity and inclusion, but barriers still exist to realizing accommodations for people with disabilities. Promoting disclosure, a supportive and enabling environment, resilience, and realistic expectations are important considera…
Inequalities in immunisation and breast feeding in an ethnically diverse urban area
OBJECTIVES: To examine inequalities in immunisation and breast feeding by ethnic group and their relation to relative deprivation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Manchester, UK. PARTICIPANTS: 20 203 children born in Manchester (2002-2007), who had been coded as of white, mixed, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black or black British ethnicity in the Child Health System database. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Breast feeding at 2 weeks post par…
Prescriptive authority and psychology
The progress of psychology toward the acquisition of prescriptive authority is critically reviewed. Advances made by other nonphysician health care professions toward expanding their scopes of practice to include prescriptive authority are compared with gains made by professional psychology. Societal trends affecting attitudes toward the use of psychotropic medications are reviewed, and the potential influence of such trends on the prescriptive a…
Investigating the nature of formal social support provision for young mothers in a city in the North West of England
Young mothers often require support to remain socially 'included' after becoming pregnant and this, in its turn, could protect their health. In this context, new policy initiatives aimed at tackling social exclusion, such as those implemented under the National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, could be working to build social support mechanisms. The present paper addresses the issue of whether statutory services do in fact deliver 'social inclusion', …
Proxy Models of Legal Need
Prioritisation of cases and resources as a means of rationing the limited legal aid budget has recently become a feature of access to justice in the UK. This article explores the utility of devising proxy models of 'legal need' as a means of enabling the rational and equitable planning of legal services in these circumstances. Different conceptual and methodological approaches are considered, highlighting preliminary development work in Scotland.…
Perinatal depression among black Caribbean women
The present paper describes findings from a mixed-method, longitudinal cohort study into perinatal depression among black Caribbean women. Using symptom scores from the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), 101 black Caribbean and 200 white British women accessing maternity services in Manchester, UK, were screened for depressive symptoms in the last trimester of pregnancy and 6 weeks following delivery. The purpose of the study, which was…
Investigating relationships between health need, primary care and social care using routine statistics
Cervical screening and health inequality in England in the 1990s
Study objectives: To examine changing inequality in the coverage of cervical screening and its relation to organisational aspects of primary care and to inequality in cervical cancer incidence and mortality. Design: Retrospective time trends analysis (1991–2001) of screening coverage and cervical cancer incidence and mortality in England. Setting: The 99 district health authorities in England, as defined by 1999 boundaries were used to create a t…
General practitioner services in primary care groups in England
Methodological issues in the development of a national database for primary care groups and trusts
At the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) we have constructed a national database for all primary care groups (PCGs) in England. At its core, the database links information about population socio-economic and demographic characteristics to generic health status and to the organisation, resourcing and activities of general practice. In this paper we describe and discuss the problems with linking these data, and with def…
The National Study of Health and Growth
Differences between infants and adults in the social aetiology of wheeze. The ALSPAC Study Team. Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood
OBJECTIVES: To compare the relation between relative deprivation, its associated social risk factors and the prevalence of wheeze in infancy and in adulthood. DESIGN: A cross sectional population study. SETTING: The three District Health Authorities of Bristol. SUBJECTS: A random sample of 1954 women stratified by age and housing tenure to be representative of women with children
Does employment improve the health of lone mothers
Inequality in infant morbidity
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of deprivation, crowding, maternal smoking, and breast feeding on morbidity from wheeze and diarrhoea in the first six months after birth. DESIGN: A geographically located population survey using maternal responses on self completion questionnaires. SETTING: The three health districts of Bristol. SUBJECTS: 8501 infants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC) in which all women ex…
The relationship between condition-specific morbidity, social support and material deprivation in pregnancy and early motherhood
Contextual variations in the meaning of health inequality
Does employment improve the health of lone mothers
Inequality in infant morbidity
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of deprivation, crowding, maternal smoking, and breast feeding on morbidity from wheeze and diarrhoea in the first six months after birth. DESIGN: A geographically located population survey using maternal responses on self completion questionnaires. SETTING: The three health districts of Bristol. SUBJECTS: 8501 infants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC) in which all women ex…
The relationship between condition-specific morbidity, social support and material deprivation in pregnancy and early motherhood
Perinatal depression among black Caribbean women
The present paper describes findings from a mixed-method, longitudinal cohort study into perinatal depression among black Caribbean women. Using symptom scores from the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), 101 black Caribbean and 200 white British women accessing maternity services in Manchester, UK, were screened for depressive symptoms in the last trimester of pregnancy and 6 weeks following delivery. The purpose of the study, which was…
Investigating the nature of formal social support provision for young mothers in a city in the North West of England
Young mothers often require support to remain socially 'included' after becoming pregnant and this, in its turn, could protect their health. In this context, new policy initiatives aimed at tackling social exclusion, such as those implemented under the National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, could be working to build social support mechanisms. The present paper addresses the issue of whether statutory services do in fact deliver 'social inclusion', …
Cervical screening and health inequality in England in the 1990s
Study objectives: To examine changing inequality in the coverage of cervical screening and its relation to organisational aspects of primary care and to inequality in cervical cancer incidence and mortality. Design: Retrospective time trends analysis (1991–2001) of screening coverage and cervical cancer incidence and mortality in England. Setting: The 99 district health authorities in England, as defined by 1999 boundaries were used to create a t…
Proxy Models of Legal Need
Prioritisation of cases and resources as a means of rationing the limited legal aid budget has recently become a feature of access to justice in the UK. This article explores the utility of devising proxy models of 'legal need' as a means of enabling the rational and equitable planning of legal services in these circumstances. Different conceptual and methodological approaches are considered, highlighting preliminary development work in Scotland.…
Inequalities in immunisation and breast feeding in an ethnically diverse urban area
OBJECTIVES: To examine inequalities in immunisation and breast feeding by ethnic group and their relation to relative deprivation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Manchester, UK. PARTICIPANTS: 20 203 children born in Manchester (2002-2007), who had been coded as of white, mixed, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black or black British ethnicity in the Child Health System database. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Breast feeding at 2 weeks post par…
Investigating relationships between health need, primary care and social care using routine statistics
General practitioner services in primary care groups in England
Methodological issues in the development of a national database for primary care groups and trusts
At the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) we have constructed a national database for all primary care groups (PCGs) in England. At its core, the database links information about population socio-economic and demographic characteristics to generic health status and to the organisation, resourcing and activities of general practice. In this paper we describe and discuss the problems with linking these data, and with def…
Contextual variations in the meaning of health inequality
The relationship between condition-specific morbidity, social support and material deprivation in pregnancy and early motherhood
Inequality in infant morbidity
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of deprivation, crowding, maternal smoking, and breast feeding on morbidity from wheeze and diarrhoea in the first six months after birth. DESIGN: A geographically located population survey using maternal responses on self completion questionnaires. SETTING: The three health districts of Bristol. SUBJECTS: 8501 infants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC) in which all women ex…
Differences between infants and adults in the social aetiology of wheeze. The ALSPAC Study Team. Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood
OBJECTIVES: To compare the relation between relative deprivation, its associated social risk factors and the prevalence of wheeze in infancy and in adulthood. DESIGN: A cross sectional population study. SETTING: The three District Health Authorities of Bristol. SUBJECTS: A random sample of 1954 women stratified by age and housing tenure to be representative of women with children
Does employment improve the health of lone mothers
General practitioner services in primary care groups in England
Methodological issues in the development of a national database for primary care groups and trusts
At the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) we have constructed a national database for all primary care groups (PCGs) in England. At its core, the database links information about population socio-economic and demographic characteristics to generic health status and to the organisation, resourcing and activities of general practice. In this paper we describe and discuss the problems with linking these data, and with def…
The National Study of Health and Growth
Investigating relationships between health need, primary care and social care using routine statistics
Cervical screening and health inequality in England in the 1990s
Study objectives: To examine changing inequality in the coverage of cervical screening and its relation to organisational aspects of primary care and to inequality in cervical cancer incidence and mortality. Design: Retrospective time trends analysis (1991–2001) of screening coverage and cervical cancer incidence and mortality in England. Setting: The 99 district health authorities in England, as defined by 1999 boundaries were used to create a t…
Perinatal depression among black Caribbean women
The present paper describes findings from a mixed-method, longitudinal cohort study into perinatal depression among black Caribbean women. Using symptom scores from the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), 101 black Caribbean and 200 white British women accessing maternity services in Manchester, UK, were screened for depressive symptoms in the last trimester of pregnancy and 6 weeks following delivery. The purpose of the study, which was…
Investigating the nature of formal social support provision for young mothers in a city in the North West of England
Young mothers often require support to remain socially 'included' after becoming pregnant and this, in its turn, could protect their health. In this context, new policy initiatives aimed at tackling social exclusion, such as those implemented under the National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, could be working to build social support mechanisms. The present paper addresses the issue of whether statutory services do in fact deliver 'social inclusion', …
Proxy Models of Legal Need
Prioritisation of cases and resources as a means of rationing the limited legal aid budget has recently become a feature of access to justice in the UK. This article explores the utility of devising proxy models of 'legal need' as a means of enabling the rational and equitable planning of legal services in these circumstances. Different conceptual and methodological approaches are considered, highlighting preliminary development work in Scotland.…
Prescriptive authority and psychology
The progress of psychology toward the acquisition of prescriptive authority is critically reviewed. Advances made by other nonphysician health care professions toward expanding their scopes of practice to include prescriptive authority are compared with gains made by professional psychology. Societal trends affecting attitudes toward the use of psychotropic medications are reviewed, and the potential influence of such trends on the prescriptive a…
Inequalities in immunisation and breast feeding in an ethnically diverse urban area
OBJECTIVES: To examine inequalities in immunisation and breast feeding by ethnic group and their relation to relative deprivation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Manchester, UK. PARTICIPANTS: 20 203 children born in Manchester (2002-2007), who had been coded as of white, mixed, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black or black British ethnicity in the Child Health System database. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Breast feeding at 2 weeks post par…
Just and Realistic Expectations for Persons with Disabilities Practicing Nursing
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires schools to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. The profession of nursing is striving for diversity and inclusion, but barriers still exist to realizing accommodations for people with disabilities. Promoting disclosure, a supportive and enabling environment, resilience, and realistic expectations are important considera…
Cancer survival disparities worsening by socio-economic disadvantage over the last 3 decades in new South Wales, Australia
There is a widening gap in comparative risk of cancer death by level of socio-economic disadvantage that warrants a policy response and further examination of reasons behind these disparities
Medicine (15 works) · Demography (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (5 works) · Nursing (5 works)