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• Surveillance of cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland (funded by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety) in collaboration with Dr Nan Hill, South & East Belfast Trust and Professor Helen Dolk, University of Ulster at Jordanstown.
  
• Quality of life and participation of children with cerebral palsy in Europe (SPARCLE study) (funded by EEC’s Framework V) in collaboration with Dr Allan Colver, Newcastle University and seven other European centres.
  
• Locomotor abilities in children with ambulant forms of cerebral palsy (funded by the Northern Ireland Research and Development Office’s Recognised Research Groups initiative) in collaboration with Dr Brona McDowell, Mrs Claire Kerr and Mr Aidan Cosgrove, Greenpark Healthcare Trust.

• Dolk, H., Parkes, J. and Hill, N. Trends in cerebral palsy prevalence: 1981-97. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (forthcoming).
  
• Parkes, J. Cerebral palsy. IN: Yarnell, J. (Ed) Epidemiology and Prevention: A Systems Based Approach. Oxford University Press. (forthcoming).
  
• Parkes, J. and Clarke, S. Children with Complex Motor Disability. IN; Glasper, A. and Richardson, J. (2005) Textbook for Children’s Nursing. Elsevier Press. (forthcoming).
  
• McDowell, B., Kerr, C., Parkes, J. and Cosgrove, A. (2005) Validity of a one-minute walk test for children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 47, 744-748.
  
• Parkes, J., Hill, N., Dolk, H. and Donnelly, M. (2004) What influences physiotherapy use in children with cerebral palsy? Child: care, health and development, 30, 2, 151-160.
  
• Ross, A. and Parkes, J. (2004) Making doors open: Caring for families of children with severe cerebral palsy. Paediatric Nursing,16; 5: 14-18.
  
• Parkes, J., Donnelly, M., Dolk, H., and Hill, N. (2002) Use of physiotherapy services and alternatives by children with cerebral palsy. Child: Care, health and development, 28, 6, 469-477.

Reports:

• Parkes, J., Dolk, H. and Hill N (2005) Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy in Northern Ireland (Birth years 1977-1997). A Comprehensive Report from the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register. Queen’s University Belfast.
  
• Parkes, J., Donnelly, M., and Hill, A. E. (2001) Focusing on cerebral palsy: Reviewing and communicating needs for services. Published by SCOPE.

On the 16th March 2005 Dr Jackie Parkes hosted an international, inter-disciplinary conference entitled ‘Recent Advances in Cerebral Palsy’ on behalf of the School of Nursing and Midwifery.