Staff Member Biography
Anne Ellaway
position: Programme Leaderprogrammes: Neighbourhoods and Health, Social and Spatial Patterning of HealthContact Details
phone: 0141 357 3949
Address
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ
Biography and Interests
Anne has a BA Hons in Social Sciences (majoring in psychology), an MSc in Applied Social Sciences and a PhD (obtained from the University of Glasgow). Anne's first research post was in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Glasgow University. She joined the MRC Unit in 1990 as a researcher working with Sally Macintyre on a variety of projects until 1992. Anne then left the Unit for two years to work for Strathclyde Regional Council's Social Policy Unit as their researcher in health and social policy, subsequently rejoining the MRC Unit working on the Social & Spatial Patterning of Health programme. Research work includes exploring the processes by which features of the local social and physical environment might influence health and the ability to lead a healthy life. Research interests also include investigating the relative effects upon health of different social indicators over time and place. Anne is on the Editorial Boards of Health & Place and the Open Urban Studies Journal. She is a member of the WHO International Expert Group on Housing & Health, the SPARCOLL advisory group and is a Board member of the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health. Anne is also a collaborator in the recently funded EDPHiS project, a multidisciplinary collaborative research project (involving social and environmental scientists) which aims to support the development of public policy in Scotland. Anne is Principal Investigator on a National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) funded project on access to physical activity opportunities across Scotland and relationships with physical activity levels and obesity and co-investigator on an NPRI funded study examining whether ethnic differences in physical activity and dietary patterns and obesity in England are related to neighbourhood exposures.
In 2012 Anne was appointed Honorary Professor in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow.
Publications
[in press]
Ellaway A, Emslie C. Gender, place and alcohol. In: Stock C, Ellaway A, editors Neighbourhood structure and health promotion. New York: Springer, [in press].
Ellaway A, Ferguson N, Lamb K, Ogilvie D. Access to health promoting facilities and amenities. In: Stock C, Ellaway A, editors Neighbourhood structure and health promotion. New York: Springer, [in press].
Ellaway A. The impact of the local social and physical local environment on well being. In: Burton E, Cooper R, editors Wellbeing and the environment. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, [in press].
2013
Ferguson N, Lamb K, Ogilvie D, Wang YY, Ellaway A. Access to recreational physical activities by car and bus: an assessment of socio-spatial inequalities in mainland Scotland. PLOS One 2013;8: e55638
open accessMacdonald L, Kearns A, Ellaway A . Do residents' perceptions of being well-placed and objective presence of local amenities match? A case study in West Central Scotland, UK. BMC Public Health 2013;13
open accessMacintyre S, Ellaway A. Place. In: Gabe J, Bury M, Elston MA, editors Key concepts in medical sociology. 2nd ed. London: Sage, 2013.
Young R, Macdonald L, Ellaway A. Associations between proximity and density of local alcohol outlets and alcohol use among Scottish adolescents. Health & Place 2013;19:124-130
open access2012
Ball K, Lamb K, Ellaway A. Street connectivity and obesity in Glasgow, Scotland: impact of age, sex and socioeconomic position. Health & Place 2012;18:1307-1313
open accessBirkin P, Crawford F, Mackison D, Mooney J, Ellaway A. Exploring the nutritional quality of ‘Out of School’ foods popular with school pupils. Environmental Health Scotland 2012;24:5
open accessCrawford F, Ellaway A, Mackison D, Mooney J. ‘Is eating out of school a healthy option for secondary pupils?’ A feasibility study to explore the nutritional quality of ‘out of school’ foods popular with school pupils. Glasgow, 2012
open accessCrawford F, Research Steering Group including Anne Ellaway. Exploring the nutritional quality of 'out of school' foods popular with schoolchildren: GCPH Briefing Paper 35 - Findings Series. Glasgow, 2012
open accessDavidson N, Forsyth A, Ellaway A. Shop servers experience of alcohol-related issues and interventions in socially contrasting areas. London, 2012
open accessEllaway 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
pubmed open accessEllaway A, Macdonald L, Lamb K, Thornton L, Day P, Pearce J. Do obesity-promoting food environments cluster around socially disadvantaged schools in Glasgow, Scotland?. Health & Place 2012;18
pubmed open accessLamb KE, Ogilvie D, Ferguson N, Murray J, Yang Wang Y, Ellaway A. Sociospatial distribution of access to facilities for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity in Scotland by different modes of transport. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012;9:55
pubmed open accessMolaodi O R, Leyland AH, Ellaway A, Kearns A, Harding S. Neighbourhood food and physical activity environments in England, UK: does ethnic density matter?. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012;9:75
pubmed open accessOsei-Assibey G, Dick S, Macdiarmid JI, Semple S, Reill J, Ellaway A, Cowie H, McNeill G. The influence of the food environment on overweight and obesity in young children: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2012;2:e001538
open accessThornton LE, Pearce JR, Macdonald L, Lamb KE, Ellaway A. Does the choice of neighbourhood supermarket access measure influence associations with individual-level fruit and vegetable consumption? A case study from Glasgow. International Journal of Health Geographics 2012;11:29
pubmed open access2011
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
pubmed open accessOgilvie 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
pubmedShareck M, Ellaway A. Neighbourhood crime and smoking: the role of objective and perceived crime measures. BMC Public Health 2011;11:930
pubmed open accessYoung 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
pubmed open access2010
Ellaway A, Macdonald L, Forsyth A, Macintyre S. The socio-spatial distribution of alcohol outlets in Glasgow City. Health & Place 2010;16:167-72
pubmedLamb KE, Ferguson N S, 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
pubmed open accessMcNeill, Osei-Assibey G, Dick S, Macdiarmid J, Semple S, Reilly J, Ellaway A, Cowie H. Obesity case study phase II summary report. Environmental Determinants of Public Health in Scotland [EDPHiS] , Edinburgh, 2010
open accessSeaman 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
pubmed open accessWilson 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 & Place 2010;16:331-8
pubmed open access2009
Benzeval M, Der G, Ellaway A, Hunt K, Sweeting H, West P, Macintyre S. Cohort profile: West of Scotland 20-07 study - health in the community. International Journal of Epidemiology 2009;38:1215-1223
pubmed open accessEllaway A, Macintyre S. Are perceived neighbourhood problems associated with the likelihood of smoking?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2009;63:78-80
pubmed open accessEllaway A, Macintyre S. Neighbourhoods and health. In: Brown T, McLafferty S, Moon G, editors The companion to health and medical geography. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009:399-417.
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
pubmedMacdonald L, Ellaway A, Macintyre S. The food retail environment and area deprivation in Glasgow City. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009;6:52
pubmed open accessMacintyre S, Ellaway A. Neighbourhood influences on health. In: Graham H, editor Understanding health inequalities. Second ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2009:84-100.
Osei-Assibey G, McNeill G, Macdiarmid J, Semple S, Reilly J, Ellaway A. Obesity case study: phase one scoping report. Edinburgh, 2009
open accessVohera S, Hurley F, Christopher Y, Ellaway A, Tedon P, Sabel C, McCollam A, Crawford J. Mental health and wellbeing case study scoping report. Edinburgh, 2009
open access2008
Jones R, Ellaway A, Seaman P, Kendall R, Truman J. More than just a park: findings from the facilitators and barriers greenspace study. Glasgow Centre for Population Health , Glasgow, 2008
Macdonald L, Ellaway A. The socio-spatial distribution of alcohol outlets in Glasgow City using a range of geographic scales. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Working Paper no. 19 , Glasgow, 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
pubmed open accessMacintyre 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
pubmed open accessStafford M, Sacker A, Ellaway A, Cummins S, Wiggins D, Macintyre S . Neighbourhood effects on health: a structural equation modelling approach. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies [Schmollers Jahrbuch] 2008;128:109-20
2007
Benzeval M, Green M, Ferrell C, Macdonald L, Wilson R, Der G, Ellaway A, Hunt K, Sweeting H, West P, Macintyre S. The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: health in the community - wave 5 fieldwork protocol. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Working Paper no. 20 20, Glasgow, 2007
Croucher K, Myers L, Jones R, Ellaway A. Health and the physical characteristics of neighbourhoods: a critical literature review. Glasgow Centre for Population Health , Glasgow, 2007
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
pubmedEllaway A, Macintyre S. Is social participation associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors?. Social Science & Medicine 2007;64:1384-1391
pubmedHiscock R, Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Kearns A. The significance of residence: exploring the links between ontological security, housing tenure and place. In: Gurney C , editor Placing changes: perspectives on place in housing and urban studies. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Cummins S. Place Effects on Health . In: Brown P, editor Perspectives in medical sociology. Fourth ed. Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press, 2007:125-137.
Stafford M, Cummins S, Ellaway A, Sacker A, Wiggins RD, Macintyre S. Pathways to obesity: identifying local, modifiable determinants of physical activity and diet. Social Science & Medicine 2007;65:1882-1897
pubmed2006
Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Contrasts in public transport [gallery]. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2006;60ID - 1661:344
Macintyre S, McKay L, Ellaway A. Lay concepts of the relative importance of different influences on health: are there major socio-demographic variations?. Health Education Research 2006;21:731-9
pubmed open access2005
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
pubmedCummins S, Stafford M, Macintyre S, Marmot M, Ellaway A. Neighbourhood environment and its associations with self-rated health: evidence from Scotland and England. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2005;59:207-213
pubmedCurtice 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, 2005
Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Bonnefoy X. Graffiti, greenery, and obesity in adults: secondary analysis of European cross sectional survey. British Medical Journal 2005;331:611-612
pubmed open accessEllaway A. Changes in diet and food access, 1992-2002: a review of existing findings within West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Edinburgh, 2005
Ellaway A. Environmental justice and health: results from the 2004 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey. Edinburgh, 2005
Ellaway A. The residential environment and health [PhD], MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit 2005.
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
pubmedMacintyre 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
pubmedStafford M, Cummins S, Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Marmot M. Gender differences in the associations between health and neighbourhood environment. Social Science & Medicine 2005;60:1681-1692
pubmed2004
Ellaway A, Macintyre S. 5-a-day may be harder to achieve in more deprived areas [gallery]. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2004;58ID - 2150:592
Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Schools in socially contrasting neighbourhoods [gallery]. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2004;58ID - 2151:1027
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
pubmedEllaway A. Subtle refinements of popular concepts may be difficult to put into practice [commentary]. International Journal of Epidemiology 2004;33ID - 2153:681-2
Macintyre S, Hiscock R, Ellaway A, Kearns A. The fallacy of the equivalence of a range of household and area based indicators of material resources in the geography of health inequalities. In: Boyle P, Curtis S, Gatrell T, Moore E, editors The geography of health inequalities in the developed world. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004:309-332.
2003
BMA with contributing authors, Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Housing and health: building for the future. London, 2003
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, McKay L. The historical specificity of early life car ownership as an indicator of socio-economic position. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2003;57:277-278
pubmedEllaway A, Macintyre S. Housing and social exclusion, the problems of living in poor quality accommodation. In: Carter David, Sharp Samantha, British Medical Association , editors Housing and health : building for the future. London: British Medical Association, 2003:41-47.
Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Play areas for children [gallery]. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2003;57ID - 2311:313
Hiscock R, Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Kearns A. Residents and residence: factors predicting the health disadvantage of social renters compared to owner-occupiers. Journal of Social Issues 2003;59:527-546
Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Hiscock R, Kearns A, Der G, McKay L. What features of the home and the area might help to explain observed relationships between housing tenure and health? Evidence from the West of Scotland. Health & Place 2003;9:207-218
pubmedMacintyre S, Ellaway A. Neighborhoods and health: overview. In: Kawachi I, Berkman L, editors Neighborhoods and health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003:20-42.
Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Neighbourhoods and health: overview. In: Kawachi I, editor Neighbourhoods and health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003:20-42.
McKay L, Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Migration and health: a review of the international literature. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Occasional Paper 12, Glasgow, 2003
2002
Ellaway A, Bradby H, McKeown M. Racist and sectarian graffiti in Glasgow: a pilot study [photo report]. Glasgow, 2002
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 & Medicine 2002;55:125-139
pubmed2001
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. Women in their place: gender and perceptions of neighbourhoods and health in the West of Scotland. In: Dyck I, Davis Lewis N, McLafferty S, editors 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
Macintyre S, Hiscock R, Kearns A, Ellaway A. Housing tenure and car access: further exploration of the nature of their relationships with health in a UK setting. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2001;55:330-331
pubmed2000
Ellaway A, Macintyre S, Fairley A. Mums on Prozac, kids on inhalers: the need for research on the potential for improving health through housing interventions. Health Bulletin 2000;58:336-339
pubmedEllaway 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
pubmedHouston D, Ellaway A, Kearns A, Petticrew M. Housing and health feasibility study: report to Scottish Homes. Glasgow, 2000
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, editors Social epidemiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000:332-348.
Macintyre S, Hiscock R, Kearns A, Ellaway A. Housing, tenure and health inequalities: a three-dimensional perspective on people, homes, and neighbourhoods. In: Graham H, editor Understanding health inequalities. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2000:129-142.
McKeown M, Ellaway A, Bradby H. A systematic exploration of the location and content of graffiti of a racist and sectarian nature in Glasgow. Glasgow, 2000
1999
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
pubmedMacintyre 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
1998
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 & Place 1998;4:141-150
pubmedMacintyre S, Ellaway A, Der G, Ford G, Hunt K. Do housing tenure and car access predict health because they are simply markers of income or self esteem? A Scottish study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 1998;52:657-664
pubmedMacintyre S, Ellaway A. Social and local variations in the use of urban neighbourhoods: a case study in Glasgow, Scotland. Health & Place 1998;4:91-94
pubmed1997
Ellaway A, Anderson A S, Macintyre S. Does area of residence affect body size and shape?. International Journal of Obesity 1997;21:304-308
pubmedEllaway A. Are single indicators of deprivation as useful as composite indicators in predicting morbidity and mortality? Results from the Central Clydeside Conurbation. Health Bulletin 1997;55:283-284
pubmed1996
Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Does where you live predict health-related behaviours? A case study in Glasgow. Health Bulletin 1996;54:443-446
pubmed1995
Ellaway A. Deprivation and health: an assessment of the utility of a selection of deprivation indices and their relationship with health outcomes. Glasgow, 1995
McColl K, Anderson AS, Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Community food initiatives in Scotland: interim report to the Health Education Board for Scotland. 1995
1992
Sooman A, Taggart J. West of Scotland: price and availability of a selection of 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' food items in two localities in Glasgow City. Glasgow, 1992

