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Publications for Professor Allan Colver
Publications in Press
Gainsborough M, Surnam G, Maestri G, Colver A, Cans C. Validity and reliability of the guidelines of Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy. DMCN
Parkes J, White-Koning M, Dickinson HO, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkinson K, Colver A. Psychological problems in children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional European study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [accepted]
2008 Publications
Arnaud C, White-Koning M, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Thyen U, Beckung E, Dickinson HO, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, McManus V, Colver A. Parent-reported quality of life in children with cerebral palsy in Europe. Pediatrics. 2008; 121(1): 54-64
2007 Publications
Dickinson HO, Parkinson KN, Ravens-Sieberer U, Schirripa G, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, McManus V, Michelson SI, Parkes J, Colver A. Self-reported quality of life of 8-12 year old children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional European Study. Lancet. 2007; 369: 2171-2178
McNally RJQ, Colver A. Space-time clustering analyses of occurrence of cerebral palsy in Northern England for births 1991-2003. Annals of Epidemiology. 12 Sept 207. Epub ahead of Print
White-Koning M,Arnaud C,Dickinson HO, Thyen U, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Schirripa G, Colver A. Determinants of child/parent agreement in quality of life reports - a European study in children with cerebral palsy. Pediatrics. 2007; 120(4): 804-14
Young B, Rice H, Dixon-Woods M, Colver AF, Parkinson KN. A qualitative study of the health-related quality of life of disabled children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2007: 49: 660-665
2006 Publications
Colver AF. Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated? British Medical Journal. 2006; 333(7566): 494-496
Colver AF. What are we trying to do for disabled children? Current Paediatrics. 2006; 16: 501-505
Colver AF. Study Protocol: SPARCLE - a multi-centre European study of the relationship of environment to participation and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy. BMC Public Health. 2006; 6: 105.
Forsyth R, Colver A, Alvanides S, Wooley M, Lowe M. Participation of young severely disabled children is influenced by their intrinsic impairments and environment. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2007; 49: 345-349
Dickinson HO, Parkinson K, McManus V, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Schirripa G, Thyen U, Colver A. Assessment of data quality in a multi-centre cross-sectional study of participation and quality of life of children with cerebral palsy. BMC Public Health. 2006; 6: 273.
Lawlor K, Mihaylov S, Welsh B, Jarvis SJ, Colver AF. A qualitative study of the physical, social and attitudinal environments influencing the participation of children with cerebral palsy in northeast England. Pediatric Rehabilitation. 2006; 9(3): 219-228.
McConachie H, Colver AF, Forsyth RJ, Jarvis SN, Parkinson KN. Participation of disabled children: how should it be characterised and measured? Disability and Rehabilitation. 2006; 28(18): 1157-1164
McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkinson K, Colver A, Beckung E, Pez O & Caravale B. Discussion groups with parents of children with cerebral palsy in Europe designed to assist development of a relevant measure of environment. Child: care, health and development. 2006; 32(2): 185-192.
Surman G, Bonellie S, Chalmers J, Colver A, Dolk H, Hemming K, King A, Kurinczuk J, Parkes J, Platt M. UKCP: a collaborative network of cerebral palsy registers in the United Kingdom. Journal of Public Health. 2006; 28(2): 148-56
Tisdall K. Editor Colver AF. Volumes 1 & 2. National contextual factors affecting the lives of disabled children in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and UK (England and Northern Ireland) Newcastle University, Newcastle, 2006
Welsh B, Jarvis S, Hammal D, Colver A. How might districts identify local barriers to participation for children with cerebral palsy? Journal of Public Health. 2006; 120: 167-175
2005 Publications
Colver AF, Nevantaus H, Macdougall C, Cant AJ. Severe food-allergic reactions to food in children across the UK and Ireland 1998-2000. Acta Paediatrica. 2005; 94: 689-695
Colver A. A shared framework and language for childhood disability. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2005: 47: 780-784
Hemming K, Hutton JL, Colver AF, Platt MJ. Regional variation in survival of people with cerebral palsy in the United Kingdom. Pediatrics. December 2005;116(6): 1383-90.
2004 Publications
Colver AF, Parkinson, KN. Study of participation and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy in Europe. MAPI Quality of Life Newsletter. 2004; 32: 5-6.
Morris C, Colver A, Rosenbaum P. Impact of movement ability on the lives of children with cerebral palsy and their families. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2004; 46 (supp 99): 40.
Jessen EC, Jarvis S, Mackie P, Colver AF. Development and validation of an instrument to measure the impact of childhood disabilities on the lives of cerebral palsy and their families. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2004; 46 (supp 100); 17.
Hammal D, Jarvis SN, Colver AF. Participation of children with cerebral palsy is influenced by where they live. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2004; 46(5): 292-8.
Mihaylov SI, Jarvis SN, Colver AF, Beresford B. Identification and description of environmental factors that influence participation of children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2004; 46(5): 299-304.
2003 Publications
Jessen EC, Colver AF, Mackie PC, Jarvis SN. Development and validation of a tool to measure the impact of childhood disabilities on the lives of children and their families. Child: care, health and development 2003; 29: 21-34.
Colver AF. The benefits of a population register of cerebral palsy Indian Paediatrics 2003; 40: 639-644.
Colligan J, Miller J, Colver AF. A qualitative study, using focused interviews, of the information needs of families whose children's names are on a cerebral palsy register. Child: Care, Health and Development 2003; 29: 465-471.
Colver AF, Sethumadhavan T. The term diplegia should be abandoned. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003; 88: 286-90.
Colver AF, Macdougall C, Cant A. Food allergy in childhood. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003; 88: 742-3.
Parker L, Salotti J, Cresswell T, Jarvis S, Lothian J, Hammal DM, Colver A, Smith I. Children with long-term disability in the former Northern and Yorkshire NHS Region - A scoping study for the North East Public Health Observatory. North East Public Health Observatory, September 2003.
2002 Publications
Macdougall CF, Cant AJ, Colver AF. How dangerous is food allergy in childhood? The incidence of severe and fatal allergic reactions across the UK and Ireland. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2002; 86: 236-9.
Drummond PM, Colver AF. Analysis by gestational age of cerebral palsy in singleton births in north-east England 1970-94. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2002; 16: 172-80.
Colver AF, Gale C, Appleby L. Health of children considered for adoption. Child: care, health and development 2002; 28: 455-7.
2000 Publications
Hutton JL, Colver AF, Mackie PC. Effect of severity of disability on survival in north east England cerebral palsy cohort. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2000; 83: 468-74.
Colver AF, Gibson M, Hey EN, Jarvis SN, Mackie PC, Richmond S. Increasing rates of cerebral palsy across the severity spectrum in north-east England 1964-1993. The North of England Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Survey. Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2000; 83: F7-F12.
Publications from and prior to 1999
Posner EB, Colver AF. Thyroid dysfunction in Down's syndrome: relation to age and thyroid autoimmunity. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1999; 81: 283.
Bray L, Clarke M, Jarvis S, Colver AF, Francis PM. Pre-school vision screening: a prospective comparative evaluation. Eye. 1996; 10(6): 714-8
Colver AF. Overview of Community Child Health in the UK. 1970 onwards. Health and Social Care 1996; 4(1): 67-72
Colver AF. Health needs of school age children - a critique. Current Paediatrics 1996; 6: 194-6
Reading R, Colver AF, Openshaw S, Jarvis S. Do interventions that improve immunisation uptake also reduce social inequalities in uptake? British Medical Journal 1994; 308: 1142-44
Gillam SJ, Colver AF. Purchasing for quality. The providers' view of pre-school child health surveillance. Quality in Health Care. 1993; 2: 129-133.
Colver AF. Measurement of the Outcome of Health Surveillance of Pre-school Children. Current Paediatrics. 1992; 2: 93-96
Jarvis SN, Tamhne RC, Thompson L, Francis PM, Anderson J, Colver AF. Preschool vision screening. Archives of Disease in
Childhood 1991; 66: 288-94.
Outcome Measurements for Child Health. Report of working party of the British Paediatric Association 1990 and 1992. Working party convened by Colver AF.
Colver AF. Health Surveillance of Pre-school Children - 4 Years Experience. British Medical Journal 1990; 300: 1246-48
Measurement of Child Health. Report of working party of the Community Paediatric Group 1989. Working party convened by Colver A F.
Colver AF, Robinson A. Establishing a Register of Children with Special Needs. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1989; 64: 1200-1203
Colver AF. Immunisation and General Practice - Letter. Lancet. 1989: i:906
Colver AF. Health Surveillance of Pre-school Children. The Practitioner. 1988; 232: 519-523
Colver AF, Danskin MJ, Parkin JM, Rogers FS, Walker JH. Training Programme for Senior Registrars in Community Paediatrics. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1988; 63: 63-65.
O'Callaghan EM, Colver AF. Selective Medical Examinations on Starting School. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1987; 62: 1041-43
Colver AF. Immunisation Strategy - Letter. Lancet 1987:ii:457
Colver AF. Over-doctored Twins. Maternal and Child Health 1986 11: 316-18
Colver AF, Steiner H. Health Surveillance of Pre-school Children. British Medical Journal. 1986; 293: 258-260
Colver AF. Chapter on Safety. Macmillan Guide to Child Health. Editor David Hull 1985.
Colver AF, Pearson P. Safety in the Home. How well are we doing? Health Visitor 1985; 58: 5841-42
Colver AF, Pedler SJ, Hawkey PM. Severe Campylobacter Infections in Children. Journal of Infection 1985; 11: 217-220.
San Lazaro C, Colver AF, Parkin JM. Prostacyclin in Severe Peripheral Vascular Disease. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1985; 60: 370-372
Colver AF. A Community Campaign against Childhood Asthma. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1984; 59: 449-452
Colver AF. Childhood Asthma. GP 1984 November
Colver AF, Hutchinson PJ, Judson EC. Promoting Children's Home Safety. British Medical Journal 1982; 285: 1177-1180
Colver AF, Uttley WS. Rigid Spine Syndrome and Fatal Cardiomyopathy. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1981: 56: 148-151