A Method of Assessing Maternal Efficiency in Socio-Medical Surveys

E, Thwaites; Sutherland, Ian

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“…Adequate standardization for social class in population studies of this kind always poses considerable difficulty. The over-representation of classes I and II in this study may have had the effect of 'separating quality of maternal care from the environment in which she works' (by choosing a sample which contained a very low percentage of mothers from a poor environment)-a problem which has bedevilled previous surveys of maternal efficiency (Thwaites and Sutherland, 1952;Drillien, 1958).…”

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“…In Oxford a relationship between specific infections and maternal efficiency was found (Thwaites and Sutherland, 1952), but it was considered 'virtually impossible to separate the quality of a mother's care from the setting in which she worked'. In Newcastle (Miller, Court, Walton, and Knox, 1960), there were higher proportions of accidents, diarrhoea, severe bronchitis, and pneumonia among children whose mothers 'could not cope'.…”

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“…In the Edinburgh study 90% of the study population came from social class IV and V, and the problem of separating the quality of maternal care from the setting in which she worked (reported in an earlier investigation by Thwaites and Sutherland, 1952) must have been a very real one. Also the assessment of maternal care, the developmental examination, and the recording of the history were all done by one observer, and this does raise the possibility of observer bias.…”

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A study of the association between quality of maternal care and infant development

Roberts

Rowley

1972

Psychol. Med.

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SYNOPSISThe investigation described in this paper considers the influence of social class and the infant's birth order on maternal care, and then, in the light of these findings, examines the association between quality of maternal care and infant development. The study population comprised 89% of all births during an 18-month period in a defined administrative area in Glamorganshire. Possible explanations for the findings are discussed.

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A study of the association between quality of maternal care and infant development

Roberts

Rowley

1972

Psychol. Med.

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“…Perinatal morbidity is high in these social circumstances (Crellin et ai, 1971). There is also abundant evidence that the physical and intellectual development of children born and brought up in such deprived environments is slower than children reared in more favourable circumstances (Thwaites and Sutherland, 1952;Drillien, 1959;Blank, 1964;Roberts and Rowley, 1972). There is also a higher morbidity for physical illness (Miller et ai., 1960).…”

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The EEG in antisocial behaviour: a study of posterior temporal slow activity in Special Hospital patients

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SYSNOPSISTwo samples of Special Hospital patients who had posterior temporal slow wave foci were selected and matched for age, sex, and duration of stay with patients from the same hospital who had normal EEG records. A high prevalence of between 20 and 31% was found. No significant differences were found between the index and control groups with regard to a number of developmental, forensic, psychiatric, behavioural, and psychometric variables. A striking feature was the high average age of almost 30 years of the posterior temporal slow wave patients. This finding suggests that the current maturation defect hypothesis in relation to cerebral function in psychopaths requires revision. The possible role of early social and environmental factors in the genesis of these EEG anomalies is discussed.

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“…Families were classified according to the Registrar General's classification of paternal occupations. Maternal efficiency was scored as described by Thwaites & Sutherland (1952), omitting the item 'diet of child'. Scores of 1 (poor) to 3 (good) were given to state of child, attitude of mother to child, and state of home; the maximum total score was therefore 9 and the minimum 3.…”

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Health, growth and development of pre-school children in Newcastle upon Tyne

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One hundred and forty 'normal' children aged 0-5 years, selected from three large general medical practices to represent a wide socioeconomic range, were seen monthly for periods of at least one year. Average growth patterns, previously shown to be related to the energy value of diets, conformed to British standards. Height and weight were not significantly related to socioeconomic status, maternal 'efficiency', number of sibs nor place in family. About half the children aged 0-5 years or less changed growth 'channels', falling to 0-4% in children aged 2 years or more. Respiratory illnesses showed seasonal changes, but growth rates did not, and there was no evidence that illness of any kind or severity had more than a transient effect on growth rates. Developmental test scores were not found to be related to growth rates. Girls tended to have higher scores than boys. Children from non-manual families and those with sibs at least 5 years older scored more highly in tests of language than those in other types of family.

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A Method of Assessing Maternal Efficiency in Socio-Medical Surveys

Cited by 7 publications

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A study of the association between quality of maternal care and infant development

A study of the association between quality of maternal care and infant development

The EEG in antisocial behaviour: a study of posterior temporal slow activity in Special Hospital patients

Health, growth and development of pre-school children in Newcastle upon Tyne

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