Pamela took up a post as a
research fellow in
epidemiology to enable her to continue working whilst raising a family. She was a member of the UK national working party concerned with data recording in
cerebral palsy research[1] from 1985 to the early 1990s. She has published various papers[2][3][4][5] in the field and was invited to deliver a paper at a UCLA conference ('Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies: a Foundation for Research and Prevention') in 1986.[6]
She developed the "Limb by Limb" method of data recording,[7] a standardised methodology for clinicians providing data to epidemiologists. Before this method was described, different interpretations of commonly used terms (e.g.
diplegia,
hemiplegia and
quadriplegia) meant that data recorded in studies were not always able to be assessed correctly at an epidemiological level. The "Limb by Limb" method stimulated a debate among other researchers[8] about the best format for data recording in epidemiological studies, providing a basis from which other recording methodologies could be derived.
Her work on the life expectancy of children affected by cerebral palsy[9] has been used as evidence in the
High Court.
Writings
She left her epidemiological studies and developed an interest in
counselling and to begin to teach adults in her local church and elsewhere. She contributed to the training of Christian counsellors, and lectured
GPs on
workaholism and other
addictions. This work culminated in "Driven Beyond the Call of God" [10] which received good reviews[11] including from the
Christian Medical Fellowship[12] – connecting her past career as a doctor to her present one as an author.
In 2002 she compiled her
New Testament church-based teaching on the
Body of Christ into a second book – "Building the Body"[13][14] and has since contributed to the "Quiet Spaces" journal[15][16][17] and bible reading notes such as "Living Light"[18] and "Closer to God" from
Scripture Union.[19]
In 2011 she published her 3rd book – "Shaping the Heart",[20] subtitled "Reflections on spiritual formation and fruitfulness".
Current activities
Pamela Evans continues to teach and preach in the
Anglican church to which she and her husband belong. She is a member of the Association of Christian Writers[21] and part of the
Chichester Diocese team of facilitators for the national Growing Healthy Churches initiative. She also provides
spiritual direction to a small number of church leaders.
^Evans, P., Johnson, A., Mutch, L. and Alberman, E. (1986). "Report of a Meeting on the Standardisation of the Recording and Reporting of Cerebral Palsy". Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 28 (4): 547–548.
doi:
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1986.tb14304.x.
PMID3758510.
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^Evans, P., Alberman, E., Johnson, A., Mutch, L. and Bax, M. (1987). "Standardisation of Recording and Reporting Cerebral Palsy". Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 29 (2): 272.
doi:
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1987.tb02148.x.
PMID3582800.
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^Macfarlane, A. (1986). "MALIBU CEREBRAL PALSY WORKING GROUP, CALIFORNIA, 20th to 23rd FEBRUARY 1986". Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 28 (5): 683–685.
doi:
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1986.tb03915.x.
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^Evans P, Johnson A, Mutch L, Alberman E (1989). "A standard form for recording clinical findings in children with a motor deficit of central origin". Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 31 (1): 119–120.
doi:
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1989.tb08420.x.
PMID2784115.
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^Google Scholar references to "A standard form for recording clinical findings in children with a motor deficit of central origin"