Neighbourhoods and Health

Young R. Can Neds (or Chavs) be non-delinquent, educated or even middle class? Contrasting empirical findings with cultural stereotypes. Sociology (in press).

Ellaway A, Benzeval M, Green M, Leyland AH, Macintyre s. "Getting sicker quicker": does living in a more deprived neighbourhood mean your health deteriorates faster? Health & Place 2012;18:132-7.

Karvonen S, Young R, West P, Rahkonen O. Value orientations among late modern youth – a cross-cultural study. Journal of Youth Studies 2012; 15(1):33-52.

Young R, McDonald-Smith L. Lisbeth Salander and the ‘Truth’ about Goths. In: Rosenberg R, ed. The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Dallas: Benbella Books, 2011:9-29.

Hunt K, Sweeting H, Sargent J, Lewars H, Young R, West P. An association between seeing incidents of alcohol or drug use in films and young Scottish adults' own alcohol or drug use: cross sectional study. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:259.

Macdonald L, Ellaway A, Ball K, Macintyre S. Is proximity to a food retail store associated with diet and BMI in Glasgow, Scotland? BMC Public Health 2011; 11:464.

McArdle P, Young R, Quibell T, Moseley M, Johnson R, Le Couteur A. Early intervention for at risk children: three year follow up. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2011; 20:111-20.

Ogilvie D, Lamb K, Ferguson N, Ellaway A. Recreational physical activity facilities within walking and cycling distance: sociospatial patterning of access in Scotland. Health & Place 2011; 17:1015-22.

Shareck M, Ellaway A. Neighbourhood crime and smoking: the role of objective and perceived crime measures. BMC Public Health 2011;11:930.

Sweeting H, West P, Young R, Kelly S. Dimensions of adolescent subjective social status within the school community: description and correlates. Journal of Adolescence 2011; 34:493-504.

Young R, Lennie S, Minnis H. Children’s perceptions of parental emotional neglect and psychopathology . The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry 2011; 52:889-97.

Young R, Riordan V, Stark C. Perinatal and psychosocial circumstances and risk of attempted suicide, non-suicidal self-injury and psychiatric services use. A longitudinal study of young people. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:875.

Young R, Sweeting H, Ellaway A. Do schools differ in suicide risk? The influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupils. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:874.

Young R, Sweeting H, West P. Associations between DSM-IV diagnosis, psychiatric symptoms and morning cortisol levels in a community sample of adolescents [Epub ahead of print]. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Ellaway A, Macdonald L, Forsyth A, Macintyre S. The distribution and characteristics of alcohol outlets across Glasgow, Scotland and associations with area deprivation (abstract from the 3rd European Public Health Conference, Amsterdam 2010). European Journal of Public Health 2010; 20:1.

Ellaway A, Macdonald L, Forsyth A, Macintyre S. The socio-spatial distribution of alcohol outlets in Glasgow City. Health & Place 2010; 16:167-72.

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Lamb KE, Ellaway A, Ferguson NS, Wang Y, Ogilvie D, Ellaway A. Distribution of physical activity amenities in Scotland by small area measures of deprivation and urbanicity. (abstract for the Society for Social Medicine 54th Annual Scientific Conference, Belfast 2010). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010; 64:1.

Lamb KE, Ferguson NS, Wang Y, Ogilvie D, Ellaway A. Distribution of physical activity facilities in Scotland by small area measures of deprivation and urbanicity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010; 7:76.

Macdonald L, Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Proximity to food retail stores and associations with dietary intake and BMI (abstract from the 3rd European Public Health Conference, Amsterdam 2010). European Journal of Public Health 2010; 20:1.

McNeill G, Osei-Assibey G, Dick S, Macdiarmid J, Semple S, Reilly J, Ellaway A, Cowie H. Using evidence to prioritise areas for public health actions for tackling childhood overweight. (abstract for the Society for Social Medicine 54th Annual Scientific Conference, Belfast 2010). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010; 64:1.

Seaman P, Jones R, Ellaway A. It's not just about the park, it's about integration too: Why people choose to use or not use urban greenspaces. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010; 7:78.

Sweeting H, West P, Young R, Der G. Can we explain increases in young people's psychological distress over time? Social Science & Medicine 2010; 71:1819-30.

West P, Sweeting H, Young R, Kelly S. The relative importance of family socioeconomic status and school-based peer hierachies for morning cortisol in youth: an exploratory study. Social Science & Medicine 2010; 79:1246-53.

West P, Sweeting H, Young R. Transition matters: pupils' experiences of the primary-secondary school transition in the West of Scotland and consequences for well-being and attainment. Research Papers in Education 2010; 25:21-50.

Wilson K, Eyles J, Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Macdonald L. Health status and health behaviours in neighbourhoods: A comparison of Glasgow, Scotland and Hamilton, Canada. Health and Place 2010; 16:331-8.

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Young R, West P. Do good values lead to good health-behaviours?: Longitudinal associations between young people's values and later substance-use. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:165.

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Young R. Trauma, attempted suicide and morning cortisol in a community sample of adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress 2010; 23:288–91.

Cummins S, Macintyre S. Are secondary data sources on the neighbourhood food environment accurate? Case-study in Glasgow, UK. Preventive Medicine 2009; 49:527-8.

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Ellaway A, Morris G, Curtice J, Robertson C, Allardice G, Robertson R. Associations between health and different kinds of environmental incivility: a Scotland-wide Study. Public Health 2009; 123:708-13.

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Hunt K, Sweeting H, Sargent J, Lewars H, Dal Cin S, Worth K. An examination of the association between seeing smoking in films and tobacco use in young adults in the West of Scotland: cross-sectional study. Health Education Research: Theory and Practice 2009; 24:22-31.

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Macdonald L, Ellaway A, Macintyre S. The food retail environment and area deprivation in Glasgow City. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009; 6:52.

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McAdam, C. (nee Hughes) The socioeconomic variations in the provision, quality and public perceptions of outdoor play areas in Glasgow [PhD]. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit; University of Glasgow, 2009.

Jones R, Ellaway A, Seaman P, Kendall R, Truman J. More than just a park. Findings from the FAB Greenspace Study. Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 2008.

Macintyre S, MacDonald L, Ellaway A. Do poorer people have poorer access to local resources and facilities? The distribution of local resources by area deprivation in Glasgow, Scotland. Social Science & Medicine 2008; 67:900-14.
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Macintyre S, Macdonald L, Ellaway A. Lack of agreement between measured and self-reported distance from public green parks in Glasgow, Scotland. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008; 5:26.
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Cummins S, Curtis S, Diez-Roux AV, Macintyre S. Understanding and representing `place' in health research: A relational approach. Social Science & Medicine 2007; 65:1825-38.
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Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Mutrie N, Kirk A. Nowhere to play? The relationship between the location of outdoor play areas and deprivation in Glasgow. Health & Place 2007; 13:557-561.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Is social participation associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors? Social Science & Medicine 2007; 64:1384-1391.

Macdonald L, Cummins S, Macintyre S. Neighbourhood fast food environment and area deprivation- substitution or concentration? Appetite 2007; 49:251-254.
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Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Cummins S. Place Effects on Health In: Brown P, ed. Perspectives in Medical Sociology. 4th ed. Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press, 2007:125-137.

Macintyre S. Deprivation amplification revisited; or, is it always true that poorer places have poorer access to resources for healthy diets and physical activity? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007; 4:32.
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Macintyre S. Inequalities in health in Scotland: what are they and what can we do about them? Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 17, 2007
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Cummins S, Macintyre S. Food environments and obesity - neighbourhood or nation? International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35:100-104.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Contrasts in public transport (gallery). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2006; 60:344.

Pearson M, Sweeting H, West P, Young R, Gordon J, Turner J. Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: a social network analysis. Drugs, Education, Prevention and Policy 2006; 13:519-536.

Steglich C, Snijders T, West P. Applying SIENA: An illustrative analysis of the co-evolution of adolescents' friendship networks, taste in music, and alcohol consumption. Methodology: Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 2006; 2:48-56.

Turner K, West P, Young R, Gordon J, Sweeting H. Could the peer group explain school differences in pupil smoking rates? Social Science & Medicine 2006; 62:2513-2525.

Cummins S, Macintyre S, Davidson S, Ellaway A. Measuring neighbourhood social and material context: generation and interpretation of ecological data from routine and non-routine sources. Health & Place 2005; 11:249-260.

Cummins S, McKay L, Macintyre S. McDonald's restaurants and neighborhood deprivation in Scotland and England. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005; 29:308-310.

Curtice J, Ellaway A, Robertson C, Morris G, Allardice G, Robertson R. Public attitudes and environmental justice in Scotland: A report for the Scottish Executive on research to inform the development and evaluation of environmental justice policy. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive Research Department, 2005.

Macintyre S, McKay L, Cummins S, Burns C. Out-of-home food outlets and area deprivation: Case study in Glasgow, UK. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2005; 2.16.
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Macintyre S, McKay L, Ellaway A. Are rich people or poor people more likely to be ill? Lay perceptions, by social class and neighbourhood, of inequalities in health. Social Science & Medicine 2005; 60:313-317.

Macintyre S, McKay L, Ellaway A. Who is more likely to experience common disorders: men, women, or both equally? Lay perceptions in the West of Scotland. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 34:461-466.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. 5-a-day may be harder to achieve in more deprived areas. (gallery). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2004; 58:592.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Schools in socially contrasting neighbourhoods (gallery). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2004; 58:1027.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. You are where you live. Mental Health Today 2004:33-35.

Ellaway A, McKay L, Macintyre S, Kearns A, Hiscock R. Are social comparisons of homes and cars related to psychosocial health? International Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 33:1065-1071.

Ellaway A. Commentary: Subtle refinements of popular concepts may be difficult to put into practice. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2004; 33:681-682.

Kirk A, Ellaway A, Mutrie N, Macintyre S. Play for health: a pilot study investigating the distribution and features of publicly provided outdoor play areas in Glasgow. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Working Paper 12, 2004.

Cummins S. The local food environment and health: some reflections from the UK (letter). American Journal of Public Health, 2003; 93:521.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Hiscock R, Kearns A. In the driving seat: psychosocial benefits from private motor vehicle transport compared to public transport. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2003; 6:217-231.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Play areas for children (gallery). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2003; 57:313.

Pearson M, West P. Drifting smoke rings: social network analysis and Markov processes in a longitudinal study of friendship groups and risk taking. Connections: bulletin of the International Network for Social Network Analysis 2003; 25:59-76.

Cummins S, Macintyre S. Food 'deserts' - evidence and assumption in health policy making. British Medical Journal 2002; 325:436-438.
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Cummins S, Macintyre S. The price and availability of food in Glasgow: a systematic study of an urban foodscape. Urban Studies 2002; 39:2115-2130.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Social cohesion and meeting places (gallery). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2002; 56:482.

Hiscock R, Macintyre S, Kearns A, Ellaway A. Means of transport and ontological security: Do cars provide psychosocial benefits to their users? Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment 2002; 7:119-135.

Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Cummins S. Place effects on health: how can we conceptualise, operationalise and measure them? Social Science and Medicine 2002; 55:125-139.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Kearns A. Perceptions of place and health in socially contrasting neighbourhoods. Urban Studies 2001; 38:2299-2316.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Contrasts in service provision (gallery). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2001; 55:769.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Women in their place: Gender and perceptions of neighbourhoods and health in the West of Scotland. In: Dyck I, Davis Lewis N, McLafferty S, eds. Geographies of Women's Health. London: Routledge, 2001:265-281.

Hiscock R, Kearns A, Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Ontological security and psychosocial benefits from the home: qualitative evidence on issues of tenure. Housing, Theory and Society 2001; 18:50-66.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Shopping for food in socially contrasting localities. British Food Journal 2000; 102:52-59.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Social capital and self rated health: support for a contextual mechanism. American Journal of Public Health 2000; 90:988.

Kearns A, Hiscock R, Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Beyond four walls. The psycho-social benefits of home: evidence from West Scotland. Housing Studies 2000; 15:387-410.

Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Ecological approaches: the rediscovery of the role of the physical and social environment. In: Berkman L, Kawachi I, eds. Social Epidemiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000:332-348.

Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Neighbourhood cohesion and health in socially contrasting neighbourhoods: implications for the social exclusion and public health agendas. Health Bulletin 2000; 60:450-456.

Pearson M, Michell L. Smoke rings: social network analysis of friendship groups, smoking and drug-taking. Drugs Education, Prevention & Policy 2000; 7:21-37.

Cummins S, Macintyre S. The location of food stores in urban areas: a case study in Glasgow. British Food Journal 1999; 101:545-553.

Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Local opportunity structures, social capital and social inequalities in health: what can central and local government do? Health Promotion Journal of Australia 1999; 9:165-170.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Does housing tenure predict health in the UK because it exposes people to different levels of housing related hazards in the home or its surroundings? Health and Place, 1998; 4:141-150.

Ellaway A, Wood S, Macintyre S. Someone to talk to? The role of loneliness as a factor in the frequency of GP consultations. British Journal of General Practice 1999; 49:363-367.

Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Social and local variations in the use of urban neighbourhoods: a case study in Glasgow, Scotland. Health and Place 1998; 4:91-94.

Ellaway A, Anderson AS, Macintyre S. Does area of residence affect body size and shape? International Journal of Obesity 1997; 21:304-308.

Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Does where you live predict health-related behaviours? A case study in Glasgow. Health Bulletin 1996; 54:443-446.

Sooman A, Macintyre S. Health and perceptions of the local environment in socially contrasting neighbourhoods in Glasgow. Health and Place 1995; 1:15-26.

Macintyre S, MacIver S, Sooman A. Area, class and health: Should we be focusing on places or people? Journal of Social Policy 1993; 22:213-234.

Sooman A, Macintyre S, Anderson AS. Scotland's Health-a more difficult challenge for some? The price and availability of healthy foods in socially contrasting localities in the West of Scotland. Health Bulletin 1993; 51:276-284.