§ Grant Holding/Unit and Study
§ Professor E. Alberman, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Low birthweight studies.
§ Professor J. Knowelden, Dept. of Community Medicine, Sheffield University. Multi-centre post-perinatal mortality study.
§ Dr. C. Kay, Royal College of General Practitioners Study of sequelae of abortion.
§ Dr. N. Wald and Professor A. C. Turnbull. Oxford University. Screening for neural tube defects.
§ Professor B. M. Hibbard, Welsh National School of Medicine Screening for neural tube defects.
§ Dr. A. Hutchinson, Lintonville Medical Group, Ashington, Northumberland The effect of intensive health education on rubella immunity in general practice.
§ Dr. P. C. Elwood. Welsh National School of Medicine Evaluation of supplementary milk in pregnancy and infancy.
§ Dr. J. A. F. Roberts and Mr. W. W. Hall, Guy's Hospital Medical School A follow-up of patients seen at a clinic for genetic advice.
§ Professor F. Harris, Mersey RHA Liverpool congenital malformation register.
§ Professor E. O. R. Reynolds, University College Hospital Medical School Follow-up study of children surviving severe perinatal illness or abnormalities.
§ Professor D. G. Wibberley. University of Aston Investigation of effect of heavy metals in placental metabolic processes
§ Professor D. G. Wibberley, University of Aston. Investigation into correlation between levels of heavy metals in placental and other tissues and congenital malformation.
§ Dr. P. E. M. Fine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Follow-up study of individuals exposed to viral infections in utero.
§ Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Oxford RHA Director: Dr. J. A. Baldwin.
- (i) Smoking in pregnancy
- (ii)Post-maturity
- (iii)The effects of termination of pregnancy on subsequent pregnancy outcome and long-term morbidity.
§ Health Services Research Centre Department of Social Medicine, Birmingham; Director: Professor E. G. Knox.
523W§ Perinatal Services: development of measures of effectiveness.
§ The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford University; Director: Dr. I. Chalmers.
- (i) The development, standardisation and analysis of routinely collected statistics
- (ii) A review of existing schemes of confidential enquiries into perinatal deaths
- (iii) Documentation of local perinatal survey data
- (iv) Register of controlled trials in perinatal medicine
- (v) Risk assessment in perinatal care
- (vi) The feasibility of mounting controlled trials of the prevention of pre-term labour.
§ The Medical Sociology Research Centre University College, Swansea; Director: Professor R. E. A. Mapes.
§ Sources of information and influences on, first-time mothers.