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| Anne EllawaySummaryAffiliation: University of Glasgow Country: UK Publications
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Do obesity-promoting food environments cluster around socially disadvantaged schools in Glasgow, Scotland?Anne Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Health Place 18:1335-40. 2012..Across all schools there were numerous opportunities for pupils to purchase energy dense foods locally and the implications for policy are discussed...- Graffiti, greenery, and obesity in adults: secondary analysis of European cross sectional surveyAnne Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ
BMJ 331:611-2. 2005 
Nowhere to play? The relationship between the location of outdoor play areas and deprivation in GlasgowAnne Ellaway
Medical Research Council, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8RZ, UK
Health Place 13:557-61. 2007..However, despite the apparent advantage of deprived areas in terms of actual number of play areas, the quality of play areas in different types of areas may warrant further exploration...
The socio-spatial distribution of alcohol outlets in Glasgow cityAnne Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK
Health Place 16:167-72. 2010..The aim of this study was to examine the distribution of alcohol outlets by area deprivation across Glasgow, Scotland...- Is social participation associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors?Anne Ellaway
MRC Glasgow, UK
Soc Sci Med 64:1384-91. 2007..Our findings do not therefore lend unequivocal support to the notion of social participation having a strong relationship with CVD risk factors at a cross-sectional level... - Commentary: Can subtle refinements of popular concepts be put into practice?Anne Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK
Int J Epidemiol 33:681-2; discussion 700-4. 2004 - Are social comparisons of homes and cars related to psychosocial health?Anne Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Int J Epidemiol 33:1065-71. 2004..The aim of this study was to examine whether negative social comparisons of the worth of two common assets (homes and cars) were related to psychosocial health (i.e. lower self-esteem and mastery, higher anxiety, and depression)... - The historical specificity of early life car ownership as an indicator of socioeconomic positionA Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:277-8. 2003 - Lay concepts of the relative importance of different influences on health; are there major socio-demographic variations?Sally Macintyre
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Health Educ Res 21:731-9. 2006.... - Neighbourhood food and physical activity environments in England, UK: does ethnic density matter?Oarabile R Molaodi
MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:75. 2012..In England, obesity is more common in some ethnic minority groups than in Whites. This study examines the relationship between ethnic concentration and access to fast food outlets, supermarkets and physical activity facilities... - Are rich people or poor people more likely to be ill? Lay perceptions, by social class and neighbourhood, of inequalities in healthSally Macintyre
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8RZ, UK
Soc Sci Med 60:313-7. 2005..We suggest a need to examine this apparent paradox in other contexts and in more detail, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches... - Sociospatial distribution of access to facilities for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity in Scotland by different modes of transportKaren E Lamb
Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:55. 2012.... - Neighbourhood environment and its association with self rated health: evidence from Scotland and EnglandSteven Cummins
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:207-13. 2005..To investigate associations between measures of neighbourhood social and material environment and self rated health... - Measuring neighbourhood social and material context: generation and interpretation of ecological data from routine and non-routine sourcesSteven Cummins
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Health Place 11:249-60. 2005..However we argue that the attempt to measure specific chains of causation is important enough for public health for this approach to followed and improved upon... - What features of the home and the area might help to explain observed relationships between housing tenure and health? Evidence from the west of ScotlandSally Macintyre
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8RZ, UK
Health Place 9:207-18. 2003..Housing improvements and urban regeneration may help to reduce the health gap between housing tenures, and more generally to reduce inequalities in health... - Do poorer people have poorer access to local resources and facilities? The distribution of local resources by area deprivation in Glasgow, ScotlandSally Macintyre
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, UK
Soc Sci Med 67:900-14. 2008.... - Is proximity to a food retail store associated with diet and BMI in Glasgow, Scotland?Laura Macdonald
MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK
BMC Public Health 11:464. 2011..We aim to investigate whether proximity to food retail stores is associated with dietary patterns or Body Mass Index in Glasgow, a large city in the UK... - Access to recreational physical activities by car and bus: an assessment of socio-spatial inequalities in mainland ScotlandNeil S Ferguson
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
PLoS ONE 8:e55638. 2013..Overall, we found that the most disadvantaged groups were those without access to a car and living in the most affluent areas or in rural areas... - Who is more likely to experience common disorders: men, women, or both equally? Lay perceptions in the West of ScotlandSally Macintyre
Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Int J Epidemiol 34:461-6. 2005..Gender differences in health are commonly observed by epidemiologists. Little is known about lay beliefs concerning the gender patterning of common conditions... - Place effects on health: how can we conceptualise, operationalise and measure them?Sally Macintyre
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Soc Sci Med 55:125-39. 2002.... - Associations between proximity and density of local alcohol outlets and alcohol use among Scottish adolescentsRobert Young
MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK
Health Place 19:124-30. 2013..60, p=0.016). Our findings suggest that certain alcohol behaviours (e.g. binge drinking) may be linked to the characteristics of alcohol outlets in the vicinity... - "Getting sicker quicker": does living in a more deprived neighbourhood mean your health deteriorates faster?Anne Ellaway
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Health Place 18:132-7. 2012..Wider area differences were seen for men than for women. Our findings indicate that attempts to reduce area differences in health should start young but also continue throughout the lifespan... - The food retail environment and area deprivation in Glasgow City, UKLaura Macdonald
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:52. 2009..Overall the findings suggested that deprived neighbourhoods within the City of Glasgow did not necessarily have fewer food retail outlets... - Lack of agreement between measured and self-reported distance from public green parks in Glasgow, ScotlandSally Macintyre
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:26. 2008..We know little about the extent of agreement between self reported and directly measured proximity of the same resource... - Do schools differ in suicide risk? The influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupilsRobert Young
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
BMC Public Health 11:874. 2011..Our aim is to explore if school context is associated with rates of attempted suicide and suicide-risk at age 15 and self-harm at age 19, adjusting for confounders... - Pathways to obesity: identifying local, modifiable determinants of physical activity and dietMai Stafford
UCL Medical School, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 65:1882-97. 2007..Public health professionals should seek to work alongside or within these organisations to capitalise on opportunities to improve health...