Publications by authors named "Joseph Lloyd Ward"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore the vaccination rates and effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in children and young people (CYP) with life-limiting neurodisabilities using national hospital data from England between December 2020 and September 2022.
- Out of 38,067 CYP identified, only 35% received at least one vaccine dose, with higher uptake in older, white children from less deprived areas; upon follow-up, vaccination did not significantly lower hospitalization rates after COVID-19 infection.
- The vaccine showed significant protection against COVID-19 hospitalizations specifically during the Alpha-Delta variant phase, but had no impact during the Omicron variant phase, highlighting low vaccine uptake and disparities in vaccination by ethnicity and socio
Objective: To systematically review the literature describing children and young people (CYP) admissions to paediatric general wards because of primary mental health (MH) reasons, particularly in MH crisis.
Design: PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched, with no restriction on country or language. We addressed five search questions to inform: trends and/or the number of admissions, the risk factors for adverse care, the experiences of CYP, families/carers and healthcare professionals (HCPs) and the evidence of interventions aimed at improving the care during admissions.
Objective: To undertake a systematic review of reviews of the prevalence of symptoms and signs of COVID-19 in those aged under 20 years.
Design: Narrative systematic review of reviews. PubMed, medRxiv, Europe PMC and COVID-19 Living Evidence Database were searched on 9 October 2020.
Cause-specific child and adolescent mortality in the UK and EU15+ countries.
Arch Dis Child
November 2020
Objective: To compare cause-specific UK mortality in children and young people (CYP) with EU15+ countries (European Union countries pre-2004, Australia, Canada and Norway).
Design: Mortality estimates were coded from the WHO World Mortality Database. Causes of death were mapped using the Global Burden of Disease mortality hierarchy to 22 cause groups.