Neal Spencer
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 208928 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Neal Spencer |
| PRENOMES | Neal |
| SOBRENOME | Spencer |
| ASSINATURA | SPENCER N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2748-6349 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1990 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Early family socioeconomic status and asthma-related outcomes in school-aged children
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between maternal education and household income during early childhood with asthma-related outcomes in children aged 9-12 years in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the USA and Canada. METHODS: Data on 31 210 children were obtained from 7 prospective birth cohort studies across six countries. Asthma-related outcomes included ever asthma, wheezing/asthma attacks and medication control for asthma. Re…
Did Inequalities in Mothers’ and Children’s Health and Well-Being in Japan Increase through the Pandemic? Evidence from Nationwide Surveys and Routinely Collected Data
Marginalised families faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores inequalities in Japanese mothers' and children's health and well-being and family economic stability before and during the pandemic. Data sources were as follows: nationwide surveys in 2019 and 2021 of families with children using medical institutions across Japan; infant mortality and adolescent suicide rates between 2018 and 2021 from publicly a…
Child Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of a child rights-based approach to policymaking and crisis management. Anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 3P framework-provision, protection, and participation-forms the foundation for health professionals advocating for children's rights. Expanding it with two additional domains-preparation and power-into a 5P framework has the potential to enhance child rig…
Metals and pigments at Amara West
This paper presents the results of elemental and lead isotopic analysis of copper alloys, copper-based pigments and an extremely rare tin-based alloy from the town of Amara West (Sudan), the centre for pharaonic control of occupied Upper Nubia between 1300 and 1070 BCE. It is the first assemblage of its kind to be analysed for Upper Nubia during this period. This research examines the selection and consumption of alloys in a colonial context, in …
Household income and maternal education in early childhood and activity-limiting chronic health conditions in late childhood
BACKGROUND: We examined absolute and relative relationships between household income and maternal education during early childhood (<5 years) with activity-limiting chronic health conditions (ALCHC) during later childhood in six longitudinal, prospective cohorts from high-income countries (UK, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, USA). METHODS: Relative inequality (risk ratios, RR) and absolute inequality (Slope Index of Inequality) were estim…
Nubian Agricultural Practices, Crops and Foods
Agricultural practices in northern Sudan have been changing rapidly but remain little documented. In this paper we aim to investigate changes to crops grown in living memory and their uses through interviews with Nubian farmers on the island of Ernetta. By exploring cultivation and crop processing practices, together with associated material culture and foodstuffs, we also seek to explore how agricultural and food heritage are connected, and to b…
The biocultural heritage and historical ecology of date palm cultivation in Nubian villages northern Sudan
Mycenaean pottery from Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)
Understanding the impact of the economic crisis on child health
Despite the impact on social determinants, a short-term impact on child health has been detected only in specific vulnerable groups. The findings suggest the need to urgently protect vulnerable groups of children from the impact of austerity
The New Kingdom settlement of Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)
Amara ouest
Spencer Neal, Millet Marie. Amara ouest : aspects de la vie quotidienne au nouvel empire en Nubie. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 157e année, N. 2, 2013. pp. 639-659
Disabled Children and their Families
Focusing mainly on the United Kingdom, this article reviews a decade of national and international policy and legal changes in relation to disabled children and their families. It discusses attempts to transform the ways that disabled children are perceived and the rights accorded to them. The UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons, specific UK policy initiatives and debates on universal and specialist provisions are outlined. Considerat…
Children and parents with limiting long-term illness and disability (LLTI/D) in the UK
Objectives To examine the relationship between child limiting long-term illness and disability (LLTI/D) and parental LLTI/D, factors associated with this relationship and the extent to which parental disability precedes or follows parenting a disabled child using the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study (ONS-LS). Design and methods Children born between 1981 and 1991 UK censuses who became ONS-LS members and present at 2001 …
P2-27 Does social disadvantage in earlier childhood predispose to onset of limiting longterm illness (LLTI)/disability in later childhood? A population based study using the UK ONS Longitudinal Study …
Introduction There is a lack of empirical evidence on the predictors and temporal ordering of factors associated with child disability. Objective To examine the relationship between social disadvantage in earlier childhood and the onset of LLTI/D in later childhood in the UK ONSLS. Methods Children born between the 1981 and 1991 UK censuses who became ONSLS members and were present at the 2001 census were identified. Data were extracted on those …
Access to health care for Roma children in Central and Eastern Europe
Our research illustrates the complexity of the problems the Roma face. Access to health care cannot be discussed in isolation from other problems this population group experiences, such as poverty, restricted access to education, and social exclusion
Determinants of Birthweight; Gender Based Analysis
Child abuse registration, fetal growth, and preterm birth
Objectives: To study the relation of intra-uterine growth and gestational age with child protection registration in a 20 year whole population birth cohort. Setting: West Sussex area of England. Study design: Retrospective whole population birth cohort. Outcomes: Child protection registration; individual categories of registration—sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Population and participants: 119 771 infants born in West…
Explaining the social gradient in smoking in pregnancy
Maternal education, lone parenthood, material hardship, maternal smoking, and longstanding respiratory problems in childhood
Background: Maternal smoking and low socioeconomic status are known to be associated with each other and with longstanding respiratory problems in childhood but their interrelation has received little attention. In this paper, the interrelations is studied using a conceptual hierarchical framework among children aged 0–11 years in a representative sample of British households with children. Method: With data from the family and children study, th…
Disentangling the effects of different components of socioeconomic status on health in early childhood
Impact of material hardship on child health The effects of poverty on health in early childhood have been recognised for many years and have generated a prolonged and often acrimonious causal debate.1 Explanations have broadly fallen into two groups: those that focus on characteristics of the poor themselves such as the inferiority of their “genetic stock”, their poor hygiene, their poor childcare practices, or their health related behaviours suc…
Social paediatrics
Social paediatrics is an approach to child health that focuses on the child, in illness and in health, within the context of their society, environment, school, and family. The glossary clarifies the range of terms used to describe aspects of paediatric practice that overlap or are subsumed under social paediatrics and defines key social paediatric concepts. The glossary was compiled by a process of consultation and consensus building among the a…
Smoking behaviour change among fathers of new infants
The Health Needs of Children Aged 6–12 Years in Foster Care
It is well established that looked after children have high levels of health needs that are not usually met by existing services. Lisa Anderson, Panos Vostanis and Nick Spencer report on a study which aimed to establish the perceptions of health needs among children aged 6–12 years and their foster carers. Fifty-six children and their carers from two local authorities completed a health checklist, the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Child…
Accounting for the social disparity in birth weight
Social disparity in birth weight is well recognised1 but less well explained. Maternal height, smoking, substance misuse, and micronutrient deficiency are the most likely determinants of social disparities in birth weight.1 Intergenerational effects through maternal birth weight and growth in early childhood have also been suggested as mediators of social difference in birth weight.2,3 This paper uses data from the 1958 British national birth coh…
The Additive Effects of Household Smoking and Housing Tenure on Birthweight Distribution in a Birth Cohort
Objective:to study the additive effects of smoking and housing tenure on birthweight distribution and risk of birthweight <2500g, <3000g and <3500g Setting:Coventry Study design:whole year birth cohort Outcomes: birthweight normal distribution curves with medians (50th centile), 10th and 90th centiles; birthweight <2500g, <3000g and <3500g Participants:2600 infants enrolled into the CoventryCohort Study by the Family Health Visitor at the birth v…
The New Kingdom settlement of Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)
Smoking behaviour change among fathers of new infants
Explaining the social gradient in smoking in pregnancy
Maternal education, lone parenthood, material hardship, maternal smoking, and longstanding respiratory problems in childhood
Background: Maternal smoking and low socioeconomic status are known to be associated with each other and with longstanding respiratory problems in childhood but their interrelation has received little attention. In this paper, the interrelations is studied using a conceptual hierarchical framework among children aged 0–11 years in a representative sample of British households with children. Method: With data from the family and children study, th…
Child abuse registration, fetal growth, and preterm birth
Objectives: To study the relation of intra-uterine growth and gestational age with child protection registration in a 20 year whole population birth cohort. Setting: West Sussex area of England. Study design: Retrospective whole population birth cohort. Outcomes: Child protection registration; individual categories of registration—sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Population and participants: 119 771 infants born in West…
Metals and pigments at Amara West
This paper presents the results of elemental and lead isotopic analysis of copper alloys, copper-based pigments and an extremely rare tin-based alloy from the town of Amara West (Sudan), the centre for pharaonic control of occupied Upper Nubia between 1300 and 1070 BCE. It is the first assemblage of its kind to be analysed for Upper Nubia during this period. This research examines the selection and consumption of alloys in a colonial context, in …
Nubian Agricultural Practices, Crops and Foods
Agricultural practices in northern Sudan have been changing rapidly but remain little documented. In this paper we aim to investigate changes to crops grown in living memory and their uses through interviews with Nubian farmers on the island of Ernetta. By exploring cultivation and crop processing practices, together with associated material culture and foodstuffs, we also seek to explore how agricultural and food heritage are connected, and to b…
Mycenaean pottery from Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)
The Health Needs of Children Aged 6–12 Years in Foster Care
It is well established that looked after children have high levels of health needs that are not usually met by existing services. Lisa Anderson, Panos Vostanis and Nick Spencer report on a study which aimed to establish the perceptions of health needs among children aged 6–12 years and their foster carers. Fifty-six children and their carers from two local authorities completed a health checklist, the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Child…
The life course, childhood housing conditions and adult health
Socioeconomic conditions are known to be major determinants of health at all stages of the life course from pregnancy,1childhood,2 and adulthood.3 Life course epidemiology has added a further dimension to our understanding of the social determinants of health showing an association between early socioeconomic conditions and adult morbidity and mortality,4 and adult health related behaviours.5 Differential exposures over the life course are also l…
Household income and maternal education in early childhood and activity-limiting chronic health conditions in late childhood
BACKGROUND: We examined absolute and relative relationships between household income and maternal education during early childhood (<5 years) with activity-limiting chronic health conditions (ALCHC) during later childhood in six longitudinal, prospective cohorts from high-income countries (UK, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, USA). METHODS: Relative inequality (risk ratios, RR) and absolute inequality (Slope Index of Inequality) were estim…
Accounting for the social disparity in birth weight
Social disparity in birth weight is well recognised1 but less well explained. Maternal height, smoking, substance misuse, and micronutrient deficiency are the most likely determinants of social disparities in birth weight.1 Intergenerational effects through maternal birth weight and growth in early childhood have also been suggested as mediators of social difference in birth weight.2,3 This paper uses data from the 1958 British national birth coh…
Poverty and child health
There is a long established link between poverty and child health, both in the United Kingdom and in other countries. In this review of the literature, the author explores the nature of this link. The paper discusses the historical background and briefly reviews the evidence from the developing countries and the controversy surrounding the definition of poverty before examining the association between child health and poverty in the United Kingdo…
Deprivation and Child Abuse
The paper reviews the association between material deprivation and child abuse and considers the implications of the association for preventive strategies. The authors conclude that community‐wide strategies aimed at supporting all child carers are more likely to succeed in preventing child abuse than those based on identification of high risk' groups. Common elements of successful community‐wide strategies are presented as are the implications f…
The life course, childhood housing conditions and adult health
Socioeconomic conditions are known to be major determinants of health at all stages of the life course from pregnancy,1childhood,2 and adulthood.3 Life course epidemiology has added a further dimension to our understanding of the social determinants of health showing an association between early socioeconomic conditions and adult morbidity and mortality,4 and adult health related behaviours.5 Differential exposures over the life course are also l…
The Additive Effects of Household Smoking and Housing Tenure on Birthweight Distribution in a Birth Cohort
Objective:to study the additive effects of smoking and housing tenure on birthweight distribution and risk of birthweight <2500g, <3000g and <3500g Setting:Coventry Study design:whole year birth cohort Outcomes: birthweight normal distribution curves with medians (50th centile), 10th and 90th centiles; birthweight <2500g, <3000g and <3500g Participants:2600 infants enrolled into the CoventryCohort Study by the Family Health Visitor at the birth v…
The Health Needs of Children Aged 6–12 Years in Foster Care
It is well established that looked after children have high levels of health needs that are not usually met by existing services. Lisa Anderson, Panos Vostanis and Nick Spencer report on a study which aimed to establish the perceptions of health needs among children aged 6–12 years and their foster carers. Fifty-six children and their carers from two local authorities completed a health checklist, the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Child…
Accounting for the social disparity in birth weight
Social disparity in birth weight is well recognised1 but less well explained. Maternal height, smoking, substance misuse, and micronutrient deficiency are the most likely determinants of social disparities in birth weight.1 Intergenerational effects through maternal birth weight and growth in early childhood have also been suggested as mediators of social difference in birth weight.2,3 This paper uses data from the 1958 British national birth coh…
Maternal education, lone parenthood, material hardship, maternal smoking, and longstanding respiratory problems in childhood
Background: Maternal smoking and low socioeconomic status are known to be associated with each other and with longstanding respiratory problems in childhood but their interrelation has received little attention. In this paper, the interrelations is studied using a conceptual hierarchical framework among children aged 0–11 years in a representative sample of British households with children. Method: With data from the family and children study, th…
Disentangling the effects of different components of socioeconomic status on health in early childhood
Impact of material hardship on child health The effects of poverty on health in early childhood have been recognised for many years and have generated a prolonged and often acrimonious causal debate.1 Explanations have broadly fallen into two groups: those that focus on characteristics of the poor themselves such as the inferiority of their “genetic stock”, their poor hygiene, their poor childcare practices, or their health related behaviours suc…
Social paediatrics
Social paediatrics is an approach to child health that focuses on the child, in illness and in health, within the context of their society, environment, school, and family. The glossary clarifies the range of terms used to describe aspects of paediatric practice that overlap or are subsumed under social paediatrics and defines key social paediatric concepts. The glossary was compiled by a process of consultation and consensus building among the a…
Smoking behaviour change among fathers of new infants
Child abuse registration, fetal growth, and preterm birth
Objectives: To study the relation of intra-uterine growth and gestational age with child protection registration in a 20 year whole population birth cohort. Setting: West Sussex area of England. Study design: Retrospective whole population birth cohort. Outcomes: Child protection registration; individual categories of registration—sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Population and participants: 119 771 infants born in West…
Explaining the social gradient in smoking in pregnancy
Determinants of Birthweight; Gender Based Analysis
Access to health care for Roma children in Central and Eastern Europe
Our research illustrates the complexity of the problems the Roma face. Access to health care cannot be discussed in isolation from other problems this population group experiences, such as poverty, restricted access to education, and social exclusion
Children and parents with limiting long-term illness and disability (LLTI/D) in the UK
Objectives To examine the relationship between child limiting long-term illness and disability (LLTI/D) and parental LLTI/D, factors associated with this relationship and the extent to which parental disability precedes or follows parenting a disabled child using the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study (ONS-LS). Design and methods Children born between 1981 and 1991 UK censuses who became ONS-LS members and present at 2001 …
P2-27 Does social disadvantage in earlier childhood predispose to onset of limiting longterm illness (LLTI)/disability in later childhood? A population based study using the UK ONS Longitudinal Study …
Introduction There is a lack of empirical evidence on the predictors and temporal ordering of factors associated with child disability. Objective To examine the relationship between social disadvantage in earlier childhood and the onset of LLTI/D in later childhood in the UK ONSLS. Methods Children born between the 1981 and 1991 UK censuses who became ONSLS members and were present at the 2001 census were identified. Data were extracted on those …
Disabled Children and their Families
Focusing mainly on the United Kingdom, this article reviews a decade of national and international policy and legal changes in relation to disabled children and their families. It discusses attempts to transform the ways that disabled children are perceived and the rights accorded to them. The UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons, specific UK policy initiatives and debates on universal and specialist provisions are outlined. Considerat…
Amara ouest
Spencer Neal, Millet Marie. Amara ouest : aspects de la vie quotidienne au nouvel empire en Nubie. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 157e année, N. 2, 2013. pp. 639-659
Understanding the impact of the economic crisis on child health
Despite the impact on social determinants, a short-term impact on child health has been detected only in specific vulnerable groups. The findings suggest the need to urgently protect vulnerable groups of children from the impact of austerity
The New Kingdom settlement of Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)
Mycenaean pottery from Amara West (Nubia, Sudan)
The biocultural heritage and historical ecology of date palm cultivation in Nubian villages northern Sudan
Household income and maternal education in early childhood and activity-limiting chronic health conditions in late childhood
BACKGROUND: We examined absolute and relative relationships between household income and maternal education during early childhood (<5 years) with activity-limiting chronic health conditions (ALCHC) during later childhood in six longitudinal, prospective cohorts from high-income countries (UK, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, USA). METHODS: Relative inequality (risk ratios, RR) and absolute inequality (Slope Index of Inequality) were estim…
Nubian Agricultural Practices, Crops and Foods
Agricultural practices in northern Sudan have been changing rapidly but remain little documented. In this paper we aim to investigate changes to crops grown in living memory and their uses through interviews with Nubian farmers on the island of Ernetta. By exploring cultivation and crop processing practices, together with associated material culture and foodstuffs, we also seek to explore how agricultural and food heritage are connected, and to b…
Child Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of a child rights-based approach to policymaking and crisis management. Anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 3P framework-provision, protection, and participation-forms the foundation for health professionals advocating for children's rights. Expanding it with two additional domains-preparation and power-into a 5P framework has the potential to enhance child rig…
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