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Staff Member Biography

Seeromanie Harding

position: Programme Leaderprogramme: Ethnicity and Health

Contact Details

email:
phone: 0141 357 3949 (switchboard)

Address

MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ

Biography and Interests

Seeromanie obtained her B.Sc. (First Class, Hons) in Applied Social Sciences in 1989 and completed her M.Sc. in Medical Demography in 1991 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She worked at the Office for National Statistics as a Senior Researcher managing the inequalities in health research programme in the Longitudinal Study Unit then moved to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Senior Epidemiologist at the Centre for Public Health Monitoring, before moving to the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow. She is interested in inequalities in health, particularly on the impact of socio-environmental and biological factors on the emergence and accumulation of disparities in health among ethnic groups.

Publications

Astell-Burt T, Maynard MJ, Lenguerrand E, Harding S. Racism, ethnic density and psychological well-being through adolescence: evidence from the Determinants of Adolescent Social Well-being and Health longitudinal study. Ethnicity & Health [Special Issue: Ethnic Inequalities in Mental Health and Care] 2012;17:71-87.

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Bhui K, Lenguerrand E, Maynard MJ, Stansfeld S, Harding S. Does cultural integration explain a mental health advantage for adolescents? [Epub ahead of print]. International Journal of Epidemiology 2012.

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Harding S, Lenguerrand E, Costa G, d’Errico A, Martikainen P, Tarkiainen L, Blane D, Akinwale B, Bartley M. Trends in mortality by labour market position around retirement ages in three european countries with different welfare regimes. International Journal of Public Health 2012; [epub ahead of print].

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Maynard MJ, Rosato M, Harding S. Trends in suicide mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003. Ethnicity & Health 2012;17:135-40.

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Vandenheede H, Deboosere P, Stirbu I, Agyemang CO, Harding S, Juel K, Rafnsson SB, Regidor E, Rey G, Rosato M, Mackenbach JP, Kunst AE. Migrant mortality from diabetes mellitus across Europe: the importance of socio-economic change. European Journal of Epidemiology 2012;27:109-17.

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Akinwale B, Lynch K, Wiggins R, Harding S, Bartley M, Blane D. Work, permanent sickness and mortality risk: a prospective cohort study of England and Wales, 1971-2006. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health; 65:786-92.

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Bhopal R, Snorri B, Rafnsson CA, Fagot-Campagna A, Giampaoli S, Hammer N, Harding S, Hedlund E, Juel K, Mackenback JP, Primatesta P, Rey G, Rosato M, Wild S, Kunst AE. Mortality from circulatory diseases by specific country of birth across six European countries: test of concept [Epub ahead of print]. European Journal of Public Health 2011.

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Booker C, Harding S, Benzeval M. A systematic review of the effect of retention methods in population-based cohort studies. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:249.

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Brueton V, Tierney J, Stenning S, Nazareth I, Meredith S, Darbyshire J, Harding S, Rait G. Strategies to reduce attrition from randomised trials (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011:2.

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Twamley K, Puthussery S, Macfarlane A, Harding S, Baron I. UK born ethnic minority women and their experiences of feeding their newborn baby. Midwifery 2011; 27:595-602.

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Astell-Burt T, Maynard MJ, Lenguerrand E, Harding S. Influence of racism and context on ethnic differences in adolescent mental health trajectories: the Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health (DASH) study Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe. Paphos, Cyprus: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2010:108.

Bhala N, Rosato M, Wild S, Bhopal R, Harding S. Peptic ulcer disease: further work is required to reduce inequalities (letter). The Lancet 2010; 375:553.

Harding S, Whitrow MJ, Lenguerrand E, Maynard MJ, Teyhan A, Cruickshank K, Der G. Emergence of ethnic differences in blood pressure in adolescence: The Determinants of Adolescent Social Well-being and Health study. Hypertension 2010; 55:1063-9.

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Maynard MJ, Harding S. Perceived parenting and psychological wellbeing in UK ethnic minority adolescents. Child: Care, Health and Development 2010; 36:630-8.

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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.

Puthussery S, Twamley K, Macfarlane A, Harding S, Ahmed S, Mirsky J. ‘You need that loving tender care’: Maternity care experiences and expectations of British-born ethnic minority women in the United Kingdom. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2010; 15:156-162.

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Whitrow M, Harding S, Maynard M. The influence of parental smoking and family type on saliva cotinine in UK ethnic minority children: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:262.

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Whitrow M, Harding S. Asthma in Black African, Black Caribbean and South Asian adolescents in the MRC DASH study: a cross sectional analysis. BMC Pediatrics 2010; 10:18.

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Akinwale B, Lynch K, Wiggins R, Harding S, Bartley M, Blane D. Labour market position and health at older ages in England and Wales, 1971-2001. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health doi:10.1136/jech.2009.099325

Atkin H, Harding S, Bradby H. A welcome from the new editors. Ethnicity & Health 2009; 14:419-21.

Harding S, Rosato M, Teyhan A. Trends in cancer mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003. European Journal of Cancer 2009; 45:2168-79.

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Maynard M, Baker G, Rawlins E, Harding S. Developing obesity prevention interventions among minority ethnic children in schools and places of worship: The DEAL (DiEt and Active Living) study. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:480.

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Maynard M, Harding S. Ethnic differences in psychological well-being in adolescence in the context of time spent in family activities. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2010; 45:115-23.

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Twamley K, Puthussery S, Macfarlane A, Harding S, Ahmed S, Mirsky J. Recruiting UK-Born ethnic minority women for health research: lessons learned. Research Policy and Planning 2009; 27:25-38.

Williamson LM, Rosato M, Teyhan A, Santana P, Harding S. AIDS mortality in African migrants living in Portugal: evidence of large social inequalities. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:427-31.

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Harding S, Maynard MJ, Cruickshank K, Teyhan A. Overweight, obesity and high blood pressure in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in Britain: the Medical Research Council DASH study. International Journal of Obesity 2008; 32:82-90.
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Harding S, Rosato M, Teyhan A. Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003: slow declines notable for some groups. Heart 2008; 94:463-70.
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Harding S, Teyhan A, Maynard M, Cruickshank JK. Ethnic differences in overweight and obesity in early adolescence in the MRC DASH study: the role of adolescent and parental lifestyle. International journal of Epidemiology 2008; 37:162-72.
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Harding S, Teyhan A, Rosato M, Santana P. All cause and cardiovascular mortality in African migrants living in Portugal: evidence of large social inequalities. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2008; 15:670-6.

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Puthussery S, Twamley K, Harding S, Mirsky J, Baron M, MacFarlane A. “They’re more like ordinary stroppy British women”: Attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2008; 13:195-201.

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Whitrow MJ, Harding S. Ethnic difference in adolescent lung function: anthropometric, socioeconomic, psychosocial factors. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2008; 177:1262-7.
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Gray L, Harding S, Reid A. Evidence of divergence with duration of residence in circulatory disease mortality in migrants to Australia. European Journal of Public Health 2007; 17:550-4
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Gray L, Harding S, Reid A. Lower circulatory disease mortality among Australian South Asians (e-letter). European Journal of Public Health 2007.
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Harding S, Whitrow M, Maynard MJ, Teyhan A. Cohort profile: The DASH (Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health) Study, an ethnically diverse cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology 2007; 36:512-517.
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Maynard M, Harding S, Minnis H. Psychological well-being in Black Caribbean, Black African, and White adolescents in the UK Medical Research Council DASH study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2007; 42:759-69.
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Harding S. Mortality and morbidity patterns in ethnic minorities in England and Wales: evidence from the office for National Statistics longitudinal study [PhD]. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2007.
Harding S. The epidemiology of cancers in ethnic communities in the UK. In: Ly A, Khayat D, eds. About cancer in Africa: from epidemiology to biomedical research applications and perspectives. Paris: NationalCancer Institute (INCa)/Springer, 2007:523-536.
Harding S, Boroujerdi M, Santana P, Cruickshank K. Decline in, and lack of difference between, birthweights among African and Portuguese babies in Portugal. International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35:270-276.
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Harding S, Maynard M, Cruickshank K, Gray L. Anthropometry and blood pressure differences in Black Caribbean, African, South Asian and White adolescents: The MRC DASH study. Journal of Hypertension 2006; 24:1507-1514.
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Harding S, Santana P, Cruickshank K, Boroujerdi M. Birthweights of Black African babies of migrant and non-migrant mothers living in Portugal. Annals of Epidemiology 2006; 16:572-579.
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Scanlon K, Harding S, Hunt K, Petticrew M, Rosato M, Williams R. Potential barriers to the prevention of cancers and to early cancer detection among Irish people living in Britain: a qualitative study. Ethnicity and Health 2006; 11:325-341.
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Avendano M, Kunst A, van Lenthe F, Bos V, Costa G, Valkonen T, Cardano M, Harding S, Borgan J, Glickman M, Reid A, Mackenbach J. Trends in socioeconomic disparities in stroke mortality in six European countries between 1981-1985 and 1991-1995. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 161:52-61.
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Abbotts J, Harding S, Cruickshank JK. Cardiovascular risk profiles in UK-born Caribbeans and Irish living in England and Wales. Atherosclerosis 2004; 175:295-303.
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Arai L, Harding S. A review of the epidemiological literature on the health of UK-born Black Caribbeans: a misplaced focus. Critical Public Health 2004; 14:81-116.
Harding S, Rosato M, Cruickshank JK. Lack of change in birthweights of infants by generational status among Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean and Black African mothers in a British cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 33:1279-1285.
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Harding S, Rosato M, Cruickshank JK. Mortality of migrants from the Caribbean to England and Wales: effect of duration of residence. International Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 33:382-386.
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Kunst A, Bos V, Andersen O, Cardano M, Costa G, Harding S, Hemström O, Layte R, Regidor E, Reid A, Santana P, Valkonen T, Mackenbach J. Monitoring of trends in socio-economic inequalities in mortality: experiences from a European project. Demographic Research 2004; S2:232-251.
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Williams R, Harding S. Multicultural health care: Britain. In: Healy J, McKee M, eds. Health Care: Responding to Diversity. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.
Williams R, Harding S. Poverty, stress and racism as factors in South Asian heart disease. In: Patel K, ed. The epidemic of coronary heart disease in South Asian populations: Causes and consequences: British Heart Foundation and the South Asian Health Foundation, 2004.

Harding S. Mortality of migrants from the Indian subcontinent to England and Wales: effect of duration of residence. Epidemiology 2003; 14:287-292.

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Harding S. Social mobility and self reported limiting long-term illness among West Indian and South Asian migrants living in England and Wales. Social Science and Medicine 2003; 56:355-361.
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Harding S, Balarajan R. Mortality data on migrant groups living in England and Wales: issues of adequacy and of interpretation of death rates. In: Haskey J, ed. Population Projections by Ethnic Group. A Feasibility Study. London: The Stationery Office, 2002:115-127.

Arai L, Harding S. Access to and use of health social and other services and care by minority ethnic populations in the United Kingdom: A literature review. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 9, 2002.
Arai L, Harding S. UK-born black Caribbeans: Generational changes in health and well-being. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 6, 2002.
Harding S. Mortality of migrants from the Indian subcontinent to England and Wales by duration of residence: longitudinal study. European Public Health Association Conference. Dresden, 2002.
Harding S, Balarajan R. Longitudinal study of socio-economic differences in mortality among South Asian and West Indian migrants. Ethnicity and Health 2001; 6:121-128.
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Harding S, Balarajan R. Mortality of third generation Irish people living in England and Wales. British Medical Journal 2001; 322:466-467.
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Davey-Smith G, Chaturvedi N, Harding S, Nazroo J, Williams R. Ethnic inequalities in health: a review of UK epidemiological evidence. Critical Public Health 2000; 10:377-408.