Staff Member Biography
Frank Popham
position: Senior Investigator Scientistprogramme: Social Patterning of Health over the LifecourseContact Details
phone: 0141 357 3949 (Switchboard)
Address
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ
Biography and Interests
Frank has a social science background and obtained his PhD in sociology and social policy from the University of Newcastle. Before joining the unit in October 2011, he had been a researcher at the Universities of Newcastle, Stirling, Edinburgh and St Andrews and had also been a lecturer at Edinburgh. His research focuses on socioeconomic inequalities in health and he has explored various aspects of this topic mainly through secondary analysis of existing datasets. Areas of particular interest are lifecourse influences on inequalities, the impact of non-employment on inequalities, social policy influences on inequalities and comparative studies of inequalities.
Publications
Dibben C, Popham F. Are health inequalities evident at all ages? An ecological study of English mortality records [epub ahead of print]. The European Journal of Public Health 2012.
pubmedDibben C, Popham F. Are socio-economic groupings the most appropriate method for judging health equity between countries? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011;65:4-5.
Dujardin C, Farfan Portlet MI, Mitchell R, Popham F, Thomas I, Lorant V. Does country influence the health burden of informal care? An international comparison between Belgium and Great Britain. Social Science & Medicine 2011; 73:1123-32.
pubmedGraham E, Findlay A, Manley D, McCollum D, Popham F, van Ham M. Scotland’s census as a research resource. Scotland's population 2010, the Registrar General's annual review of demographic trends. Edinburgh: National Records of Scotland, 2011:73-8.
open accessMitchell R, Dujardin C, Popham F, Farfan Portlet MI, Thomas I, Lorant V. Using matched areas to explore international differences in population health. Social Science & Medicine 2011; 73:1113-22.
pubmedNorman P, Boyle P, Exeter D, Feng Z, Popham F. Rising premature mortality in the UK’s persistently deprived areas: Only a Scottish phenomenon? Social Science & Medicine 2011;73:1575-84.
pubmedPopham F, Boyle P, O'Reilly D, Leyland AH. Selective internal migration. Does it explain Glasgow's worsening mortality record? Health & Place 2011; 17:1212-17.
pubmedPopham F, Boyle P. Assessing socio-economic inequalities in mortality and other health outcomes at the Scottish national level. Edinburgh: Final report for the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, 2011.
open accessPopham F, Boyle PJ. Is there a 'Scottish effect' for mortality? Prospective observational study of census linkage studies. Journal of Public Health (Oxf) 2011; 33:453-8.
pubmedPopham F. To what extent can deprivation inequalities in mortality and heart disease incidence amongst the working aged in Scotland be explained by smoking? Relative and absolute approaches. Health & Place 2011; 17:1132-6.
pubmedBambra C, Popham F. Worklessness and regional differences in the social gradient in general health: evidence from the 2001 English census. Health & Place 2010;16:1014-21.
Loretto W, Platt S, Popham F. Workplace change and employee mental health: results from a longitudinal study. British Journal of Management 2010;21:526-40.
Popham F, Bambra C. Evidence from the 2001 English census on the contribution of employment status to the social gradient in self-rated health. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2010;64:277-80.
Popham F, Boyle P, O'Reilly D, Leyland AH. Exploring the impact of selective migration on the deprivation-mortality gap within Greater Glasgow. February 2010. Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 2010.
Popham F, Boyle PJ, Norman P. The Scottish excess in mortality compared to the English and Welsh. Is it a country of residence or country of birth excess? Health & Place 2010;16:759-62.
Popham F. Intergenerational social class stability and mobility are associated with large absolute differences in adult participation in sport and exercise. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2010;44:1184-5.
Boyle PJ, Norman P, Popham F. Social mobility: evidence that it can widen health inequalities. Social Science & Medicine 2009;68:1835-42.
Clemens T, Boyle P, Popham F. Unemployment, mortality and the problem of health-related selection: evidence from the Scottish and England & Wales (ONS) longitudinal studies. Health Statistics Quarterly 2009:7-13.
Farfan-Portet M-I, Popham F, Mitchell R, Swine C, Lorant V. Caring, employment and health among adults of working age: evidence from Britain and Belgium. The European Journal of Public Health 2009;20:52-7.
Mitchell R, Popham F. Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study. The Lancet 2008;372:1655-60.
Popham F, Bambra C. Movement from ill health related economic inactivity into employment and its impact on health: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study. St Andrews: Scottish Longitudinal Study Research Working Paper 1, 2008.
open accessMitchell R, Popham F. Greenspace, urbanity and health: relationships in England. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007;61:681-3.
Popham F, Mitchell R. Relation of employment status to socioeconomic position and physical activity types. Preventive Medicine 2007;45:182-8.
Popham F, Mitchell R. Self-rated life expectancy and lifetime socio-economic position: cross-sectional analysis of the British household panel survey. International Journal of Epidemiology 2007;36:58-65.
Popham F, Walker JJ, Mitchell R. Could using general health and longstanding limiting illness as a joint health outcome add to understanding in social inequalities research? Journal of Public Health 2007;29:208-10.
Backett-Milburn K, Ogilvie-Whyte S, Newall E, Popham F, Houston A, Wales A. Children and young people’s concerns about their sexual health and well-being. Edinburgh: Final report to the Scottish Executive, 2006.
open accessBarnsdale L, MacRae R, McIvor G, Brown A, Eley S, Malloch M, Murray C, Popham F, Piacentini L, Walters R. Evaluation of the Airdrie sheriff youth court pilots. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2006.
open accessMcIvor G, Barnsdale L, MacRae R, Dunlop S, Brown A, Eley S, Malloch M, Murray C, Piacentini L, Popham F, Walters R. Evaluation of the Airdrie and Hamilton youth court pilots. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2006.
open accessPopham F, Mitchell R. Leisure-time exercise and personal circumstances in the working age population: longitudinal analysis of the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2006;60:270-4.
Popham F. Is there a "Scottish effect" for self reports of health? Individual level analysis of the 2001 UK census. BMC Public Health [computer file] 2006;6:191.
Loretto W, Popham F, Platt S, Pavis S, Hardy G, Macleod L, Gibbs J. Assessing psychological well-being: A holistic investigation of NHS employees. International Review of Psychiatry 2005;17:329-36.
Popham F, McIvor G, Brown A, Eley S, Malloch M, Murray C, Piacentini L, Walters R, Murray L. Evaluation of the Hamilton sheriff youth court pilot 2003-2005. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2005.
open accessHumphrey R, McCarthy P, Popham F, Charles Z, Garland M, Gooch S, Hornsby K, Houghton C, Muldon C. Stress and the contemporary student. Higher Education Quarterly 1998;52:221-42.
