A5057211795- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
- Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Family Support in Illness
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Language Development and Disorders
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- History of Medical Practice
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
University of Oxford
2017-2025
Warneford Hospital
2020-2025
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
2013-2023
John Radcliffe Hospital
2009-2022
Ministry of Public Health
2020-2021
University of Liverpool
2021
University of Sheffield
2021
University of Cambridge
2001-2003
University of Kansas
1998
American College of Surgeons
1998
The attention of the world is rightly focused on measures to mitigate transmission and economic effect 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In this rapidly changing situation, media social conversations are entirely dominated by outbreak, children exposed large amounts information high levels stress anxiety in adults around them. Simultaneously, experiencing substantial changes their daily routine infrastructure, which ordinarily foster resilience challenging events.1Danese A...
The overarching objective of this study was to provide the descriptive epidemiology severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Qatar by addressing specific research questions through a series national epidemiologic studies. Sources data were centralized and standardized databases for SARS-CoV-2 infection. By July 10, 2020, 397,577 individuals had been tested using polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR), whom 110,986 positive, positivity cumulative rate 27.9% (95% CI...
Meeting the needs of relatives when a family member is dying can help facilitate better psychological adjustment in their grief. However, end life experiences for families are likely to have been deleteriously impacted by COVID-19 crisis. Understanding how families' be met during global pandemic will current/future relevance clinical practice and policy.
Background: Health and social care professionals’ ability to address the needs of patients their relatives at end life is likely have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: To explore health experiences providing during pandemic help inform current/future clinical practice policy. Design: A qualitative interview study. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Setting/participants: Sixteen professionals working across a range settings in supporting dying first wave (March–June 2020)...
Background: COVID-19 public health restrictions have affected end-of-life care experiences for dying patients and their families. Aim: To explore bereaved relatives’ of quality family support provided during the last days life; to identify impact factors associated with perceived support. Design: A national, observational, open online survey was developed disseminated via social media, fora professional networks (June–September 2020). Validated instruments purposively designed questions...
It was predicted that children learning to read inconsistent orthographies (e.g., English) should show considerable flexibility in making use of spelling–sound correspondences at different unit sizes whereas consistent German) mainly employ small-size grapheme–phoneme strategies. This hypothesis tested a cross-language blocking experiment using nonwords could only be (small-unit nonwords) and phonologically identical decoded larger (large-unit nonwords). These small-unit large-unit were...
To explore the nature of psychosocial adjustment in young people with a cleft as well their parents, within framework Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) transactional model stress coping. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, SETTING: A cross-sectional postal questionnaire design study was used, involving aged between 11 16 years parents. There were 145 families from two services participating study.Participants completed measures psychological adjustment, coping, social experiences, satisfaction appearance,...
Children with cleft lip are known to be at raised risk for socio-emotional difficulties, but the nature of these problems and their causes incompletely understood; longitudinal studies required that include comprehensive assessment child functioning, consideration developmental mechanisms.Children (with without palate) (N = 93) controls 77), previously studied through infancy, were followed up 7 years, functioning assessed using teacher maternal reports, observations social interactions,...
Abstract Young parents (aged 16–24 years) in the perinatal period are at an increased risk of poor mental health especially during COVID-19 pandemic, due to multiple factors including social and economic instability. related restrictions had profound implications for delivery care services other support structures young parents. Investigating parents’ experiences their perceived challenges needs, is important inform good practice provide appropriate Qualitative interviews were conducted with...
TO explore the factors that predict psychosocial adjustment in young people with a cleft and their parents. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, SETTING: The study used cross-sectional postal questionnaire design involving aged between 11 16 parents from two services. Data are presented for 91 adolescents mothers.Participants completed measures of psychological adjustment, coping, social experiences, satisfaction appearance, stressful life events, cleft-related factors, demographic information.Psychosocial...
Background Many adults with mental illness have dependent children; these parents must navigate decisions about whether and what to tell their children the illness. Parents are often influenced by shame guilt disorder, a desire protect from distress. Communication parental can important benefits for children’s psychological outcomes; professionals could be central in facilitating conversations. This study explored parents’ experiences of talking role clinical team this process. Methods...
Abstract Background Qatar has a population of 2.8 million, over half whom are expatriate craft and manual workers (CMW). We aimed to characterize the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Qatar. Methods A series epidemiologic studies were conducted including analysis national SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing hospitalization database, community surveys assessing current infection, ad-hoc campaigns workplaces residential areas, serological for antibody on blood...
Cleft lip and palate is the most common of congenital conditions affecting face cranial bones associated with a raised risk difficulties in infant-caregiver interaction; reasons for such are not fully understood. Here, we report two experiments designed to explore how adults respond infant faces without cleft lip, using behavioural measures attractiveness appraisal ('liking') willingness work view or remove images ('wanting'). We found that infants were rated as less attractive viewed...
Objective The objectives of this study were to investigate how families prepared children for the death a significant adult, and health social care professionals provided psychosocial support about relative’s during COVID-19 pandemic. Design/setting A mixed methods design; an observational survey with relatives bereaved pandemic in UK, in-depth interviews conducted. Data analysed thematically. Participants total 623 participants completed conducted 19 16 professionals. Results Many not...
The protective immunity conferred by subcutaneous injection of outbred CD‐1 mice with a killed Plasmodium yoelii (YM strain) vaccine was strongly potentiated saponin. By adjusting the dose antigen, number immunizations and living parasites in challenge infection, conditions were defined where antigen alone non‐protective but 100% protection obtained addition Inbred BALB/c, CBA/CA C57 Bl much less responsive than mice. following adjuvants compared saponin: mineral oil emulsions (Freund's...
Objective: To determine the psychosocial adjustment of children born with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). Design: Longitudinal analyses outcomes and cross-sectional comparison published norms. Setting: Retrospective clinical audit at UK center. Participants: Data available for 1174 participants CL/P ages 5 (n = 658), 10 415), 15 171), longitudinal data subset sample 168) 49). Main Outcome Measure: Parental-report Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results: The majority scored in...
Objectives This study aimed to explore how published communication frameworks could be amended ensure applicability and cultural appropriateness for professionals support family-centred conversations by investigating’ healthcare professionals’ (1) experiences of providing families when a caregiver or dependent child (<18 years old) has life-threatening condition, (2) perceived challenges caregivers in communicating with children about illness, (3) perceptions clinicians equipped...
Parent-infant social interactions start early in development, with infants showing active communicative expressions by just two months. A key question is how this capacity develops. Maternal mirroring of infant considered an important, intuitive, parenting response, but evidence sparse the first months concerning conditions under which occurs and its developmental sequelae, including clinical samples where infant’s expressiveness may be affected. We investigated these questions comparing...