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UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE STATISTICS GROUP SEMINAR SERIES http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/staff_public/nhspencer_public/seminars Sponsored by Department of Statistics, Accounting and Management Systems, Business School, University of Hertfordshire. Wednesday 2nd May 2001, 2:30pm, room 2F381, Hatfield campus Stephanie Pywell and Neil Spencer (University of Hertfordshire) Title: "Parental Perceptions of Vaccine Damage" Abstract: "There is a vigorous debate about whether vaccines are causally linked with a range of disorders in children. Parental concerns about vaccine safety may lead to reduced vaccine uptake, with adverse implications for public health. In the study reported on here, parents' reports of medical diagnoses and the vaccines they suspect have caused damage were analysed using tabulation and confidence intervals. Significant associations were observed between particular medical diagnoses and particular vaccines that were suspected of causing damage to the child. We believe it important that further detailed work is carried out to see whether any of the results shown here apply to the population as a whole." Forthcoming: ============ Wednesday 22nd May 2001, 2:30pm, room tba, Hatfield campus David Boniface and Elaine McNeilly (University of Hertfordshire) Title: "Relationships of Naturally Occurring Changes in Health-Related Behaviours to Social and Economic Inequalities in a Cohort of Adults" Abstract: see website (address above) Wednesday 6th June 2001, 2:30pm, room M14, Hertford campus Robert Aykroyd (University of Leeds) Title: "Bayesian Imaging in Archaeological Geophysics" Abstract: see website (address above) For further information regarding location, parking, etc., please contact Neil Spencer (details below). ****************************************************************** Dr Neil H. Spencer, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Accounting and Management Systems, University of Hertfordshire, Hertford Campus, Mangrove Road, Hertford, SG13 8QF, ENGLAND. Telephone: +44 1707 285529 Fax: +44 1707 285489 E-mail: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/staff_public/nhspencer_public ******************************************************************