He notes (p. 110) that in one essay I argued that even remote
past events can have direct efficacy, but I intended that this be viewed not
as the
major explanation of Jesus» efficacy but only
as a relevant
factor in understanding certain doctrines of his presence.
For instance, Brown takes aim at Tony Blair who argued that he personally won three elections when
factors such
as popular discontent with the
Major administration and artificial inflation of vote share via the first -
past - the - post system may greater explain Labour's landslide victory in 1997 (pp. 67 - 72).
Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk
factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed
as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(
as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials
as «psychologically vulnerable» or
as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation);
major stressors in the
past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.