The following is a list of more recent publications. For a full list, please refer to the IRIS publications webpage for Patricia Lucas.
Lucas, PJ, McIntosh, K, Petticrew, M, Roberts, HM & Shiell, A. 'Financial benefits for child health and well-being in low income or socially disadvantaged families in developed world countries', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008.
Oldroyd, J, Burns, C, Lucas, PJ, Haikerwal, A & Waters, E. 'The effectiveness of nutrition interventions on dietary outcomes by relative social disadvantage: a systematic review', Epidemiology Community Health, 62, (pp. 573-579), 2008. ISSN: 0143-005X
Lucas, PJ. Family payments: a cautionary tale for policy makers - Letter In British Medical Journal, 337, (pp. -), 2008.
Kilpatrick R, Berridge, D, Sinclair R, Larkin E, Lucas, PJ, Kelly B & Geraghty T. Working with challenging and disruptive situations in residential child care: Sharing effective practice, for SCIE (Social Care Insitute for Excellence), SCIE, 2008.
Lucas, PJ, Arai, L, Baird, J, Kleijnen, J, Law, C & Roberts, H. 'A systematic review of lay views about infant size and growth', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 92 (2), (pp. 120-127), 2007. ISSN: 0003-9888
Lucas, PJ, Baird, J, Arai, L, Law, C & Roberts, HM. 'Worked examples of alternative methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research in systematic review', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 7-4, (pp. 1-7), 2007. ISSN: 1471-2288
Lucas, PJ, Roberts, HM, Baird, J, Kleijnen, J & Law, CM. 'The importance of size and growth in infancy: integrated findings from systematic reviews of scientific evidence and lay perspectives', Child: care, health and development, 33(5), (pp. 635-640), 2007. ISSN: 0305-1862
Fisher, D, Baird, J, Payne, L, Lucas, PJ, Kleijnen, J, Roberts, H & Law, C. 'Are infant size and growth related to burden of disease in adulthood? A systematic review of literature', International Journal of Epidemiology, 35 (5), (pp. 1196-1210), 2006. ISSN: 0300-5771
Sherr, L, Davé, S, Lucas, PJ, Senior, R & Nazareth, I. 'A Feasibility Study on Recruiting Fathers of Young Children to Examine the Impact of Paternal Depression on Child Development', Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 36 (3), (pp. 295-309), 2006. ISSN: 0009-398X
Liabø, K, Lucas, PJ & Roberts, H. 'International: The UK and Europe', in DuBois, DL & Karcher, MJ (Eds.), Handbook of Youth Mentoring, (pp. 392-407), Sage Publications, 2005. ISBN: 0761929770
Baird, J, Fisher, D, Lucas, PJ, Kleijnen, J, Roberts, H & Law, C. 'Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity', British Medical Journal (BMJ), 331 (7522, 929), (pp. 1-6), 2005. ISSN: 0959-8146
Roberts, H, Liabo, K, Lucas, PJ, DuBois, D & Sheldon, TA. 'Mentoring to reduce antisocial behaviour in childhood', BMJ, 328, (pp. 512-514), 2004. ISSN: 0959-8138
Lucas, PJ & Liabo, K. Breakfast clubs and school fruit schemes: promising practice, for London: National Children's Bureau, 2004.
Lucas, PJ. 'Breakfast clubs and school fruit schemes: Promising practice', www.whatworksforchildren.org.uk, 2003.
Lucas, PJ. 'Home visiting can substantially reduce childhood injury', www.whatworksforchildren.org.uk, 2003.
Lucas, PJ. 'One-to-one, non-directive mentoring programmes have not been shown to improve behaviour in young people involved in offending or anti-social activities', www.whatworksforchildren.org.uk, 2003.
Lucas, PJ. 'Can traffic claming measures achieve the Children's Fund objective of reducing inequalities in child health?', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 88(3), (pp. 235-236), 2003. ISSN: 1365-9081
Lucas, PJ, Liabo, K & Roberts, H. 'Do behavioural treatments for sleep disorders in children with Down's Syndrome work?', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 87(5), (pp. 413-414), 2002. ISSN: 1365-9081
Lucas, PJ. 'Review of' A Clinical Guide to Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents (2001) by Stores, G. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 8 (1), (pp. 119-120), 2002. ISSN: 1354-8506