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B R Bewley

Publications and source records attributed to B R Bewley.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1995

Women doctors--a review.

There have been very marked changes in the number of women doctors who have come into the profession in this country in the past 40 years. They have faced problems because of society's preconceptions of their role as women. I previously reviewed their position in 1975 and 1986, and now take a look at areas where progress has been made, and also note whether there is still inequality and where women have still not achieved their full potential. I shall make some suggestions for improvement.

Consultants↗
PubMed1991

A postgraduate training course to prepare doctors for decision-making related to health authorities' computing services.

A training course which has been developed for doctors in public health medicine is described. Its underlying purpose was to create an appreciation of general management principles to ensure that resources would be directed to computing which supports patient care. This course could be adapted for computer training of experienced doctors in other branches of medicine.

Computer Systems↗
PubMed1984

Adolescent patients in an Inner London general practice: their attitudes to illness and health care.

A postal questionnaire was sent to 121 patients aged 16-20 years identified from the age-sex register of an Inner London practice; 87 replied. Information was sought about adolescents' perceptions and experience of illness and health care, and their attitudes to preventive medicine. Few of the girls reported that they were in good health; 59 per cent of girls and 23 per cent of boys had visited their general practitioner in the previous three months. Thirty per cent of girls and 15 per cent of boys felt that there was something wrong with their health and in particular that they were overweight. Smoking and drinking were common. Adequate contraception was being practised by most girls.Detailed interviews with 18 of the respondents identified a number of family problems and difficult relations with staff in hospitals. Most of them considered that good health was not merely a matter of luck.Adolescents are usually described as being a most healthy group, but this study of an inner city practice suggests that adolescents themselves do not share this view.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

The development of smoking during adolescence--the MRC/Derbyshire Smoking Study.

Each year from 1974, when they entered secondary school, to 1978, when they reached school-leaving age, a cohort of over 6000 schoolchildren from Derbyshire, England, answered a questionnaire about their own and their family's smoking practices and their social activities. Their replies revealed a steady increase in the prevalence of smoking during adolescence. Those children who in 1974 smoked, had friends of the opposite sex, were highly involved in social activities, experienced peer pressure to smoke and rejected the health hazards of smoking were more likely to be regular smokers in 1978 than were other children. Similarly, those children who, when aged 11-12 years, had parents or siblings who smoked, had friends of the opposite sex, and were highly involved in social activities increased their smoking rapidly in subsequent years. Sex and social class differences in the strength of these associations suggest that an understanding of the development of smoking during adolescence requires knowledge of the particular character of the social relationships among different subgroups of that age-group and the various meanings of smoking to them.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Adolescent attitudes to smoking: their influence on behaviour.

This paper presents data on 6330 boys and girls aged 11-12 years. The relationship between gender, smoking behaviour and attitudes towards smoking in general, smoking and health, family permissiveness, school values and peer group influence are explored. Four attitude scales were constructed with sufficiently high internal consistency scores. Both boys and girls who smoke were more likely to endorse statements concerning the general desirability of smoking and also to under-value the long term dangers of smoking. Smokers were also likely to hold anti-school values and acknowledge peer group pressure to smoke. Boys who smoked were more likely to report lack of parental concern and increased parental permissiveness. Some of the boys' results and all of the girls' results provide original information for a British sample. Findings are discussed, where relevant, in terms of health education and anti-smoking strategies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Cigarette smoking and children's respiratory symptoms: validity of the questionnaire method.

Children who report that they smoke cigarettes, also report increased respiratory symptoms. Could this be an artefact of the questionnaire method? Reports of children's respiratory symptoms obtained from children and from their parents were compared. There was a significant association between these reports, although the relationship was not close. The relationship between symptoms and cigarette smoking was consistent, whichever report was used. It is concluded that the questionnaire technique is valid, and that children who smoke cigarettes are more likely than non-smokers to have respiratory symptoms.

Adult↗