Staff Member Biography

Lyndal Bond

position: Associate Director / Programme Leaderprogramme: Evaluating the Health Effects of Social Interventions

Contact Details

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phone: 0141 357 3949 (Switchboard)

Address

MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ.

Biography and Interests

Lyndal graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1987 [BA (Hons) Psychology double major] and completed a Masters in Applied Psychology in 1994. Her PhD, also gained at the University of Melbourne, was awarded in 1999.

She joined the MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit in January 2008 as Associate Director and Programme Leader for Evaluating the Health Effects of Social Interventions.

Prior to this appointment she was a senior research fellow with the University of Melbourne based at the Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia (1997-2007). From 1997, she led the evaluation of the Gatehouse Project, a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multi-level school-based intervention (gatehouseproject.com) and subsequently developed and directed the Adolescent Health and Social Environments Programme. Funded by a 5-year programme grant from the Baker Foundation ($1.7 million), this Programme has focused on understanding the effects of social and school environments on adolescent health and investigated how these environments can be successfully modified to promote health and learning outcomes.

Lyndal was awarded a Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) fellowship (2001-2006) and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship in 2007. She has attracted over fifteen million dollars in competitive research and philanthropic grants and government tenders including National Health and Medical Research Council, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Australian Research Council, Baker Foundation, National Institute of Health (USA) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Lyndal is a member of the International Collaboration for Complex Interventions and is an investigator, or advisor for a number of studies based on the Gatehouse Project approach to school-based interventions in the UK, North America and Australia. While in Australia she has contributed to the development of evidence-based health and education policy.

Her current interests include understanding the health effects of social interventions, researching the implementation and sustainability of complex interventions and evaluating the implementation of evidence-based policy into practice.

In February 2009 she was appointed Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Glasgow.

Publications

Bond L, Kearns A, Mason P, Tannahill C, Egan M, Whitely E. Exploring the relationships between housing, neighbourhoods and mental wellbeing for residents of deprived areas. BMC Public Health 2012;12:48.

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Egan M, Bond L, Kearns A, Tannahill C. Is concern about young people's anti-social behaviour associated with poor health? Cross-sectional evidence from residents of deprived urban neighbourhoods. BMC Public Health 2012;12:217.

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Kearns A, Whitley E, Mason P, Bond L. Living the high life: residential social and psychosocial outcomes for high-rise occupants in deprived context. Housing Studies 2012;27:97-126.

Bond L, Kearns A, Sautkina E. Mixed messages about mixed tenure: do reviews tell the real story? Housing Studies:2011; 26:69-94.

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Bond L, Nolan T. Making sense of perceptions of risk of diseases and vaccinations: a qualitative study combining models of health beliefs, decision-making and risk perception. BMC Public Health 2011;11:943.

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Butler H, Krelle A, Seal I, Trafford L, Drew S, Hargreaves J, Walter R, Bond L. The Critical Friend; Facilitating change and wellbeing in school communities. Melbourne: ACER Press, 2011.

Gartland D, Bond L, Olsson C, Buzwell S, Sawyer SM. Development of a multi-dimensional measure of resilience in adolescents: the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:134.

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Gibson M, Banas K, Thomson H, Bambra C, Bond L, McKee M, Lutje V, Fenton C. Welfare to work interventions and their effects on the health and well-being of lone parents and their children. Edinburgh: Chief Scientist's Office, 2011.

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Hempill S, Kotevski A, Herronkohl T, Bond L, Kim M, Toumbourou J, Catalano R. Longitudinal consequences of adolescent bullying perpetration and victimisation: A study of students in Victoria, Australia. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 2011;21:107-16.

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Katikireddi SV, Higgins M, Bond L, Bonell C, Macintyre S. How evidence based is English public health policy? British Medical Journal 2011; 343:d7310.

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Mason P, Kearns A, Bond L. Neighbourhood walking and regeneration in deprived communities. Health & Place 2011; 17:727-37.

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Bond L, Craig P, Egan M, Skivington K, Thomson H. Health improvement programmes: really too complex to evaluate? (Letter). British Medical Journal 2010; 340:c1332.

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Bond L, Craig P, Egan M, Skivington K, Thomson H. MRC guidelines and the evaluation of health improvement programmes: are health improvement programmes really too complex to assess their effectiveness? (Rapid response). BMJ.com 2010; 340; February 18th.

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Bond L, Egan M, GoWell Team. Bricks, mortar and more: mental wellbeing, resilience and regeneration. Scotregen (Quarterly Newsletter of Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum): Issue 52: Winter 2010;12.

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Bonell C, Sorhaindo A, Strange V, Wiggins M, Allen E, Fletcher A, Oakley A, Bond L, Flay B, Patton G, Rhodes T. A pilot whole-school intervention to increase students’ social inclusion and engagement and reduce substance use. Health Education 2010; 110:252-72.

Butler H, Bowes G, Drew S, Glover S, Godfrey C, Patton G, Trafford L, Bond L. Harnessing complexity: Taking advantage of context and relationships in dissemination of school-based interventions. Health Promotion Practice 2010; 11:259-67.
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Egan M, Beck S, Bond L, Coyle J, Crawford F, Kearns A, Lawson L, Mason M, Tannahill C, Sautkina E, Thomson H, Walsh D, on behalf of the GoWell Team. Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010; 10:41.

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McCartney G, Thomas S, Thomson H, Scott J, Hamilton V, Hanlon P, Morrison DS, Bond L. The health and socioeconomic impacts of major multi-sport events: systematic review (1978-2008). British Medical Journal 2010; 340:c2369.

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Sawyer M, Pfeiffer S, Spence S, Bond L, Graetz B, Kay D, Patton G, Sheffield J. School-based prevention of depression symptoms: a randomised controlled study of the beyondblue schools based initiative. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2010; 51:199-209.

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Sawyer, M, Harchak, T, Spence, S, Bond, L, Graetz, B, Kay, D, Patton, G, Sheffield, J. School-based prevention of depression symptoms: a two-year follow-up of a randomised controlled study of the beyondblue schools based initiative. Journal of Adolescent Health; 2010:47(3):297-304.

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Skivington K, McCartney G, Thomson H, Bond L. Challenges in evaluating Welfare to Work policy interventions: would an RCT design have been the answer to all our problems? BMC Public Health 2010; 10:254.

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Tannahill C, Kearns A, Bond L. Strengthening mental health within communities. In: Goldie I, ed. Public Mental Health Today: a handbook. Brighton: Pavilion Publishing/Mental Health Foundation, 2010.

Delatycki MB, Wolthuizen M, Collins V, Varley E, Craven J, Allen KJ, Aitken M, Bond L, Lockhart PJ, Wilson GR, Macciocca I, Metcalfe SA. Implementation of ironXS: a study of the acceptability and feasibility of genetic screening for hereditary hemochromatosis in high schools. Clinical Genetics 2010; 77:241-8.
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Evans-Whipp T, Bond L, Ukoumunne O, Toumbourou JW, Catalano RF. School tobacco policies in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health Special Issue: Smoking and Tobacco, 2010; 7:698-710.

Bond L, Leyland AH, Macintyre S, Wight D. Evaluation of a youth development programme demonstrates the need for the randomised roll-out of community interventions (rapid response). British Medical Journal 2009:July 16th.

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Bond L, Butler H. The Gatehouse Project: a multi-level integrated approach to promoting wellbeing in schools. In: Killoran A, Kelly M, eds. Evidence-based Public Health: effectiveness and efficiency. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009:250-69.

Hawe P, Bond L, Butler H. Knowledge theories can inform evaluation practice. What can a complexity lens add? New Developments in Evaluation Special Issue: Knowledge Utilization, Diffusion, Implementation, Transfer, and Translation: Implications for Evaluation 2009; 124:89-100.

Kearns A, Tannahill C, Bond L. Regeneration and health: Conceptualising the connections. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal 2009; 3:56-76.

McCartney G, Thomas S, Thomson H, Scott J, Hamilton V, Hanlon P, Morrison D, Bond L. A systematic review of the impact of major sports events on host populations (Interim findings report to key stakeholders) Glasgow: MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, 2009.

Hargreaves J, Bond L, O'Brien M, Forer D, Davies E. The PATS peer support program. Prevention/early intervention for adolescents who have a parent with a mental illness. Youth Studies Australia 2008; 27:43-51.

Patton GC, Olsson C, Bond L, Toumbourou JW, Carlin JB, Hemphill SA, Catalano RF. Predicting female depression across puberty: a two-nation longitudinal study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2008; 47:1424-32.

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Bearsley-Smith C, Bond L, Littlefield L, Thomas L. The psychosocial profile of adolescent risk of homelessness. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2008; 17:226-34.
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Hemphill SA, Herrenkohl TI, Lafazia AN, McMorris BJ, Toumbourou JW, Arthur MW, Catalano RF, Hawkins DJ, L B. Comparison of the structure of adolescent problem behavior in the United States and Australia. Crime and Delinquency 2007; 53:303-21.

Jackson AC, Thomas SA, Bond L, Patton G. Adolescent gambling behaviour and attitudes: a prevalence study and correlates in an Australian population. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2008; 6:325-52.

Bond L, Butler H, Thomas L, Carlin JB, Glover S, Bowes G, Patton G. Social and school connectedness in early secondary school as predictors of late teenage substance use, mental health and academic outcomes. Journal of Adolescent Health 2007; 40:357e9-e18.
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Bond L, Giddens A, Consentino A, Cook M, Hoban P, Haynes A, Scaffidi L, Dimovski M, Cini E, Glover S. Changing Cultures: enhancing mental health and well being of refugee young people through education and training. Promotion and Education 2007; 14:143-9.
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Evans-Whipp TJ, Bond L, Toumbourou JW, Catalano RF. School, parent and student perspectives of school drug policies. Journal of School Health 2007; 77:138-46,quiz153-4.
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Patton GC, Hemphill S, Beyers J, Bond L, Toumbourou JW, McMorris BJ, Catalano RF. Pubertal stage and adolescent deliberate self-harm. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2007; 46:508-14.
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Bond L, Wolfe S, Tollit M, Butler H, Patton G. A comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for students in secondary school. Journal of School Health 2007; 77:75-9.
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Bond L. The role of qualitative research methods in epidemiology (Editorial). Australasian Epidemiologist, 2007; 14:3-4.

Firth N, Bond L, Tollit M, Krelle A, H B, Basile A, Drew S, Patton G. Implementation of the beyond blue schools research initiative: findings from process evaluation tools. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2007.

Patton G, Bond L, Carlin JB, Thomas L, Butler H, Glover S, Catalano RF, Bowes G. Promoting social inclusion in schools: a group-randomized trial of effects on student health risk behavior and well-being. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96:1582-7.
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Bond L, Clements J, Bertalli N, Evans-Whipp T, McMorris, B.J, Patton GC, Toumbourou JW, Catalano RF. A comparison of self-reported puberty using the Pubertal Development Scale and the Sexual Maturation Scale in a school-based epidemiologic survey. Journal of Adolescence 2006; 29:709-20.

Hargreaves J, O’Brien M, Bond L, Forer D, Basile A, Davies E, Patton G. Paying attention to self PATS: an evaluation of the PATS program for young people who have a parent affected by mental illness. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2006.

Yeo M, Bond L, Sawyer S. Health risk screening in adolescent inpatients: room for improvement in a tertiary hospital. Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183:427-9.
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Bond L, Toumbourou J, Thomas L, Catalano R, Patton G. Individual, family, school and community risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in adolescents. Prevention Science 2005; 6:73-88.

Butler H, Bond L, Drew S, Krelle A, Seal I. Doing it differently: improving young people’s engagement with school. Melbourne: Brotherhood of St Laurence, 2005.

Toumbourou JT, Beyers JM, Catalano RF, Hawkins JD, Arthur MW, Patton G, Evans-Whipp T, Bond L. Youth alcohol use in the United States and Australia: A cross-national comparison of three state-wide samples. Drug and Alcohol Review 2005; 24:515-23.

Bond L, Patton G, Glover S, Carlin JB, Butler H, Thomas L, Bowes G. The Gatehouse Project: can a multi-level school intervention affect emotional wellbeing and health risk behaviours? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2004; 58:997-1003.
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Bond L, Thomas L, Coffey C, Glover S, Butler H, Carlin JB, Patton G. The long-term impact of the Gatehouse Project on the incidence of cannabis use in 16 year olds: a school-based cluster randomised trial. Journal of School Health 2004; 74:23-9.
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McMorris BJ, Clements J, Evans-Whipp T, Gangnes D, Bond L, Toumbourou JW, Catalano RF. A comparison of methods to obtain active parental consent in an international student survey. Evaluation Review 2004; 28:64-83.
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Sanci LA, Sawyer SM, Weller PJ, Bond LM, Patton GC. Youth health research ethics: time for a mature minor clause? Medical Journal of Australia 2004; 180:336-8.
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Lloyd S, Dixon M, Hodges C, Sanci L, Bond L. Attitudes towards and pathways to and from the Young People’s Health Service Mental Health Services. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2004.

Stockwell T, Toumbourou JW, Letcher P, Smart D, Sanson A, Bond L. Risk and protection factors for different intensities of adolescent substance use;when does the Prevention Paradox apply? Drug and Alcohol Review 2004; 23:66-77.

Toumbourou JW, Rowland B, Jefferies A, Butler H, Bond L. Preventing drug related harm through school reorganisation and behaviour management. Melbourne: Prevention Clearinghouse Technical Report 12, 2004.

Olsson CA, Bond L, Burns JM, Vella-Brodrick DA, Sawyer SM. Adolescent resilience: a concept analysis. Journal of Adolescence 2003; 26:1-11.
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Olsson CA, Bond L, Johnson MW, Forer DL, Boyce MF, S.M S. Adolescent chronic illness: a qualitative study of psychosocial adjustment. Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2003; 32:43-50.
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Patton G, Bond L, Butler H, Glover S, Bowes G. Changing schools, changing health? The design and implementation of the Gatehouse Project. Journal of Adolescent Health 2003; 33:231-9.
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Rutishauser C, Esslinger A, Bond L, Sennhauser F. Consultations with adolescents: the gap between their expectations and their experiences. Acta Paediatrica 2003; 92:1322-6.
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Giddens A, Bond L. Changing cultures: enhancing mental health and wellbeing of refugee young people through education and training. Report for VicHealth. Melbourne: Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE, 2003.

Lloyd S, Wilson K, C D, Bond L, Glover S, Hemphill S, Munro G, Arcaro C, Long M. Effective drug education: evaluating drug education curriculum and welfare programs: a resource for schools. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2003.

Lloyd S, Wilson K, C D, Bond L, Glover S, Hemphill S, Munroe G, Arcaro C, Long M. Effective drug education: final report for Department of Education and Training, Victoria. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2003.

Olsson CA, Coffey C, Bond L, Thomas L, Patton G. Family risk factors for adolescents' cannabis use: a population based survey of Australian secondary school students. Drug and Alcohol Review 2003; 22:143-52.

Bond L, Davie G, Carlin JB, Nolan T. Increase in vaccination coverage for children in child care, 1997 to 2000: an evaluation of the impact of government incentives and initiatives. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2002; 26:58-64.
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Sawyer SM, Zalan A, Bond LM. Improving clinic attendance in adolescents: a randomised controlled trial of telephone reminders. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2002; 38:79-83.
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Butler H, Glover S, Bond L, Godfrey C, Cahir S, Patton G. Is school a healthy place? The Gatehouse Project. Education Links 2002; Autumn:11-15.

Krelle A, Meade M, Butler H, Bond L, Hassett A, Field K, Rimington H, Prosser S, Prendergast N. Student Participation in Drug Education (SPIDE): final evaluation report. Prepared for the Department of Education, Employment and Training, Victoria. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2002.

Bond L, Carlin JB, Thomas L, Rubin K, Patton G. Does bullying cause emotional problems? A prospective study of young teenagers. British Medical Journal 2001; 323:480-4.
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Rutishauser C, Sawyer SM, Bond L, Coffey C, Bowes G. Development and validation of the adolescent asthma quality of life questionnaire (AAQOL). European Respiratory Journal 2001; 17:52-8.
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Bond L, Evans-Whipp T, Gartland D. A comparison of risk and protective profiles for young people: an analysis by maternal country of birth. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2001.

Bond L, Glover S, Godfrey C, Butler H, G P. Building capacity in schools: lessons from the Gatehouse Project. Special issue on Policy and System Level Approaches to Health Promotion in Australia. Health Education & Behavior 2001; 28:368-83.

Bond L, Hargreaves J, Patton GC. Investigating the feasibility of conducting a national longitudinal study of the health and wellbeing of young Australians. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2001.

Butler H, Bond L, Glover S, Patton G. The Gatehouse Project: mental health promotion incorporating school organisational change and health education. In: Rowling L, Martin G, Walker L, eds. Mental Health Promotion and Young People: Concepts and Practice. Roseville: McGraw Hill, 2001.

Patton G, Glover S, Bond L, Butler H, Godfrey C, Pietro G. The Gatehouse Project: a systematic approach to mental health promotion in secondary schools. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2000; 34:586-93.
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Bond L, Thomas L, Toumbourou J, G.C P, Catalano R. Improving the lives of young Victorians in our community: A survey of risk and protective factors. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2000.

Gregg E, Toumbourou J, Bond L, Thomas L, Patton G. Improving the lives of young Victorians in our community:a menu of services. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 2000.

Bond L, Nolan T, Lester R. Immunisation uptake, services required and government incentives for users of formal day care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1999; 23:368-76.
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Bond L, Glover S, Patton G. The Gatehouse Project Interim Report 1999. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, 1999.

Bond L, Patton G. Profile of gambling in Victorian youth. Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 1999.

Bond L. Childhood vaccination: attitudes, beliefs and experiences of parents. Current Therapeutics 1999; 40:22-9.

Glover S, Kemp I, Godfrey C, Goldby J, Mace T, Bond L. Creating a climate for change and engagement: the Maryborough Regional College experience. In: Monkemeyer M, Ratzki A, Wubbels H, Neiber B, Schulz-Wensky G, Laskey L, eds. Team Small Group A Whole School Approach Middle Years of Schooling. Melbourne: Hawker Brownlow Education, 1999.

Bond L, Nolan T, Lester R. Home vaccination for children behind their immunisation schedule: a randomised controlled trial. Medical Journal of Australia 1998; 168:487-90.

Bond L, Nolan T, Pattison P, Carlin J. Vaccine preventable diseases and immunisations: a qualitative study of mothers’ perceptions of severity, susceptibility, benefits and barriers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1998; 22:441-6.

Anderson V, Bond L, Catroppa C, Grimwood K, Keir E, Nolan T. Childhood bacterial meningitis: impact of age at illness and acute medical complications on long-term outcome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 1997; 3:147-58.

Bond L. Familiarity breeds complacency: how perception of measles, mumps and rubella contributes to low uptake of the MMR vaccine. PHA Vicnews 1996; 2:6-9.

Grimwood K, Nolan T, Bond L, Anderson V, Catroppa C, Keir EH. Risk factors for adverse outcomes of bacterial meningitis. Journal Paediatrics and Child Health 1996; 32:457-62.

Nolan T, Bond L, Adler R, Littlefield L, Birleson P, Marriage K, Mawdsley A, Salo R, Tonge B. Child Behaviour Checklist classification of behaviour disorder. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1996; 32:405-11.

Grimwood K, Anderson V, Bond L, Catroppa C, Hore RL, Keir EH, Nolan T, Roberton DM. Adverse outcomes of bacterial meningitis in school-age survivors. Pediatrics 1995; 95:646-56.

Hurley SF, Bond LM, Carlin JB, Evans DB, Kaldor JM. A method for estimating baseline health care costs. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1995; 49:525-31.

Bond LM, Nolan T, Adler R, Robertson C. The Child Behaviour Checklist in a Melbourne urban sample. Australian Psychologist 1994; 29:103-9.

Nolan T, Coffey C, Oberklaid F, Bond L. Beneficial behavioural effects of successful encopresis. American Journal of Diseases of Children 1992; 146:484A.