Lorraine Fraser
Biographic Data
| ID | 339627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorraine Fraser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorraine |
| FAMILY NAME | Fraser |
| SIGNATURE | FRASER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1360-4191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Latent profile analysis of Chinese parents’ attitudes toward death and its association with their beliefs about child death and dying
Chinese parents’ death attitudes influence how they guide children in understanding death, coping with loss and managing grief. This study identified Chinese parents’ death attitude latent profiles, explored influencing factors, and examined the links to beliefs about child death and dying. This cross-sectional online survey, conducted in Beijing from October to December 2024, recruited 507 parents via convenience sampling to explore these attitu…
Family Caregivers' Experiences of Services for Children With Medical Complexity
BACKGROUND: Many high-income countries are seeking to adapt services to meet the needs of the growing population of children with medical complexity and their families but concerns have been raised about the quality of this care. To understand family caregivers' experiences of services and identify priorities for improvement we need to synthesise research about families' experiences of services for children with medical complexity. OBJECTIVES: To…
What Does Economic Evaluation Mean in the Context of Children at the End of Their Life
The 'conventional framework' of economic evaluation, the comparative public sector healthcare costs and quality adjusted life year (QALY) of two or more interventions, has become synonymous with commissioning decisions in many countries. However, while useful as a framework in guiding value-based decisions, it has limited relevance in areas such as end of life care in children and young people, where the costs fall across multiple stakeholders an…
The impact of New Labour’s English health inequalities strategy on geographical inequalities in infant mortality
BACKGROUND: The English health inequalities strategy (1999-2010) aimed to reduce health inequalities between the most deprived local authorities and the rest of England. The multifaceted strategy included increased investment in healthcare, the early years, education and neighbourhood renewal. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the strategy was associated with a reduction in geographical inequalities in the infant mortality ra…
Deep Vein Thromboses in Injecting Drug Users
Deep vein thromboses (DVTs) are common sequelae of injecting drugs into the groin. We explored meanings and experiences of DVTs in a group of 19 patients from the North East of England with a DVT and in treatment for opioid use. We report three themes: (a) DVT meaning making, (b) embodied experience, and (c) Stigma. Patients attributed DVTs to groin injecting, though thought other factors were also partially responsible. Medication performed both…
Prevalence of life-limiting conditions in children and young people in England
Food outlet availability, deprivation and obesity in a multi-ethnic sample of pregnant women in Bradford, UK
The association between the geography of fast food outlets and childhood obesity rates in Leeds, UK
P20 Description of dietary intakes of acrylamide in the born in Bradford birth cohort study
Background Compounds created during the cooking and processing of food may be associated with to future child health if consumed during pregnancy. One such compound is acrylamide, which has been suggested as a potential dietary carcinogen, and is formed during the cooking of starchy foods. Little information is available on intake during pregnancy. Objective To estimate intakes of the dietary compound acrylamide during pregnancy and describe the …
The impact of New Labour’s English health inequalities strategy on geographical inequalities in infant mortality
BACKGROUND: The English health inequalities strategy (1999-2010) aimed to reduce health inequalities between the most deprived local authorities and the rest of England. The multifaceted strategy included increased investment in healthcare, the early years, education and neighbourhood renewal. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the strategy was associated with a reduction in geographical inequalities in the infant mortality ra…
The association between the geography of fast food outlets and childhood obesity rates in Leeds, UK
Food outlet availability, deprivation and obesity in a multi-ethnic sample of pregnant women in Bradford, UK
Prevalence of life-limiting conditions in children and young people in England
The association between the geography of fast food outlets and childhood obesity rates in Leeds, UK
P20 Description of dietary intakes of acrylamide in the born in Bradford birth cohort study
Background Compounds created during the cooking and processing of food may be associated with to future child health if consumed during pregnancy. One such compound is acrylamide, which has been suggested as a potential dietary carcinogen, and is formed during the cooking of starchy foods. Little information is available on intake during pregnancy. Objective To estimate intakes of the dietary compound acrylamide during pregnancy and describe the …
Food outlet availability, deprivation and obesity in a multi-ethnic sample of pregnant women in Bradford, UK
Prevalence of life-limiting conditions in children and young people in England
The impact of New Labour’s English health inequalities strategy on geographical inequalities in infant mortality
BACKGROUND: The English health inequalities strategy (1999-2010) aimed to reduce health inequalities between the most deprived local authorities and the rest of England. The multifaceted strategy included increased investment in healthcare, the early years, education and neighbourhood renewal. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the strategy was associated with a reduction in geographical inequalities in the infant mortality ra…
Deep Vein Thromboses in Injecting Drug Users
Deep vein thromboses (DVTs) are common sequelae of injecting drugs into the groin. We explored meanings and experiences of DVTs in a group of 19 patients from the North East of England with a DVT and in treatment for opioid use. We report three themes: (a) DVT meaning making, (b) embodied experience, and (c) Stigma. Patients attributed DVTs to groin injecting, though thought other factors were also partially responsible. Medication performed both…
What Does Economic Evaluation Mean in the Context of Children at the End of Their Life
The 'conventional framework' of economic evaluation, the comparative public sector healthcare costs and quality adjusted life year (QALY) of two or more interventions, has become synonymous with commissioning decisions in many countries. However, while useful as a framework in guiding value-based decisions, it has limited relevance in areas such as end of life care in children and young people, where the costs fall across multiple stakeholders an…
Family Caregivers' Experiences of Services for Children With Medical Complexity
BACKGROUND: Many high-income countries are seeking to adapt services to meet the needs of the growing population of children with medical complexity and their families but concerns have been raised about the quality of this care. To understand family caregivers' experiences of services and identify priorities for improvement we need to synthesise research about families' experiences of services for children with medical complexity. OBJECTIVES: To…
Latent profile analysis of Chinese parents’ attitudes toward death and its association with their beliefs about child death and dying
Chinese parents’ death attitudes influence how they guide children in understanding death, coping with loss and managing grief. This study identified Chinese parents’ death attitude latent profiles, explored influencing factors, and examined the links to beliefs about child death and dying. This cross-sectional online survey, conducted in Beijing from October to December 2024, recruited 507 parents via convenience sampling to explore these attitu…
Medicine (7 works) · Demography (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (2 works) · Childhood obesity (2 works) · Cohort (2 works)