MARTIN PRINCE

Chronic disease prevalence and care among the elderly in urban and rural Beijing, China - a 10/66 Dementia Research Group cross-sectional survey (2009)

Liu, Zhaorui, Albanese, Emiliano, Li, Shuran, Huang, Yueqin, Ferri, Cleusa P, Yan, Fang, ...

Abstract Background Demographic ageing is occurring at an unprecedented rate in China. Chronic diseases and their disabling consequences will become much more common. Public policy has a strong urban...

Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey (2009)

Sosa, Ana, Albanese, Emiliano, Prince, Martin, Acosta, Daisy, Ferri, Cleusa P, Guerra, Mariella, ...

Abstract Background 1) To report site-specific normative values by age, sex and educational level for four components of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery; 2) to estimate the...

Violence and post-traumatic stress disorder in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the protocol for an epidemiological and genetic survey (2009)

Andreoli, Sérgio, Ribeiro, Wagner, Quintana, Maria, Guindalini, Camila, Breen, Gerome, Blay, Sergio, ...

Abstract Background violence is a public health major concern, and it is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychiatric outcomes. Brazil is one of the most violent countries in...

Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study (2008)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewege, Suwin, Sumathipala, Kethaki, Prince, Martin, Mann, Anthony

Abstract Background Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are often distressed, disabled and dissatisfied with the care they receive. Illness beliefs held by patients have a major...

Informed consent in Sri Lanka: A survey among ethics committee members (2008)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewage, Suwin, Lekamwattage, Manura, Athukorale, Manjula, Siriwardhana, Chesmal, ...

Abstract Background Approval of the research proposal by an ethical review committee from both sponsoring and host countries is a generally agreed requirement in externally sponsored research....

Ethics Review Committee approval and informed consent: an analysis of biomedical publications originating from Sri Lanka (2008)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewege, Suwin, Lekamwattage, Manura, Athukorale, Manjula, Siriwardhana, Chesmal, ...

Abstract Background International guidelines on research have focused on protecting research participants. Ethical Research Committee (ERC) approval and informed consent are the cornerstones....

BMC Psychiatry (2008)

Biomed Central, Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Suwin Hewege, Kethaki Sumathipala, Martin Prince, ...

Research article Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study

The impact of maternal experience of violence and common mental disorders on neonatal outcomes: a survey of adolescent mothers in Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007)

Ferri, Cleusa P, Mitsuhiro, Sandro S, Barros, Marina CM, Chalem, Elisa, Guinsburg, Ruth, Patel, Vikram, ...

Abstract Background Both violence and depression during pregnancy have been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes, particularly low birth weight. The aim of this study was to investigate the...

The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme (2007)

Prince, Martin, Ferri, Cleusa P, Acosta, Daisy, Albanese, Emiliano, Arizaga, Raul, Dewey, Michael, ...

Abstract Background Latin America, China and India are experiencing unprecedentedly rapid demographic ageing with an increasing number of people with dementia. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's...

BMC Public Health BioMed Central (2007)

Cleusa P Ferri, Ro S Mitsuhiro, Marina Cm Barros, Elisa Chalem, Ruth Guinsburg, Vikram Patel, ...

Research article The impact of maternal experience of violence and common mental disorders on neonatal outcomes: a survey of adolescent

Can urban regeneration programmes assist coping and recovery for people with mental illness? Suggestions from a qualitative case study (2006)

Whitley, Rob, Prince, Martin

Researchers and policy-makers are increasingly recognizing that urban socio-environmental conditions can affect the development and course of numerous health problems. The aim of this paper is to...

Economic barriers to better mental health practice and policy (2006)

Knapp, Martin, Funk, Michelle, Curran, Claire, Prince, Martin, Grigg, Margaret, McDaid, David

Mental health systems in many countries are seriously under-developed, yet mental health problems not only have huge consequences for quality of life, but – particularly in low- and middle-income...

Economic barriers to better mental health practice and policy (2006)

Knapp, Martin, Funk, Michelle, Curran, Claire, Prince, Martin, Grigg, Margaret, Mcdaid, David

Mental health systems in many countries are seriously under-developed, yet mental health problems not only have huge consequences for quality of life, but - particularly in low- and middle-income...

CONCURRENT AND CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE AUDIT IN AN URBAN BRAZILIAN SAMPLE (2005)

LIMA, CARLOS TADEU, FREIRE, ANTONIO CARLOS C., SILVA, ANDREZZA PAULA B., TEIXEIRA, RODRIGO MAIA, FARRELL, MICHAEL, PRINCE, MARTIN

Aims: To assess the concurrent and the construct validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in an urban Brazilian sample. Methods: A random sample of 166 clients of a health...

Can urban regeneration programmes assist coping and recovery for people with mental illness? Suggestions from a qualitative case study (2005)

WHITLEY, ROB, PRINCE, MARTIN

SUMMARY Researchers and policy-makers are increasingly recognizing that urban socio-environmental conditions can affect the development and course of numerous health problems. The aim of this paper...

CONCURRENT AND CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE AUDIT IN AN URBAN BRAZILIAN SAMPLE (2005)

LIMA, CARLOS TADEU, FREIRE, ANTONIO CARLOS C., SILVA, ANDREZZA PAULA B., TEIXEIRA, RODRIGO MAIA, FARRELL, MICHAEL, PRINCE, MARTIN

Aims: To assess the concurrent and the construct validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in an urban Brazilian sample. Methods: A random sample of 166 clients of a health...

Can urban regeneration programmes assist coping and recovery for people with mental illness? Suggestions from a qualitative case study (2005)

WHITLEY, ROB, PRINCE, MARTIN

SUMMARY Researchers and policy-makers are increasingly recognizing that urban socio-environmental conditions can affect the development and course of numerous health problems. The aim of this paper...

Genome-wide linkage analysis of a composite index of neuroticism and mood-related scales in extreme selected sibships (2004)

Nash, Matthew W., Huezo-Diaz, Patricia, Williamson, Richard J., Sterne, Abraham, Purcell, Shaun, Hoda, Farzana, ...

There is considerable evidence to suggest that the genetic vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety substantially overlap and quantitatively act to alter risk to both disorders. Continuous scales...

Genome-wide linkage analysis of a composite index of neuroticism and mood-related scales in extreme selected sibships (2004)

Nash, Matthew W., Huezo-Diaz, Patricia, Williamson, Richard J., Sterne, Abraham, Purcell, Shaun, Hoda, Farzana, ...

There is considerable evidence to suggest that the genetic vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety substantially overlap and quantitatively act to alter risk to both disorders. Continuous scales...

Genome-wide linkage analysis of a composite index of neuroticism and mood-related scales in extreme selected sibships (2004)

Nash, Matthew W., Huezo-Diaz, Patricia, Williamson, Richard J., Sterne, Abraham, Purcell, Shaun, Hoda, Farzana, ...

There is considerable evidence to suggest that the genetic vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety substantially overlap and quantitatively act to alter risk to both disorders. Continuous scales...

GASKETING MEDIA AT ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE. (1998)

Prince,Martin, Okamoto,Yoshiyuki

The development of new materials to be used as solid pressure transmitting media in ultra-high pressure, high temperature apparatus equipped with x-ray facilities has been investigated. The...

Associations between diagnoses, impairments, disability and handicap in a population of elderly people (1998)

Harwood, Rowan H, Prince, Martin, Mann, Anthony, Ebrahim, Shah

Background ‘Handicap’ is the disadvantage for an individual that results from ill-health. It represents an important outcome in chronic disabling disease, but has proved difficult to measure...

A study of 'inappropriate' attendances to a paediatric Accident and Emergency Department (1992)

Prince, Martin, Worth, Chris

‘Inappropriate’ attendance to Accident and Emergency Departments (AEDs) has been shown in many studies to be a sizeable problem. However, only one previous study has investigated inappropriate...

Mental health care for the elderly in low-income countries: a health systems approach

PRINCE, MARTIN, LIVINGSTON, GILL, KATONA, CORNELIUS

Future development of services for older people needs to be tailored to suit the health systems context. Low-income countries lack the economic and human capital to contemplate widespread...

Measuring physical characteristics of housing: the Built Environment Site Survey Checklist (BESSC)

Elizabeth Burton, Scott Weich, Martin Blanchard, Martin Prince

Empirical research in the built environment field is hampered by a lack of reliable measurement tools. The authors argue that there is a need for measures of built form that are objective,...

Ageing and dementia in low and middle income countries - Using research to engage with public and policy makers

Prince, Martin, Acosta, Daisy, Albanese, Emiliano, Arizaga, Raul, Ferri, Cleusa P., Guerra, Mariella, ...

Abstract While two thirds of the 24 million people with dementia worldwide live in low and middle income countries, very little research has been conducted to support policy making in these regions....