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Health visitor: volume 64: 199I female circumcision: 210 - A 252 training pack: 26 ISPCAN conference: L 238 twins: RP 52 ABC of quality childcare, The: B 235 protection: 64 - 67 - B 269 Children in need and their families: B 388 accidents helpline: 100 China, study tour: L 350 register: A 225 cigarette advertising: RP 228 children hospital admission: RP 87 social work delegation: 245 clinical directorates: 67 or prevention: 348 - A 219 twins: RP 52 clinical standards advisory group: L 203 home safety: V 128 Child abuse: B 269 clinics see child development adoption: A 297 child benefit: BU 88 clumsiness, chidren: RP 164 child care provision, NHS employees: YR 304 COMA report: A 278 Aids see also HIV children: RP 121 child death, HV support: A 7 weaning: 282 child development: B 305 - L 92 commercial promotion, schools: A 138 - ST 169 pre-school: 32 health education: B 90 clinics, GP contract: A 180 Community Care Act (1990), implications: A 9 prevention: L 311 growth monitoring: B 305 community care reform secondary school survey: 244 parent-held records: 101 - A 229° 340°L poll tax: 98, 170 sex education: A 212 - 221 204 - RP 302 community charge see poll tax alcohol consumption, heart disease: RP 339 screening: RP 228 Community Health Councils: ST 202 allergies, dietetics advice: L 28 training ideas: U 389 community mothers: A 171 - L 92 alternative medicine: A 50 weighing 275: L 93 - 202 community nursing Alzheimer’s disease, nicotine use: RP 302 child development programme: A 171 - 393° L92 DH report: E 1 - 97 Child health matters: B 347 primary health care authority American indians: A 419 asbestos, industrial benefits: ST 27 childbirth Roy report: A 218 adult psychosis: RP 262 summit meeting: A 6 Asians see also ethnic minorities diabetes: 31 choices: B 305 conductive education: L 58 disabled children: V 31 water birth: RP 382 Contact a Family: O 29 - 57 - 132° 307 - elderly people: A 196 children see also babies, infant, schoolchildren 350 - 390 Pakistan and Azad Kashmir visit: A 263 accidents: 348 - RP 87 Cornwall community trust: A 139 Assessment of the elderly: B 388 prevention: A 219 coronary heart disease see heart disease Aids: RP 121 cot death see sudden infant death asthma children: RP 382 asthma: RP 21 - 382 counselling: B 26 clinics: RP 302 prevention: L 131 experiential learning: B 201 dust mite antigen: RP 21 behaviour, fathers’ views: A 257 Counselling handbook, The: B 26 prevention: L 131 problems: A 415 crying, infants: A 188 survey: 4 birth defects: 176 Crying baby, The: B 26 attendance allowance: BU 267 maternal age: RP 121 Crysis, crying babies: O 205 Azad Kashmir, health initiatives: A 263 cigarette advertising: RP 228 clumsiness: RP 164 deafness: 280 diabetes: RP 164 diarrhoea treatment:: RP 262 day nurseries, Greenwich cuts: L 203 babies see also children, infant, sudden infant death deiastainbgl edp roAsbilaenmss:: VA 331 34 ddeeabftn ecsosu,n scehlillidnrge:n : A 28308 1 crying: B 26 food standards: B 127 dentists, opting out of NHS: 3 Crysis: O 205 freedom to travel: $T310 deprived areas, Jarman index: RP 121 mneiclrkpo attsiatsleiersnn:gs : Le nAt3 e1r01o 8c8o- li3t9i2s : RP 87 hhleyeapulektrahae cmticiaavr:ei :t yR:BP L250 213 50- - 136447 DcDheeivvleedllrooenpp:mm eennBtt aal3l 0 5es pxeaemcihn adtiisoornd erosf: inBf an9t0s and pre-school neuroblastoma: A 47 open learning package: 306 diabetes: RP 418 ssikxi n mocnarteh:s :B A1 288 4 ppahryesnitc ald eaptuhn:i sAhm e3n3t7: 5 - A 289° L 27 cAhsiiladnr:e n:3 1 RP 164 talcum powder dangers: RP 228 92° 131° 204 human insulin: A 398 Baby check: RP 382 poverty: 174 - A 376 diarrhoea, children: RP 262 bereavement: B 200 - 347 pre-school: B 128 diet see also food, nutrition counselling pack: B 235 Aids: 32 COMA report: A 278 parent death: A 337 day care: B 235 disease patterns: A 176 Bereavement: a guide for nurses: B 347 day nursery cuts: L 203 income support families: A 246 Birth Defects Foundation: O 176 racial issues, WGARCR: O 57 phenylketonuria and IQ: RP 164 breastfeeding: B 269 private fostering: A 343 - L 170 dietetics, allergies: L 28 Breastfeesetdaibngl isbhomoke,n t:T he:R PB 221 69 sraifgehttys commissioner ST 425 Ddiirseacbtiilointsy ilni vniunrgs inagl lorweasenacrec:h : BBU 16286 7 B & B hotels: 65 disabled people and poverty: ST 391 fireguard bank: A 383 disease prevention, diet: A 176 smoking: ST 129 Down's syndrome, heart disease: RP 262 special needs organisations: O 29 - 57 - dust, and asthma: RP 21 cancer 132 - 205 - 306 - 350° 390 health promotion: A 119 stress: B 200 holistic approach: 33 weanies parties: A 122 carers visually impaired: O 350 carer's premium: BU 23 Children Act (1989): A 407 - B 388 respite care: 99 definition of ‘need’: 317 elderly people 424 Chernobyl accident: L 238 HVA guidelines: 101 abuse: RP 121 child abuse poll tax: 98 - 170 Asians: A 196 > Volume 64 | Number 12 | December 1991 | Health visitor | 428 assessment: B 388 HV response: A 71 Tower Hamlets: 208 communication: V 348 peace vigil: 33 - L129 Waltham Forest cuts: 4 disability: 138 Wandsworth: A 283 GP contract: A 181 Wedmore, Somerset: A 214 health services survey: 32 Health visiting and elderly people: B 424 HV services: 101 health visitors see also HVA, NHS leg ulcers: L 130 campaigning: A 371 lifestyle changes: A 191 Health and housing: B 269 car allowances: 244 emergencies, HV role YR 125 health authorities child care: YR 304 End Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH): 5 Cornwall community trust: A 139 conference attendance: L 238 - 392 environmental issues GP contract: A 215 continuing education: E 62 menstruation: ST 169 health education, mobile exhibition: A 53 srown car scheme: L170 - YR 56 nappies: A 286 health promotion: B 168 - 424° L 28° 131 discrimination: 100 and women: A 44 Brighton centre: A 331 distance learning: 177 - A 288 cancer: A 119 enterprise in training: A 117 ethnic minorities see also American indians, Asians, Palestinians, Vietnamese, West Africans diet: A 176 Epsom negotiations: 243 health needs: 357 - A 16 elderly Asians: A 196 fixed term contracts: YR 198 heart disease: RP 195 green paper: 177 - 365 - A 174° 211 -406 Gulf war: A 71 interpreting services: A 185 E173: 205 HVA course cancellations: 281 NHS nurses: 140 HV role: L 310 job sharing: A 116 Wandsworth: A 283 innovative practice: A 254 lease cars: 141 - 207 European Community, infant feeding: 64 Labour party: A 34 national emergencies: YR 125 Evaluating health promotion: B 200 men: A 265 negotiation rights: 243 experiential learning: B 201 poverty: A 174 NHS restructuring: YR 346 Eyeline: O 350 programme planning: B 200 postgraduate degrees: 197 schools: A 152 professional issues: L 94 - 169 - 275 - 311 Health promotion at the community level: B 424 racial issues: 142 Health psychology: B 127 registration: 209 health records retirement ideas: L 391 access: A 300 self-governing trusts: 207 - YR 268 families parent-held: 101 - A229 - 340°L short term contracts: A 175 and Aids: 4 204 - RP 302 special leave: YR 233 HVA conference: 102 - 210 - 2 Health through public policy: B 234 student sponsorship: 245 308 359- E277 health visiting see also nursing training: 67 - B 128 low income: 278 - A 368 - 376 caseload definition: 333 Wycombe job cuts: A 179 family planning caseload sharing: 318 - ST 350 Heart attacks: B 388 sex education: A 314 child death: A 7 heart disease TUC: 67 child health: V 389 alcohol consumption: RP 339 fatalism, elderly people: A 191 child protection: 64 Down's syndrome: RP 262 fathers see also men Children Act 1989: A 407 ethnic differences: RP 195 RP 195 community health initiatives: E 241 Peterborough project: A 22 child behaviour: A 257 community health profile: A 294 prevention: B 388 Feed your child safely: B 127 community mothers: A 171 - L 92 socio-economic status: RP 21 Feed your children well: B 127 ethnic minorities: A 283 stroke: RP 195 female circumcision: 210 - A 252 evaluation: A 292 - 294 Helping children with stress: B 200 fireguards: A 383 Gambia: A 19 hepatitis A, school outbreaks: 100 first aid, neural tube detects: 280 GP contract: A 180 hepatitis B, Vietnamese people: 315 food see also diet, nutrition health promotion: L 28 - 310 HIV see also Aids GATT proposals: A 39 historical roots: A 328 family support: 4 orange juices: A 108 holistic approach: L 58 pregnancy: RP 339 safety: 100 - B 127 home visiting: L 350 - 351 holistic health care: A 77 vitamin A, liver and pregnancy: RP 52 innovative practice: A 254 Home safety: W 128 young children: A 122 linguistic problems: A 185 homelessness food poisoning: 100 Nechells estate Birmingham: A 325 bed and breakfast: 65 fostering New Zealand: L 391 health effects: B 269 private: A 343 NHS changes: A 12: L 92 HVA development worker: 101 West African children: L 170 parent-held records: A 229 Shelter: 316 Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths: O 170 PREPP: 209 - A 68 hospitals public health: A 40 contract confidentiality clauses: 208 research job losses: 176 flexible methodology: A 390 housing funding: A 163 government programmes: 176 Gambia, rural health visiting: A 19 - L 93 library facilities: A 231 legislation: A 373 GATT (general agreement on tariffs and trade): A postgraduate registration: A 197 Hungary, visiting Peto Andras Institute: L 58 39 project subjects: A 125 HVA see also health visitors general practice: proposal outline: A 342 AGM 1991: 5 - 60 - 133 - 183 budget holders: 208 quality and quantity: A 431 AGM 1992: 318 GP contract: 2 - A 180 - 216 resources: L 130 All change baby book: 281 practice nurses: 7° RP 87 - L275 topic selection: A 266 annual conference 1991: 102 - 210° psychology: B 347 skill mix: 175 - A 386 272-359 E277 social service referral: 140 social work delegation: 245 fringe schedule: 282 women’s rights: L 94 specialised groups: 206 programme: 308 g3 enital mutilation: 210 - A 252 spiritual needs: L 391 annual report 1990: 132 Growth mon:toring and promotion in young children: B sudden infant death: 170 - A 115 centre secretaries: 236 305 support staff: A 37 - L 28 Children Act guidelines: 101 Guide to child health, A: B 201 Surrey cuts: 354 clinical grading appeals: 32 Gulf war: ST 92 team visiting: A 421 course cancellations: 281 Abbreviations: A Article. B Book review. BU Benefits Update. E Editorial. L Letter. O Organisation (Network). RP Recent paper. ST Straight Talking. V Video review. YR Your Rights At Work. distance learning 177 - A 288 LINK, Neurofibromatosis Association: O 29 restructuring: YR 346 election candidates: 106 Looking at loss: B 235 service planning: ST 238 green paper response: 365 Support Federation: A 321 homelessness SIGH: 101 trust status: 2 - 243 - 279 - 402° YR 268 innovative practice database: E 241 Parkside ballot: A 322 journal TUC award: 282 West Dorset Trust: 207 labour relations department: L 130 - YR 387 two-tiered system: 279 maintenance payments: BU 197 National health visiting week: 270 - 363 white papers: A 63 maternity leave: L94 - YR 89 national roadshows: 142 legal rights: A 384 Whitley regrading: 316 pay review: 354 nuclear weapons testing: 316 NHS employees: L 59 - YR 25 policy-making rules: 209 nursery nursing: L 69 measles: L 68 professional services appointment: 33 nursing see also health visiting Measuring the quality: nursing care audit: B 128 ‘provider unit’ scheme: 67 melanoma, pregnancy: RP 195 green paper: 177 - 275 school nurse group: 66° 142 historical account: B 127 men see also fathers senior managers study day: 142 factory health promotion: A 265 NHS white papers: A 63 structure review: 102 sex education: B 168 research: B Yu ~ 168 - 509 student pack: 177 Royal College of Nursing: L 275 meningitis, flu outbreaks: 315 subscription rates: 400 Nursing and health care research: B 305 menstruation: UKCC retorm proposais: 323 nursing care audit: B 128 environmental issues: ST 169 unsolicited mail: L 131 - 170 Nursing research in action: B 90 school promotional material: ST 169 Welsh committee conference: 66 nutrition see also diet, food mental health, racial issues: 138 women’s health SIG: 5 - 141 children: B 127 miscarriage, parent support: B 200 hyperactivity: L 350 COMA report: A 278 Miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death: B 200 school meals: 315 mobility allowance: 100 - BU 267 school promotional material: A 138 mortality see infant mortality mothers, HV evaluation: A 292 MSF (Manufacturing, Science, Finance union) immunisation, advertisements: L 94 annual conference: A 217 - L 239 uptake: RP 418 elections: 5 In Touch: O 29 - 57 - 132° 205 * 307 - Lesbians and Gays working party: L 350 orange juices, standards: A 108 350 - 390 scholarships: 33 infant feeding see also babies, breastfeeding women and TUC: A 70 EC draft directive: 64 hospital milk sales: L 310 - 392 necrotising enterocolitis: RP 87 Pakistan, health initiatives: A 263 infant mortality see also babies, sudden infant death Palestinians, health needs: A 72 - L 202 - 203 - Greenwich: 140 neonatal death: B 200 nappies, environmental issues: A 286 274 national emergencies, HV role: YR 125 parent-held records see health records perinatal mortality: A 319 National health visiting week: 270 - 363 parents stillbirth: A 242 - B 200 National school nursing week: 6 - 178 - 247 adoption: A 297 trends: RP 21 necrotising enterocolitis: RP 87 child development screening: RP 228 infants see babies, children, sudden infant death neonatal death, parent support: B 200 multidisciplinary support group: A 259 intelligence, phenylketonuria: RP 164 Nestlé, Church of England boycott: 280 open learning package: 306 International Society for the Prevention of Child neural tube defects Parents against Tobacco: ST 129 Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) conference: L folic acid: 280 perinatal mortality: A 319 238 vitamins: RP 339 Peto Andras Institute: L 58 interpreting services: A 185 neuroblastoma, babies: A 47 pharmacy, childhood diarrhoea: RP 262 invalid care allowance: BU 23 neurofibromatosis, LINK: O 29 phenylketonuria: RP 52 Israel, Palestinian health: A 72 - L 202 - 203 - NHS see also health visitors diet and IQ: RP 164 274 baby milk sales: L 310 - 392 Picture of health, A: B 127 BMA campaign: 140 poll tax Camberwell health authority: 246 - A 249 Children Act: 98 - 170 changes: A 12 - 301 -L92 community care reform: 179 Jarman index: RP 121 - 382 CHC guidelines: ST 202 non-payers: A 24 Just me and the kids: a manual for lone parents: B 90 clinical grading appeals: 32 postnatal depression: A 410 - 412 clinical standards advisory group: L 203 postneonatal mortality, trends: RP 21 Community Care Act: A9 poverty: 315 HV response: A 144 British children: 174 - A 376 poll tax: 98 - 170 debt counselling: A 381 Virginia Bottomley response: A 143 dietary needs: A 246 Kenya, health education in schools: A80 community nursing: E 1 - 97 disabled people: ST 391 community services: A 103 - 251 families: A 368 - 376 dentists opt out: 3 health divide: 31 - A 355 ° 356 - E30 - 353 Epsom negotiations: 243 - i B60 fixed term contracts: YR 198 health promotion: A 174 - 211 Labour party, health promotion: A 34 health records access: A 300 practice nurses: 177 - L 275 - RP 87 Learning human skills: B 201 HV changes: A 12 pregnancy Learning together: B 168 maternity leave: L59 - YR 25 - adult psychosis: RP 263 leg ulcers: L 130 MSF annual conference: A 217 - cat owners: L 310 legislation, child care: B 269 outside district referrals: 280 choices: B 305 housing: A 373 patients’ charter: 280 HIV: RP 339 maternity rights A 384 pay award: 65 melanoma: RP 195 leukaemia pension scheme: 280 social drinking: RP 302 children: RP 52 Plymouth grades: 315 suicide: RP 87 parental occupation: RP 164 racial issues: 140 - A 104 - 358 vitamin A and liver: RP 52 linguistic problems: A 185 resource allocation: L 130 weight gain: RP 339 Abbreviations: A Article. B Book review. BU Benefits Update. E Editorial. L Letter. O Organisation (Network). RP Recent paper. ST Straight Talking. V Video review. YR Your Rights At Work. PREPP: A 68 schoolchildren see also children, school nursing TUC women’s conference: A 109 HV registration: 209 health interviews: A 154 welfare benefits: BU 165 HVA comments: 178 Kenya: A 80 return to practice courses: L 28 medical examination: A 157 Prevention of sexual transmission of human menstruation: ST 169 immunodeficiency viru: B 90 public health: A 107 primary health care authority: A 103 - 252 - 406 sex education: A 314 vaccination see immunisation Project 2000: A88 529 severe disablement allowance: BU 23 Vietnamese, hepatitis B: 315 Psychological problems in general practice: B 347 severe disablement premium: BU 55 visual impairment, Eyeline: O 350 psychology sex education, Aids: A 212 - 221 vitamins, neural tube defects: RP 339 general practice: B 347 Sex education and young men: B 168 health promotion: B 127 sexually transmitted diseases, health advisers: 141 public health sickle cell disease: A 73 - B 128 - V 306 conference: A 356° 357 screening: 404 HV role: A 40 single parent families: B 90 water, metering dangers: 139 policy: B 234 maintenance proposals: BU 232 weaning, COMA committee: 282 poverty links: A 355 - 356 smacking see children, physical punishment welfare benefits school health service: A 107 smoking benefit rates April 1991: BU 124 water metering: 139 Alzheimer’s disease: RP 302 carers: BU 23 children: ST 129 child benefit: BU 88 cigarette advertising: RP 228 disability living allowance: BU 267 tobacco advertising: 280 means-tested benefits: BU 385 social services, community care: 140 mobility allowance: 100 Quality assurance: B 201 socio-economic status non-means-tested benefits: BU 345 child health: A 376 school meals: 315 - BU 303 heart disease: RP 21 severe disability premium: BU 55 Somali women, circumcision: 210 severe disablement allowance: BU 23 speech disorders: B 90 unemployment: BU 165 racial fiesmsauelse circumcision: 210 stillbirgptaohrv eenrtn mseunptp orti:n quiBr y2:0 0A 242 West wAformiecna:ns , BUpr iv2a3t e fostering: A 343 - L170 mine ntthael NhHeSa:lt h:A 113084 - 358 stress children: B 200 Wweosmte nD orset Trust, contracts: 207 renal tsWirGcaknAlseRp lCcaeRnltl: a tdiiosOne a:s 5e7:R P4 041 95 hpMeoIasriNttD iv dei sseutarhsvieen:y k:i RngPS: T 1S955T8 274 cgalnoidvn iecrt hnehm eeaenlnttvh i rbdooanoymk:el ent2t:3: 0 BA 24446 rrrReeohstyepiauirlmte eam tCeoconailtrdl,e :e gwea9r o9tm hoerfi- ntN:i1us 3:r8 sA i RnPg82 : 41187 7 - L 275 suddencBf luairibntnyihfc ea rnct ah teptcdrekeen:agd tnahaRn ncPcse ey:e : 3 a8lL2sA o 23b1a91b 0i es, infant mortality HlmrraeiaVtgtteAhi et rrmsen oSmiIteitGnhny:t e :hr erh5aio°Algo th dht8s :1:24 c 1 a rRAeP : 38L246 29 4 government inquiry: A 242 TUC: 67 - A70~- 109 HV support: 170 - A 115 welfare benefits: BU 23 monitors: 101 - L204 - 238 - 274 Women’s Environmental Network: A 44 prevention: A 113 - 397 Working Group Against Racism in Children’s safety, in the home: V 128 sleeping position: RP 228 Resources (WGARCR): O 57 school governors: 318 sugar Working with the Children Act 1989: B 26 school meals: BU 303 artificial sweeteners: 279 nutrition: 315 school promotion: 397 school nursing see also schoolchildren suicide, pregnancy: RP 87 66 - A 146° E 137 - RP 418 support workers: A 37 Aids education: 244 Bexley: 3 Your choices for pregnancy and childbirth: B 305 Camberwell: A 249 Your health: a guide to services for women: B 246 educational needs: A 160 first aid club: A 18 fixed term contracts: YR 198 talcum powder, dangers: RP 228 SRLS) grading appeals: YR 166 thalassaemia: A 73 - B 128 tobacco advertising: 280 headlice: 317 - 400 community nursing, DH report: 1 - 97 toxoplasmosis: L 310 health intervention: 178 families, HVA conference: 277 health promotion: A 152 transplantation, psychological aspects: RP 195 health promotion, green paper: 173 - 205 hepatitis: A 100 travellers, health beliefs: A 223 - L 311 health visitors, continuing education: 62 history at centenary: A 150 TUC health visiting, community health initiatives: 241 HVA journal award: 282 HVA HVA reform proposals: 178 women’s conference: 6 - A 70° 109 annual conference: 277 SIG group: 142 twins see also children database: 241 independent schools: 246 child abuse: RP 52 NHS, community nursing: 1 - 97 National week: 6 - 247 poverty, health divide: 30 - 353 awards: 281 school nursing: 137 nutrition: A 138 UKCC registration: A 147 education and training: 62 sex education, Aids: A 212 - 221 UKCC legislative framework: 395 skill mix: 206 education and training: E 62 reform proposals: 313 South Western region cuts: 396 legislative framework: E 395 Stockport: A 148 PREPP: 178 - A68 Tower Hamlets: 208 reform proposals: 323 - E 313 workload: A 162 unemployment York reorganisation: 244 deprivation index: RP 382 Abbreviations: A Article. B Book review. BU Benefits Update. E Editorial. L Letter. O Organisation (Network). RP Recent paper. ST Straight Talking. V Video review. YR Your Rights At Work. Research diary Quantity or quality? AUTHORS Mattock, C: 154 McKenny, J: 23 - Mitchell, J: 263 Appleby, F: 254 Mole, S: 221 Ashton, J: 107 Naish,J : 300 Sheila Macdonald-Scott writes: work, preventive health care Bagnall, P: 146 Nash, W: 274 One thing to be considered when and detection of health needs Barker, W: 12 Newell, P: 425 choosing a topic to research is which the health visitor Barr, M: 300 Noakes, J: 406 the type of methodology to performs during her routine Battersby, S: 373 Norman, A: 103 - employ. The decision of whether domiciliary visiting. The Bax, M: 157 Noyes, J: 113 to use quantitative or evidence of this crucial work can Beard, M: 110 Ore, }::6 « 88 Bell, S A: 47 - 386 qualitative methods in health only be gathered using the Bennett, F: 88 Percy, P: 12 visiting research projects creates qualitative type of project. Bethell, C: 294 Phillips, B: 383 a dilemma for the individual Research which effectively Bhrolchain, C M N: 393 Potrykus, C: 34 - 37 - 63° 98° researcher and has implications analyses health visiting will use Billingham, K: 40 104 - 138° 139° 144° 174° for the profession. a combination of these methods Birkinshaw, W: 259 17S > 180-206: 201-* 216° 217° To provide statistics which to look at the generalised Blackburn, C: 368 242 - 249 - 278 - 283 - 314° 319 justify the role of the health pattern of behaviour and also to Blackburn, P: 7 - 336° 355 - 358 402 - 404 visitor, research must reflect the assess health visiting input on a Boothroyd, W: 119 Pound, R: 289 mixture of both medical and one-to-one basis. Bottomley, V: 143 Prentice, S: 9 Bradford, M: 331 Ring, W: 297 social factors in health, which The project | am working on Burns, C: | Roberts, H: 219 are integral to health visitors’ is a nationwide survey, Charny, M: 191 Robin, N: 71: 321 work. The social factors of involving one hundred and fifty Chevannes, M: 16 Rose, V: 419 health can be investigated by families with children under Cole-Hamilton, I: Rowe, A: 292 small scale qualitative projects. five. | am using a combination Collis, J: 160 Ryan, L: 202 This approach will highlight the of qualitative and quantitative Cullinan, R: 412 Sharma, U: 50 interactionist skills of the research methods. The first Daly, M: 322 Shaw, H: 18 health visitor and provide an stage comprises a structured Darby, P: 259 Sherratt, F: 84 Dauncey, J: 229 Smythe, T: 92 insight into the unique questionnaire; the second stage Davies, L: 169 St. James Roberts, I: 188 community knowledge which a recorded, semi-structured Dimond, H: 115 Stewart, A: 297 health visitors accumulate interview with a random Douglas, J: 334 Strasser, S K: 259 during their everyday work. selection of sixty women. Dunmore, J: 129 Tait, N: 27 Qualitative projects cannot It seemed to me useful to Eady, J: 384 Taylor, J: 223 be replicated in detail as the offer access to my survey Ferguson, M: 73 Taylor, M: 238 relationship between the population to other health Fleming,J : 80 Trew, K: 257 interviewer and interviewed is authorities, to see if they would Furley, A: 371 Twinn, S F: 329 subjective; comparative studies like to include a few questions, Gibson, A: 70 Vallely, B: 44 are therefore extremely perhaps to form a pilot study for Gilardi,J : 225 Vetter, N J: 191 Golton, F M: 188 Vine, P: 150 difficult. They are also future research, in the second Goodwin, S: 376 Watkins, S J: 251 - 328° 401 time-consuming, difficult to stage of my project. Hadjipateras, A: 391 Watson, E: 115 substantiate under critical I felt that I had already Hayward, P J: 185 Watson, M C: 22 analysis, and expensive. They establisheda relationship with Hendy, J: 384 Weir, M: 77 do not produce data upon which my interviewees and that it Hepplewhite, R: 58 Whitmore, K: 157 policy decisions can be would give other authorities Hewitt, K: 415 Wilson, H: 117 formulated and are therefore access to clients which otherwise Hillman, M: 310 Winn, S: 331 ineffective for producing would prove very expensive and Hoare, K J: 19 Woo, M: 185 statistics which support and time consuming. Holland, S: 407 Woollard, C: 343 highlight the effectiveness of Interestingly, of the six Holmes, S: 84 Jackson, C: health visiting practice. health authorities to which I 68 - 70 - 72 ~ 82° 106 -109 - Discrete statistics produced offered the service, only three 146° 148 179+ 212: 214°: by quantitative projects can be have expressed an interest. It 217 - 252 - 265 - 286 - 288 - used to predict, or assess, trends seems that for all the 340 - 387 - 421 in health needs and provide a enthusiasm expressed in Jaques, R: 24 framework for future policies. research, and the professed Jebali, C: 410 Immunisation rates, acknowledgement of its Johnson, A: 84 developmental checks and clinic importance, bureaucracy Johnson, J: 152 attendances, for example, are continues to stifle innovation @ Jones, D: 116 Jones, K: 113 areas of investigation which Kangesu, E: 185 project discrete statistics. Tip number eight: Lakhani, B: 165 - 197 - 232 - Quantitative surveys lend Keep a journal of 303 - 345 - 385 themselves well to projects rough notes outlining Lawton, D M: 393 which are linked to the medical Leszczyszyn, R: 381 factors of health. They provide ideas for future Lewis, P A: 191 evidence for the work on which research projects as Lobstein, T: 39 - 108 - 176 - 246 the health visitor constructs ber Macdonald, M: 53 - 122 - 196 you carry out day to basic practice. Macdonald-Scott, S: 123 - 163 - 197 day health visiting - 231 - 266 - 342 - 350 - 390 - 427 Quantitative research, Mack, P: 257 however, does not highlight the work Mackeith, P: 292 interaction between client and Markwell, J: 337 health visitor nor provide O This concludes the ‘Research evidence of the counselling diary’ series Volume 64 | Number 12 | December 1991 | Health visitor