One Plus One e-bulletin, No 13, February 2008
     
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News from One Plus One
Research and policy news
About One Plus One
 
   
     
  News from One Plus One  
     
 

Vivette Glover, Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology at Imperial College London, presented a seminar for staff and guests at One Plus One. Her seminar looked at how the emotional state of the mother during pregnancy can affect the development of the fetus with particular reference to the relationship with her partner. If you would like to view the slides from Vivette's seminar click here.

 
 
  One Plus One together with Contact a Family have published an information guide entitled 'Relationships and Caring for a Disabled Child'. The guide was informed by One Plus One's literature review 'Growing Together, or Drifting Apart? Children with Disabilities and their Parents' Relationship' along with Contact a Family's survey of 2,000 parents which asked them how caring for a disabled child had affected their relationship. If you would like to view the guide click here.  
     
  One Plus One was successful in the recent round of the Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme. The project will bring together One Plus One Brief Encounters® training and the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale to support both couple and parent-child relationships. For more information about the funding round click here.  
   
     
  Research and policy news  
     
  We regularly monitor and select information from Government departments, research centres, publishers, and relationship and family organisations. Below you will find a listing of news from the last month. Each headline provides a link to the original news release. A regularly updated news board can be found in our ICOR - the online Information Centre on Relationships.  
     
  Policy and Practice  
 
Review of Sex and Relationships Education delivery
Health Secretary announces recruitment of 4,000 midwives
Department for Children, Schools and Families announces CYPF grant
New report from the Strategy Unit: 'Realising Britain's Potential: Future Strategic Challenges'
Improving access to contraception for young people - DH
 
     
  Research and Statistics  
 
National Statistics finds that teenage conception rates have fallen
National Statistics publishes suicide rates and finds married people have a lower risk
New research from Fragile Families on poverty and non-marital birth
New ESRC research on childcare options for working class parents
Ofsted report on Cafcass
Contraceptive Awareness Week: New research from FPA
New research from IPPR on supporting families and children
New research on mental health and pregnancy
 
     
  Journal Articles  
 
 

No fun anymore: Leisure and marital quality across the transition to parenthood by Claxton, A. & Perry-Jenkins, M. Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 70, Issue 1 pp28-43. To view the tables of contents click here.

Couple relationship status and patterns in early parenting practices by Benjamin Guzzo, K. & Lee, H. Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 70, Issue 1 pp44-61. To view the tables of contents click here.

Consequences of parental divorce for adult children's support of their frail parents by Lin, I-Fen. Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 70, Issue 1 pp113-128. To view the tables of contents click here.

The best men are (not always) already taken: female preference for single versus attached males depends on conception risk by Bressan, P. & Stranieri, D. Psychological Science, Volume 19, Issue 2 pp145-151. To view the tables of contents click here.

Marital psychological and physical aggression and children's mental and physical health: direct, mediated, and moderated effects by El-Sheikh, M., Cummings, EM., Kouros, CD., Elmore-Staton, L. & Buckhalt, J. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Volume 76, Issue 1. To view the tables of contents click here.

 
 
   
     
  About One Plus One  
     
  One Plus One is a team of researchers, practitioners and information specialists whose aim is to enhance understanding of how family relationships contribute to the well being of adults and children through three key activities:  
 
inquiring - monitoring and evaluating knowledge about relationships and effective support in order to develop key messages for policy and practice;
informing - creating imaginative formats for key messages tailored to different audiences, and raising awareness of the impact of couple relationships on the well being of individuals, families and communities;
innovating - developing innovative ways of getting specialist knowledge and skills about adult family relationships and early intervention to everyone working in the frontline with families, thereby adding value to existing practice.