Refereed Papers
1. Ashton J. The Peckham Pioneer Health Centre - a reappraisal. Community Health 1977; 8: 132-138.
2. Ashton JR. RAWP and the achievement of equity in the National Health Service. Public Health 1978; 92: 190-96.
3. Ashton JR. Community care in psychiatry - is it a myth? Community Health 1978; 9: 211-215.
4. Ashton JR. Rehabilitation in psychiatry. Community Health 1978; 9: 216-220.
5. Ashton JR. Poverty and health in Britain today. Public Health March 1979; 93: 89-94.
6. Ashton JR. Induced abortion in the Wessex health region. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine 1979; 33: 168.
7. Ashton JR, Donnan S P D. Suicide by burning - a current epidemic. British Medical Journal 1979; 11: 769.
8. Ashton JR, Dennis KJ, Rowe, RG, Waters WE, Wheeller MJ. The Wessex Abortion Studies, I: inter-district variation in provision of abortion services. Lancet 1980; 1: 82-85.
9. Ashton JR, Chamberlain A, Dennis KJ, Rowe RG, Waters WE, Wheeler MJ. The Wessex Abortion Studies, II: attitudes of consultant gynaecologists to provision of abortion services. Lancet 1980; 1: 140-142.
10. Ashton JR. Sex education and the use of birth control amongst abortion patients. Journal of Biosocial Science 1980; 12: 201-210.
11. Ashton JR. The experiences of 31 women refused National Health Service abortion. Journal of Biosocial Science 1980; 12: 211-217.
12. Ashton JR. Patterns of discussion and decision-making amongst abortion patients. Journal of Biosocial Science 1980; 12: 247-259.
13. Ashton JR. The components of delay amongst women obtaining termination of pregnancy. Journal of Biosocial Science 1980; 12: 261-73.
14. Ashton JR. The provision of induced abortion in the Wessex health region: unmet need and the feasibility of compensatory day care. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1980; 73: 191-196.
15. Ashton JR. The psycho-social outcome of induced abortion. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1980; 87: 1115-1122.
16. May P, Donnan SPD, Ashton JR, Ogilvie M, Rolles C. Personality and medical perception in benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. Lancet 1980; 2: 1122-1124.
17. Ashton JR. The characteristics of special groups of abortion patients from one health district. Journal of Biosocial Science 1981; 13: 63-69.
18. Ashton JR. The after-care of abortion patients. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1981; 31: 217-222.
19. Ashton J R, Donnan S. Suicide by burning as an epidemic phenomenon: an analysis of 82 deaths and inquests in England and Wales in 1978-79. Psychological Medicine 1981; 11: 735-739.
20. Ashton JR. Towards Prevention: An outline plan for the development of health promotion teams. Community Medicine 1982; 4: 231-237.
21. Ashton JR, Osmond C, Balarajan R, Machin D, Donnan SPB. Trends in induced abortion in England and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1983; 37: 105-20.
22. Ashton JR. Micro-computers; an opportunity for collaboration. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1983; 33: 455-456.
23. Ashton JR, Chambers JA, Hall DJ. Post coital contraception. Journal of The Royal College of General Practitioners 1984; 34: 175-176.
24. Ashton JR, Seymour H. An approach to health promotion in one region. Community Medicine 1985; 7: 78-86.
25. Ashton JR. Pollution of the water supply in Mersey and Clwyd - a cause for concern? Community Medicine 1985; 7: 299-303.
26. Ashton JR. Health in Mersey - an exercise in community diagnosis. Health Education Journal 1985; 44: 178-180.
27. Ashton J, Seymour H, Ingledew D, Ireland R, Hopley E, Parry A, Ryan M, Holbourn A. Promoting the new public health in Mersey. Health Education Journal 1986; 45: 174-179.
28. Ashton J, Grey P, Barnard K. Healthy Cities - WHO’S new public health initiative. Health Promotion 1986; 1: 319-324.
29. Seymour H, Ashton J, Edwards P. Health museums or theme parks: a new approach to intersectoral collaboration. Health Promotion 1986; 1: 311-317.
30. Hussey RM, Edwards MB, Reid JA, Sykes K, Seymour H, Hopley E, Ashton JR. Evaluation of the International Garden Festival health fair. Public Health 1987; 101: 111-117.
31. Ashton J. Tying down the indicators and targets for Health for All. Community Health Studies 1988; 57: 276-278.
32. Ashton J. True Story: The Liverpool project to reduce teenage pregnancy. British Journal of Family Planning 1989; 15: 46-51.
33. Ashton J. Una vision global del proyecto de ciudades saludables. Gaceta Sanitaria May-June 1989; 3: 433-436.
34. Villalbi JR, Costa J, Ashton J, Cuervo JI. El proyecto internacional de cuidades saludables: bases conceptuales y perspectivas para su desarollo en Espana. Rev San Hig Pub 1989; 63: 15-24.
35. Ashton J. Public health and primary Care, towards a common agenda. Public Health 1990; 104: 387-397.
36. Hussey RM, Grey P, Ashton JR. Training doctors for the year 2000. Medical Education 1990; 24: 387-398.
37. Ashton J. Healthy Cities - A challenge to health education. US Journal of Health Education 1991; Spring 18: 39-48.
38. Ashton J, Ubido J. Healthy Cities and the ecological idea. Journal of the Social History of Medicine 1991; 4: 173-181.
39. Ashton J. Future scenarios for public health in Europe. European Journal of Public Health 1992; 2: 54-59.
40. Vaandrager HW, Colomer C, Ashton J. Inequalities in nutritional choice: a baseline study from Valencia. Health Promotion International 1992; 2: 109-118.
41. Arias, A, Rebagliato M, Palumbo MA et al. Desigualdades en salud en Barcelona y Valencia. Med Clin (Barc) 1993; 100: 281-287.
42. Peiro R, Colomer C, Ashton J, Alvarez-Dardet C. Abortos inducidos en mujeres espanolas en Inglaterra y Gales (1974-1988). Gaceta Sanitaria 1994; 8: 57-62.
43. Sainsbury P, Hussey R, Ashton J, Andrews B. Industrial atmospheric pollution - historical land use patterns and mortality. Journal of Public Health Medicine March 1996; 18 (1): 87-93.
44. Gebrehewet S, Ashton J. A review of induced abortion rates in England and Wales 1969-1994. The British Journal of Family Planning 1998; 23: 120-126.
45. Ashton J. 1997 Chadwick Lecture – Is a healthy North-West Region achievable in the 21st century? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1999; 53(6): 370-382.
46. Sram I, Ashton J. Millennium report to Sir Edwin Chadwick. British Medical Journal 1999; 317: 592-595.
47. Ashton J. Balkans briefing number 5. Seeking refugee (Macedonia, 9-25 June 1999): the changing needs of humanitarian aid in the face of the peace. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2000; 54 (6): 469-472.
48. Ashton JR. Two and a half minutes with the President. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2000; 54 (9): 708
49. Ashton J. Health and environment – integration. Report of WHO (SEARO) Regional Conference on Public Health in South East Asia in the 21st Century. Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries 2000; 3(1): 34-38.
50. Ashton J. The quality of life. An elusive concept. British Medical Journal 2000; 321: 1575-1576.
51. Bellis M A, Beynon C, Millar T, Ashton J R, Thomson R, Djuretic T and Taylor A. Unexplained illness and deaths among injecting drug users in England: a case control study using Regional Drug Misuse Databases. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health November 2001 Vol 56 No. 1
52. Peiro R, Coloner C, Alvarez-dardet C and Ashton J R (2001) Does the liberalisation of abortion laws increase the number of abortions. The Case Study of Spain. European Journal of Public Health 11, 190-194
53. Ashton J R The death of an artist: Adrian Henri 1932 – 2000. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. January 2002 Vol 56 No 1 p 72 – 75.
54. McLaughlin J. Mithani V, Bolton FJ, Nichols GL, Bellis MA, Syed Q, Thomson RPM and Ashton JR. An investigation into the Microflora of Heroin. J. Med Micro 2002 (51) 1001-1002.