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Staff Member Biography

Anne Ellaway

position: Programme Leader (Track)programmes: Neighbourhoods and Health, Social and Spatial Patterning of Health

Contact Details

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phone: 0141 357 3949

Address

MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
University of Glasgow
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.

Publications

Lamb K, Ogilvie D, Ferguson N, Murray J, Yang Wang , 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 (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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Molaodi OR, Harding S, Leyland AH, Ellaway A, Kearns A. Area deprivation, ethnic density and fast food outlets, supermarkets and physical activity structures in England. SSM (Society for Social Medicine) Annual Scientific Meeting. Belfast, UK: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2010: A48.

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.

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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.

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; 38:1215-23.
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Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Are perceived neighbourhood problems associated with the likelihood of smoking? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2009; 63:78-80.

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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.

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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Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Neighbourhoods and health In: Brown T, McLafferty S, Moon G, eds. The Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009:399-417.

Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Neighbourhoods, social class and health. In: Graham H, ed. Understanding Health Inequalities. Second ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 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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Macdonald L, Ellaway A. The socio-spatial distribution of alcohol outlets in Glasgow City using a range of geographic scales. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Working Paper 19, 2008.

Stafford M, Sacker A, Ellaway A, Cummins S, Wiggins D, Macintyre S. Neighbourhood effects on health: A structural equation modelling approach. Schmollers Jahrbuch, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies 2008; 128:109-20.

Benzeval M, Green M, Ferrell C, Macdonald L, Wilson R, Der G, Ellaway A, Hunt K, Sweeting H, West P, Macintyre S. West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community: Wave 5 fieldwork Protocol. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Working Paper no. 20, 2007.

Croucher R, Ellaway A. Health and the physical characteristics of neighbourhoods: A critical literature review. Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 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.

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

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.

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

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: Theory and Practice 2006; 21:731-739.

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, Stafford M, Macintyre S, Marmot M, Ellaway A. Neighbourhood environment and its associations with self-rated health: Evidence from Scotland & England. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2005; 59:207-213.

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, 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, Bonnefoy X. Graffiti, greenery, and obesity in adults: secondary analysis of European cross sectional survey. British Medical Journal 2005; 331:611-612.
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Ellaway A. The residential environment and health [PhD]. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2005.

Stafford 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.
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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.

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, eds. The Geography of Health Inequalities in the Developed World. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004:309-332.

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.

BMA, with contributing authors Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Housing and Health: building for the future. London: British Medical Association, 2003.

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.
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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 and Place 2003; 9:207-218.
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Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Neighbourhoods and Health: Overview. In: Kawachi I, Berkman L, eds. 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. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 12, 2003.

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, Bradby H, McKeown M. Racist and sectarian graffiti in Glasgow: a pilot study (photo report). Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 2002.

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, 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.

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.
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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.

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.
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Houston D, Ellaway A, Kearns A, Petticrew M. Housing and health feasibility study: Report to Scottish Homes. Glasgow: Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow and MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 2000.

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, ed. 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: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 3, 2000.

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. Social inclusion and health: The role of the local environment. Money Advice Scotland Journal, 1999:17-18.

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.

Macintyre 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.
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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. 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.
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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.

Ellaway A. Deprivation and health: an assessment of the utility of a selection of deprivation indices and their relationship with health outcomes. Glasgow: MRC Medical Sociology, Working Paper 55, 1995.

McColl K, Anderson AS, Ellaway A, Macintyre S. Community Food Initiatives in Scotland. Interim report to the Health Education Board for Scotland, 1995.

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.

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: MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Working Paper 33, 1992.

Macintyre S, MacIver S, Sooman A. Area, class and health: A comparison of two urban localities in the West of Scotland. Glasgow: MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Working Paper 31, 1991.

Macintyre S, Sooman A. A comparison of health measures between two localities in the West of Scotland. Glasgow: MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Working Paper 30, 1991.

Macintyre S, Sooman A. Non-paternity and prenatal genetic screening. Lancet 1991; 338:869-871.
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