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The Impact of a Neurocollaborative Theraplay® Informed Intervention on the Presentations of Developmental Trauma and Attachment Difficulties in Adopted Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: An Extended Case Study (2025)
Journal Article

The UK incident rate of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in looked after populations is estimated to be 27%. The vast majority of these children enter care due to experiences synonymous with the prodromal stages of developmental trauma and all... Read More about The Impact of a Neurocollaborative Theraplay® Informed Intervention on the Presentations of Developmental Trauma and Attachment Difficulties in Adopted Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: An Extended Case Study.

Development and Pre-Feasibility Testing of SPECIFiC: A Psychoeducation Programme for Caregivers of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) (2023)
Journal Article

A growing number of evidence-based services are available for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), but few focus on caregiver psychoeducation. Despite new guidance in the UK requiring FASD services, the evidence base for effective interventions is... Read More about Development and Pre-Feasibility Testing of SPECIFiC: A Psychoeducation Programme for Caregivers of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Its Impacts on a Child’s Life (2023)
Book Chapter
Cook, P. A., Price, A. D., & Mukherjee, R. A. S. Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Its Impacts on a Child’s Life. In Alcohol Use: Assessment, Withdrawal Management, Treatment and Therapy (193-207). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18381-2_12

Alcohol is a potent teratogen that can lead to physical and neurodevelopmental birth defects known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). An estimated 10% of pregnancies globally are exposed to alcohol, and this is much higher in some countries,... Read More about Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Its Impacts on a Child’s Life.

Switched On : a qualitative review of energy advice for young people (2022)
Report
Price, A., Sherriff, G., & Lomas, M. (2022). Switched On : a qualitative review of energy advice for young people

The Switched On project involved the delivery of free
energy advice to young people aged 16–25 in the
form of workshops, one-to-one individualised advice
sessions and advice via text messaging. Young adults
are a demographic group recognised to b... Read More about Switched On : a qualitative review of energy advice for young people.

Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : summary and recommendations (2021)
Report
Larrington-Spencer, H., Sherriff, A., & Price, A. (2021). Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : summary and recommendations

Active neighbourhoods are being introduced across Greater Manchester as part of the Bee Network. Active neighbourhoods are places where people are prioritised over vehicles and are part of a policy landscape seeking to connect place and mobility and... Read More about Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : summary and recommendations.

Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : qualitative insights into resident experiences across four case study interventions (Full report) (2021)
Report
Larrington-Spencer, H., Sherriff, A., & Price, A. (2021). Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : qualitative insights into resident experiences across four case study interventions (Full report)

Active neighbourhoods are being introduced across Greater Manchester as part of the Bee Network. Active neighbourhoods are places where people are prioritised over vehicles and are part of a policy landscape seeking to connect place and mobility and... Read More about Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : qualitative insights into resident experiences across four case study interventions (Full report).

Prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Greater Manchester, UK: An active case ascertainment study (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Despite high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure in the UK, evidence on the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is lacking. This paper reports on FASD prevalence in a small sample of children in primary school.

Me... Read More about Prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Greater Manchester, UK: An active case ascertainment study.

Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Greater Manchester, UK: an active case ascertainment study (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background Despite high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure in the UK, evidence on the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is lacking. This paper reports on FASD prevalence in a small sample of children in primary school.

Methods... Read More about Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Greater Manchester, UK: an active case ascertainment study.

Overview of FASD: How Our Understanding of FASD Has Progressed (2021)
Book Chapter
Price, A. D., Cook, P. A., & Mukherjee, R. A. S. Overview of FASD: How Our Understanding of FASD Has Progressed. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73966-9_2

Some historical clues suggest an ancient understanding that alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy, but these may have been overstated. Further evidence appears during times of widespread alcohol use in the middle ages, but the current understand... Read More about Overview of FASD: How Our Understanding of FASD Has Progressed.

Part 2 : a qualitative description of participation in an eight-week infant skin integrity study (2021)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F., Price, A., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., & Lythgoe, J. (2021). Part 2 : a qualitative description of participation in an eight-week infant skin integrity study. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(5), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.5.260

Background This is the second paper in a two-part series; the first paper was published in volume 29, issue 4 of the British Journal of Midwifery. The qualitative phase of the Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey (BaSICS) study was designed to addre... Read More about Part 2 : a qualitative description of participation in an eight-week infant skin integrity study.

Part 1 : a qualitative description of participation in an eight-week infant skin integrity study (2021)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F., Price, A., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., & Lythgoe, J. (2021). Part 1 : a qualitative description of participation in an eight-week infant skin integrity study. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(4), 200-207. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.4.200

Background The qualitative phase of the Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey (BaSICS) study was designed to address a dearth of information about research recruitment and retention, and how mothers make decisions about neonatal skincare. Aims The ai... Read More about Part 1 : a qualitative description of participation in an eight-week infant skin integrity study.

698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn? (2021)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F., Price, A., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., Clarke-Cornwell, A., & Lythgoe, J. (2021). 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(3), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.3.150

Background Several industry funded studies between 2001–2018 have compared the use of a single brand of baby wipes to cleansing with water and either cloth or cotton wool during nappy changes. All of these studies found that wipes were safe and effec... Read More about 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?.

The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study : a prospective experimental study using maternal observations to report the effect of baby wipes on the incidence of irritant diaper dermatitis in infants, from birth to eight weeks of age (2020)
Journal Article
Price, A., Lythgoe, J., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., Clarke-Cornwell, A., & MacVane Phipps, F. (2021). The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study : a prospective experimental study using maternal observations to report the effect of baby wipes on the incidence of irritant diaper dermatitis in infants, from birth to eight weeks of age. Pediatrics and Neonatology, 62(2), 138-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.10.003

Background
Baby wipes have been shown to be safe and effective in maintaining skin
integrity when compared to the use of water alone. However, no previous study
has compared different formulations of wipe. The aim of the BaSICS study was to
ident... Read More about The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study : a prospective experimental study using maternal observations to report the effect of baby wipes on the incidence of irritant diaper dermatitis in infants, from birth to eight weeks of age.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) with and without exposure to neglect : clinical cohort data from a national FASD diagnostic clinic (2018)
Journal Article

Disentangling the relative developmental impact of prenatal alcohol exposure from postnatal
neglect is clinically valuable for informing future service provision. In this study developmental
outcomes across groups are compared in a ‘natural experim... Read More about Neurodevelopmental outcomes in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) with and without exposure to neglect : clinical cohort data from a national FASD diagnostic clinic.