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Effect of social exclusion on the risk of teenage pregnancy : development of hypotheses using baseline data from a randomised trial of sex education (2003)
Journal Article
Bonell, C., Strange, V., Stephenson, J., Oakley, A., Copas, A., Forrest, S., …Black, S. (2003). Effect of social exclusion on the risk of teenage pregnancy : development of hypotheses using baseline data from a randomised trial of sex education. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(11), 871-876. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.57.11.871

Study objective: The UK government argues that social exclusion increases risk of teenage pregnancy and that educational factors may be dimensions of such exclusion. The evidence cited by the government is limited to reporting that socioeconomic disa... Read More about Effect of social exclusion on the risk of teenage pregnancy : development of hypotheses using baseline data from a randomised trial of sex education.

Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial (2003)
Journal Article
Moore, H., Summerbell, C., Greenwood, D., Tovey, P., Griffiths, J., Henderson, M., …Adamson, A. (2003). Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial. eBMJ (London), 327(7423), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1085

Objective: To evaluate a training programme intended to improve the management of obesity, delivered to general practice teams. Design: Cluster randomised trial. Setting: Northern and Yorkshire region of England Participants: 44 general practices inv... Read More about Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial.

Searching the evidence: the clinically-effective nutritionist (2003)
Journal Article
Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2003). Searching the evidence: the clinically-effective nutritionist. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 62(4), 773-776. https://doi.org/10.1079/pns2003293

As a clinically-effective nutritionist faced with needing to find the answer to a clinical question quickly it is necessary to search the best evidence efficiently. The requirements are to: (1) avoid having lots of papers to read; (2) be able to acce... Read More about Searching the evidence: the clinically-effective nutritionist.

Biological Determinism and Symbolic Interaction: Hereditary Streams and Cultural Roads (2003)
Journal Article
Dingwall, R., Nerlich, B., & Hillyard, S. (2003). Biological Determinism and Symbolic Interaction: Hereditary Streams and Cultural Roads. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 631-644. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.631

This article discusses current claims to have demonstrated a biological basis for elements of human behavior. It argues that many of these are seriously flawed by their misunderstandings of the nature of culture and social interaction, which leads to... Read More about Biological Determinism and Symbolic Interaction: Hereditary Streams and Cultural Roads.

Energy metabolism in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (2003)
Journal Article
Grace, C., Beales, P., Summerbell, C., Jebb, S., Wright, A., Parker, D., & Kopelman, P. (2003). Energy metabolism in Bardet-Biedl syndrome. International Journal of Obesity, 27(11), 1319-1324. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802420

INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a consistent presenting feature of the Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS), a hereditary disorder caused by a single gene defect. This contrasts sharply with general obesity which, despite a strong hereditary component, has a multifa... Read More about Energy metabolism in Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations (2003)
Journal Article
Williams, R. (2003). Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 515-529. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.515

A central feature of the development of sociological knowledge is the formulation and use of "descriptive frames of reference" within which theoretical and empirical work may be critically assessed. This article considers the way in which one such fr... Read More about Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations.

Using research questionnaires with young people in schools: the influence of the social context (2003)
Journal Article
Strange, V., Forrest, S., Oakley, A., & Team, &. T. R. S. (2003). Using research questionnaires with young people in schools: the influence of the social context. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(4), 337-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/1364557021000024749

Whilst there is an extensive literature on the use of self-completion questionnaires as a research tool, very little attention has been paid to the influence of the social context in determining the ways in which questionnaires are used in practice.... Read More about Using research questionnaires with young people in schools: the influence of the social context.

A school-based randomized controlled trial of peer-led sex education in England (2003)
Journal Article
Stephenson, J., Oakley, A., Johnson, A., Forrest, S., Strange, V., Charleston, S., …Babiker, A. (2003). A school-based randomized controlled trial of peer-led sex education in England. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 24(5), 643-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0197-2456%2803%2900070-9

This article discusses the design of an ongoing cluster-randomized trial comparing two forms of school-based sex education in terms of educational process and sexual health outcomes. Twenty-nine schools in southern England have been randomized to eit... Read More about A school-based randomized controlled trial of peer-led sex education in England.

Cultural diversity (2003)
Book Chapter
Abramowitch, G., de Bruckere, S., & Forrest, S. (2003). Cultural diversity. In V. Vermeer, & J. Walter (Eds.), Similar to others, yet different in many ways : HIV/Aids prevention : a cultural diversity approach. NIGZ, Stichting AIDS Fonds, Commission of the European

The motivation, professional development and identity of social work students in four European countries (2003)
Journal Article
Hackett, S., Kuronen, M., Matthies, A., & Kresal, B. (2003). The motivation, professional development and identity of social work students in four European countries. European Journal of Social Work, 6(2), 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369145032000144421

Four European Universities (University of Durham, UK; University of Jyväskylä, Finland; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Germany) have been collaborating on an EC-funded Erasmus Curriculum Devel... Read More about The motivation, professional development and identity of social work students in four European countries.

Mixed-sex or single-sex sex education : how would young people like their sex education and why? (2003)
Journal Article
Strange, V., Oakley, A., Forrest, S., & Team, &. T. R. S. (2003). Mixed-sex or single-sex sex education : how would young people like their sex education and why?. Gender and Education, 15(2), 201-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540250303852

This article examines young people's views about sex education and focuses specifically on their views about interaction in single- and mixed-sex groups. Analysis of data from a survey of 3355 young people (aged 15/16 years), carried out in 13 co-edu... Read More about Mixed-sex or single-sex sex education : how would young people like their sex education and why?.