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Bailey, Grace A; Lee, Alexandra; Bedford, Helen; Perry, Malorie; Holland, Sally; Walton, Suzanne; Griffiths, Lucy J; (2023) Immunisation status of children receiving care and support in Wales: a national data linkage study. Frontiers in Public Health , 11 , Article 1231264. 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231264. Green open access
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Bandyopadhyay, A; Tingay, K; Akbari, A; Griffiths, L; Bedford, H; Cortina-Borja, M; Walton, S; ... Brophy, S; + view all (2019) Behavioural difficulties in early childhood and risk of adolescent injury. Archives of Disease in Childhood , 105 pp. 282-287. 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271. Green open access
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Bartington, SE; Peckham, C; Brown, D; Joshi, H; Dezateux, C; Millennium Cohort Study Child Hlth, MM; (2009) Feasibility of collecting oral fluid samples in the home setting to determine seroprevalence of infections in a large-scale cohort of preschool-aged children. EPIDEMIOL INFECT , 137 (2) 211 - 218. 10.1017/S0950268808000927. Green open access
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Bedford, H; de Louvois, J; Halket, S; Peckham, C; Hurley, R; Harvey, D; (2001) Meningitis in infancy in England and Wales: follow up at age 5 years. BMJ , 323 (7312) pp. 533-536. 10.1136/bmj.323.7312.533. Green open access
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Bedford, H; Firman, N; Waller, J; Marlow, L; Forster, A; Dezateux, C; (2021) Which young women are not being vaccinated against HPV? Cross-sectional analysis of a UK national cohort study. Vaccine , 39 (40) pp. 5934-5939. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.094. Green open access
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Bedford, HE; Elliman, DA; (2024) Child and adolescent immunisation in the UK: current issues. Paediatrics and Child Health , 34 (3) pp. 81-84. 10.1016/j.paed.2023.12.001. Green open access
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Bedford, Helen; Donovan, Helen; (2022) We need to increase MMR uptake urgently. BMJ , 376 , Article o818. 10.1136/bmj.o818. Green open access
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Bedford, Helen; Skirrow, Helen; (2023) Action to maximise childhood vaccination is urgently needed. BMJ , 383 , Article p2426. 10.1136/bmj.p2426. Green open access
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Bedford, HE; (2017) Vaccine hesitancy, refusal and access barriers: The need for clarity in terminology. Vaccine 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.004. (In press). Green open access
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Bukasa, A; Campbell, H; Brown, K; Bedford, H; Ramsay, M; Amirthalingam, G; Tookey, P; (2018) Rubella infection in pregnancy and congenital rubella in United Kingdom, 2003 to 2016. Eurosurveillance , 23 (19) pp. 2-9. 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.19.17-00381. Green open access
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Bunting, C; Clery, A; McGrath-Lone, L; Liu, M; Kendall, S; Bedford, H; Cavallaro, F; ... Woodman, J; + view all (2024) How does health visiting in the first year of life vary by family characteristics? A longitudinal analysis of administrative data. Journal of Public Health 10.1093/pubmed/fdae259. (In press). Green open access
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Chisnall, G; Letley, L; Mounier-Jack, S; Bedford, H; Chantler, T; (2025) “I want to chat with a person”: a qualitative longitudinal cohort study in England exploring drivers of sub-optimal childhood vaccination uptake. Vaccine , 62 , Article 127462. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127462. (In press). Green open access
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Chisnall, Georgia; Letley, Louise; Mounier-Jack, Sandra; Bedford, Helen; Chantler, Tracey; (2025) Parents' experiences of accessing childhood vaccination services in England: A qualitative longitudinal cohort study. Vaccine , 52 , Article 126921. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126921. Green open access
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Clery, Amanda; Harron, Katie; Woodman, Jenny; Bedford, Helen; Kendall, Sally; (2022) We need both quantitative and qualitative data to prove the value of health visiting. The British Medical Journal , 379 , Article o2503. 10.1136/bmj.o2503. Green open access
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Condon, L; Bedford, H; Ireland, L; Kerr, S; Mytton, J; Richardson, Z; Jackson, C; (2018) Engaging Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities in Research: Maximizing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges. Qualitative Health Research 10.1177/1049732318813558. (In press). Green open access
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Crawshaw, Alison F; Farah, Yasmin; Deal, Anna; Rustage, Kieran; Hayward, Sally E; Carter, Jessica; Knights, Felicity; ... Hargreaves, Sally; + view all (2022) Defining the determinants of vaccine uptake and undervaccination in migrant populations in Europe to improve routine and COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00066-4. (In press). Green open access
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Croker, H; Russell, SJ; Gireesh, A; Bonham, A; Hawkes, C; Bedford, H; Michie, S; (2020) Obesity prevention in the early years: A mapping study of national policies in England from a behavioural science perspective. PLOS ONE , 15 (9) , Article e0239402. 10.1371/journal.pone.0239402. Green open access
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Dyson, L; Bedford, H; Condon, L; Emslie, C; Ireland, L; Mytton, J; Overend, K; ... Jackson, C; + view all (2020) Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings. BMC Public Health , 20 , Article 1574. 10.1186/s12889-020-09614-4. Green open access
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Forster, AS; Chorley, AJ; Rockliffe, L; Marlow, LAV; Bedford, H; Smith, SG; Waller, J; (2015) Factors affecting uptake of childhood vaccination in the UK: a thematic synthesis. The Lancet , 386 (S36) p. 36. 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00874-0. Green open access
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Forster, AS; Cornelius, V; Rockliffe, L; Marlow, L; Bedford, H; Waller, J; (2017) A protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility study of an adolescent incentive intervention to increase uptake of HPV vaccination among girls. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 10.1186/s40814-017-0126-y. Green open access
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Forster, AS; Cornelius, V; Rockliffe, L; Marlow, LAV; Bedford, H; Waller, J; (2017) A cluster randomised feasibility study of an adolescent incentive intervention to increase uptake of HPV vaccination. British Journal of Cancer 10.1038/bjc.2017.284. Green open access
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Forster, AS; Rockliffe, L; Chorley, AJ; Marlow, LA; Bedford, H; Smith, SG; Waller, J; (2016) Ethnicity-specific factors influencing childhood immunisation decisions among Black and Asian Minority Ethnic groups in the UK: a systematic review of qualitative research. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 10.1136/jech-2016-207366. (In press). Green open access
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Forster, AS; Rockliffe, L; Chorley, AJ; Marlow, LAV; Bedford, H; Smith, SG; Waller, J; (2016) A qualitative systematic review of factors influencing parents’ vaccination decision-making in the United Kingdom. SSM - Population Health , 2 pp. 603-612. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.07.005. Green open access
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Forster, AS; Rockliffe, L; Marlow, LA; Bedford, H; McBride, E; Waller, J; (2017) Exploring Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Refusal Among Ethnic Minorities in England: A Comparative Qualitative Study. Psycho-Oncology , 26 (9) pp. 1278-1284. 10.1002/pon.4405. Green open access
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Griffiths, LJ; Cortina-Borja, M; Bandyopadhyay, A; Tingay, K; De Stavola, BL; Bedford, H; Akbari, A; ... Dezateux, C; + view all (2019) Are children with clinical obesity at increased risk of inpatient hospital admissions? An analysis using linked electronic health records in the UK millennium cohort study. Pediatric Obesity , 14 (6) , Article e12505. 10.1111/ijpo.12505. Green open access
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Griffiths, LJ; Cortina-Borja, M; Tingay, K; Bandyopadhyay, A; Akbari, A; DeStavola, BL; Bedford, H; ... Dezateux, C; + view all (2019) Are active children and young people at increased risk of injuries resulting in hospital admission or accident and emergency department attendance? Analysis of linked cohort and electronic hospital records in Wales and Scotland. PLoS One , 14 (4) , Article e0213435. 10.1371/journal.pone.0213435. Green open access
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Griffiths, LJ; Lyons, RA; Bandyopadhyay, A; Tingay, KS; Walton, S; Cortina-Borja, M; Akbari, A; ... Dezateux, C; + view all (2018) Childhood asthma prevalence: cross-sectional record linkage study comparing parent-reported wheeze with general practitioner-recorded asthma diagnoses from primary care electronic health records in Wales. BMJ Open Respiratory Research , 5 (1) , Article e000260. 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000260. Green open access
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Harron, Katie; Kendall, Sally; Bunting, Catherine; Cassidy, Rebecca; Atkins, Julie; Clery, Amanda; Saloniki, Eirini-Christina; ... Woodman, Jenny; + view all (2024) How should policymakers, funders, and research teams mobilize to build the evidence base on universal early years services? Primary Health Care Research & Development , 25 , Article e67. 10.1017/S1463423624000550. Green open access
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Hawkins, SS; Pearce, A; Cole, TJ; Law, C; (2009) Perceived and objective measures of the neighbourhood environment and overweight in preschool children and their mothers. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity , 4 (3) pp. 183-192. 10.1080/17477160802596155. Green open access
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Hawkins, SS; Griffiths, LJ; Dezateux, C; Law, C; Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group, .; (2007) The impact of maternal employment on breast-feeding duration in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Public Health Nutrition , 10 (9) pp. 891-896. 10.1017/S1368980007226096. Green open access
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Hesketh, KR; Fagg, J; Muniz-Terrera, G; Bedford, H; Law, C; Hope, S; (2016) Co-occurrence and clustering of health conditions at age 11: cross-sectional findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open , 6 (11) , Article e012919. 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012919. Green open access
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Hesketh, KR; Law, C; Bedford, H; Hope, S; (2016) Co-Occurrence of Health Conditions during Childhood: Longitudinal Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). PLoS One , 11 (6) , Article e0156868. 10.1371/journal.pone.0156868. Green open access
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Jackson, C; Bedford, H; Cheater, FM; Condon, L; Emslie, C; Ireland, L; Kemsley, P; ... Dyson, L; + view all (2017) Needles, Jabs and Jags: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to child and adult immunisation uptake among Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. BMC Public Health , 17 , Article 254. 10.1186/s12889-017-4178-y. Green open access
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Jackson, C; Dyson, L; Bedford, H; Cheater, FM; Condon, L; Crocker, A; Emslie, C; ... Smith, L; + view all (2016) UNderstanding uptake of Immunisations in Travelling aNd Gypsy communities (UNITING): a qualitative interview study. Health Technology Assessment , 20 (72) xxviii, 1-175. 10.3310/hta20720. Green open access
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Jackson, C; Yarwood, J; Saliba, V; Bedford, H; (2017) UK parents' attitudes towards meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccination: a qualitative analysis. BMJ Open , 7 (4) , Article e012851. 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012851. Green open access
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Kendall, S; Nash, A; Braun, A; Bastug, G; Rougeaux, E; Bedford, H; (2019) Acceptability and understanding of the ASQ-3TM as part of the healthy child programme two-year health and development review in England: Parent and professional perspectives. Child: Care, Health and Development , 45 (2) pp. 251-256. 10.1111/cch.12639. Green open access
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Landowska, K; Waller, J; Bedford, H; Rockliffe, L; Forster, AS; (2017) Influences on university students' intention to receive recommended vaccines: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open , 7 (7) , Article e016544. 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016544. Green open access
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Limavady, Andrew; Tu, I-Ting; Bedford, Helen; (2024) Guarding the gatekeepers: a comprehensive approach to control nosocomial measles. Infection 10.1007/s15010-024-02186-0. (In press). Green open access
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Mabbott, Annie P; Bedford, Helen; (2023) Pain management in infant immunisation: A cross-sectional survey of UK primary care nurses. Primary Health Care Research & Development , 24 , Article e71. 10.1017/S146342362300066X. Green open access
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Marszalek, Milena; Hawking, Meredith KD; Gutierrez, Ana; Dostal, Isabel; Ahmed, Zaheer; Firman, Nicola; Robson, John; ... Dezateux, Carol; + view all (2023) Implementation of a quality improvement programme using the Active Patient Link call and recall system to improve timeliness and equity of childhood vaccinations: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation. BMJ Open , 13 (1) , Article e064364. 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064364. Green open access
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McQuaid, Fiona; Mulholland, Rachel; Sangpang Rai, Yuma; Agrawal, Utkarsh; Bedford, Helen; Cameron, J Claire; Gibbons, Cheryl; ... Wood, Rachael; + view all (2022) Uptake of infant and preschool immunisations in Scotland and England during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study of routinely collected data. PLoS Medicine , 19 (2) , Article e1003916. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003916. Green open access
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McQuaid, F; Jones, C; Stevens, Z; Meddaugh, G; O'Sullivan, C; Donaldson, B; Hughes, R; ... Snape, MD; + view all (2018) Antenatal vaccination against Group B streptococcus: attitudes of pregnant women and healthcare professionals in the UK towards participation in clinical trials and routine implementation. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica , 97 (3) pp. 330-340. 10.1111/aogs.13288. Green open access
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Mytton, J; Bedford, H; Condon, L; Jackson, C; UNITING team; (2020) Improving immunization uptake rates among Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: a qualitative study of the views of service providers. Journal of Public Health , Article fdaa100. 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa100. (In press). Green open access
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O' Brien, Niamh; Quinn, Nuala; Joyce, Birgitta; Bedford, Helen; Crushell, Ellen; (2022) Emergency department utilisation by homeless children in Dublin, Ireland: a retrospective review. BMJ Paediatrics Open , 6 (1) , Article e001368. 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001368. Green open access
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O'Mahony, Elizabeth; Bedford, Helen; Marlow, Robin; Sherman, Susan M; Whittaker, Elizabeth; Fitzgerald, Felicity; (2025) Fifteen-minute consultation: Should I get my child the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine? Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition , 110 (4) pp. 159-163. 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327700. Green open access
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O'Mahony, Elizabeth; Sherman, Susan M; Marlow, Robin; Bedford, Helen; Fitzgerald, Felicity; (2024) UK paediatricians' attitudes towards the chicken pox vaccine: The SPOTTY study. Vaccine , 42 (22) , Article 126199. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126199. Green open access
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Parker, M; Bedford, H; Ussher, M; Stead, M; (2021) Should covid vaccination be mandatory for health and care staff? BMJ , 374 , Article n1903. 10.1136/bmj.n1903. Green open access
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Paulson, Simone; Munro, Alasdair PS; Cathie, Katrina; Bedford, Helen; Jones, Christine E; (2025) Protecting Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus: An Online Questionnaire Study Exploring UK Parents' Acceptability of Vaccination in Pregnancy or Monoclonal Antibody Administration for Infants. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal , 44 (2S) S158-S161. 10.1097/INF.0000000000004632.

Pearce, A; Law, C; Elliman, D; Cole, TJ; Bedford, H; Millennium Cohort Study Child Hlth; (2008) Factors associated with uptake of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) and use of single antigen vaccines in a contemporary UK cohort: prospective cohort study. BRIT MED J , 336 (7647) 754 - 757. 10.1136/bmj.39489.590671.25. Green open access
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Pearce, A; Marshall, H; Bedford, H; Lynch, JL; (2015) Barriers to childhood immunisation: findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Vaccine , 33 (29) pp. 3377-3383. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.089. Green open access
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Pearce, A; Mindlin, M; Cortina-Borja, M; Bedford, H; (2013) Characteristics of 5-year-olds who catch-up with MMR: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open , 3 (7) , Article 003152. 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003152. Green open access
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Samad, L; Tate, AR; Dezateux, C; Peckham, C; Butler, N; Bedford, H; (2006) Differences in risk factors for partial and no immunisation in the first year of life: prospective cohort study. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL , 332 (7553) pp. 1312-1313. 10.1136/bmj.332.7553.1312. Green open access
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Saxena, S; Skirrow, H; Bedford, H; Wighton, K; (2021) Covid-19 vaccines for teenagers: conversations and consent Whatever teenagers and families decide, their views must be heard and respected. BMJ , 374 , Article n2312. 10.1136/bmj.n2312. Green open access
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Sherman, SM; Lingley-Heath, N; Lai, J; Sim, J; Bedford, H; (2023) Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: A study to inform policy. Vaccine , 41 (8) pp. 1438-1446. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.027. Green open access
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Sherman, Susan M; Allerton-Price, Charlotte; Lingley-Heath, Nicola; Lai, Jasmine; Bedford, Helen; (2024) UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration. Vaccine , 42 (10) pp. 2621-2627. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.002. Green open access
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Stead, M; Jessop, C; Angus, K; Bedford, H; Ussher, M; Ford, A; Eadie, D; ... MacKintosh, AM; + view all (2021) National survey of attitudes towards and intentions to vaccinate against COVID-19: implications for communications. BMJ Open , 11 (10) , Article e055085. 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055085. Green open access
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Stead, Martine; Ford, Allison; Eadie, Douglas; Biggs, Hannah; Elliott, Claire; Ussher, Michael; Bedford, Helen; ... MacGregor, Andy; + view all (2022) A “step too far” or “perfect sense”? A qualitative study of British adults’ views on mandating COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine passports. Vaccine 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.072. (In press). Green open access
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Suárez-Idueta, L; Bedford, H; EO, O; Cortina-Borja, M; (2021) Maternal Risk Factors for Small-for-Gestational-Age Newborns in Mexico: Analysis of a Nationwide Representative Cohort. Frontiers in Public Health , 9 , Article 707078. 10.3389/fpubh.2021.707078. Green open access
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Sythes, Laura; Bedford, Helen; (2022) Motherhood and vaccine refusal in the United Kingdom: A new examination of gender, identity and the journey to contemporary non-vaccination. Child: Care, Health and Development , 48 (6) pp. 979-989. 10.1111/cch.12976. Green open access
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Tingay, KS; Bandyopadhyay, A; Griffiths, L; Akbari, A; Brophy, S; Bedford, H; Cortina-Borja, M; ... Lyons, RA; + view all (2019) Record linkage to enhance consented cohort and routinely collected health data from a UK birth cohort. International Journal of Population Data Science , 4 (1) , Article 10. 10.23889/ijpds.v4i1.579. Green open access
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Vishram, B; Letley, L; Jan Van Hoek, A; Silverton, L; Donovan, H; Adams, C; Green, D; ... Campbell, H; + view all (2018) Vaccination in pregnancy: Attitudes of nurses, midwives and health visitors in England. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics , 14 (1) pp. 179-188. 10.1080/21645515.2017.1382789. Green open access
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Waller, J; Forster, A; Ryan, M; Richards, R; Bedford, H; Marlow, L; (2020) Decision-making about HPV vaccination in parents of boys and girls: A population-based survey in England and Wales. Vaccine , 38 (5) pp. 1040-1047. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.046. Green open access
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Walton, Suzanne; Cortina-Borja, Mario; Dezateux, Carol; Griffiths, Lucy J; Tingay, Karen; Akbari, Ashley; Bandyopadhyay, Amrita; ... Bedford, Helen; + view all (2022) Linking cohort data and Welsh routine health records to investigate children at risk of delayed primary vaccination. Vaccine , 40 (34) pp. 5016-5022. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.080. Green open access
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Walton, S; Bedford, H; (2017) Immunization of looked-after children and young people: a review of the literature. Child: Care, Health and Development , 43 (4) pp. 463-480. 10.1111/cch.12452. Green open access
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Walton, S; Bedford, H; Dezateux, C; Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group; (2006) Use of personal child health records in the UK: findings from the millennium cohort study. BMJ , 332 (7536) pp. 269-270. 10.1136/bmj.332.7536.269. Green open access
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Walton, S; Cortina-Borja, M; Dezateux, C; Griffiths, LJ; Tingay, K; Akbari, A; Bandyopadhyay, A; ... Bedford, H; + view all (2017) Measuring the timeliness of childhood vaccinations: Using cohort data and routine health records to evaluate quality of immunisation services. Vaccine , 35 (51) pp. 7166-7173. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.085. Green open access
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Bedford, H; Walton, S; Ahn, J; (2013) Measures of Child Development: A review. UCL Institute of Child Health: London, UK. Green open access
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Kendall, S; Nash, A; Braun, A; Bastug, G; Rougeaux, E; Bedford, H; (2014) Evaluating the use of a population measure of child development in the Healthy Child Programme Two Year Review. UCL Children's Policy Research Unit: London, UK. Green open access
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