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Overview

Anne Ellaway is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and medicine, focusing on topics related to urban transport, health disparities, physical activity, and environmental health.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine

Ellaway's subfields of research encompass:

  • Transportation
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology
  • Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Themes covered in their published research focus on:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Gut microbiota and health

Several papers authored or co-authored by Anne Ellaway reflect these areas of focus. Recent publications include:

  • "The relationship between living in urban and rural areas of Scotland and children's physical activity and sedentary levels: a country-wide cross-sectional analysis" (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • "Socioeconomic position links circulatory microbiota differences with biological age" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Evaluating the effect of change in the built environment on mental health and subjective well-being: a natural experiment" (2020), published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • "Longitudinal impact of changes in the residential built environment on physical activity: findings from the ENABLE London cohort study" (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Weekend and weekday associations between the residential built environment and physical activity: Findings from the ENABLE London study" (2020), published in PLoS ONE

Publication venues where Ellaway's work frequently appears include:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • BMC Public Health
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • PLoS ONE

Ellaway has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Bina Ram
  • Elizabeth Limb
  • Alicja R. Rudnicka
  • Steven Cummins
  • Christelle Clary

Best Publications

  • Place effects on health: how can we conceptualise, operationalise and measure them?

    Sally Macintyre;Anne Ellaway;Steven Cummins

  • Ecological approaches: the rediscovery of the role of the physical and social environment

    S. Macintyre;A. Ellaway

  • Neighborhoods and health: overview

    S.A. Macintyre;A. Ellaway

  • Graffiti, greenery, and obesity in adults: secondary analysis of European cross sectional survey

    Anne Ellaway;Sally Macintyre;Xavier Bonnefoy

  • Gender differences in the associations between health and neighbourhood environment.

    M. Stafford;S. Cummins;S. Macintyre;A. Ellaway

  • Perceptions of Place and Health in Socially Contrasting Neighbourhoods

    Anne Ellaway;Sally Macintyre;Ade Kearns

  • Ontological Security and Psycho-Social Benefits from the Home: Qualitative Evidence on Issues of Tenure

    Rosemary Hiscock;Ade Kearns;Sally MacIntyre;Anne Ellaway

  • Do poorer people have poorer access to local resources and facilities? The distribution of local resources by area deprivation in Glasgow, Scotland.

    Sally Macintyre;Laura Macdonald;Anne Ellaway

  • Neighbourhood environment and its association with self rated health: evidence from Scotland and England

    Steven Cummins;Mai Stafford;Sally Macintyre;Michael Marmot

  • 'Beyond Four Walls'. The Psycho-social Benefits of Home: Evidence from West Central Scotland

    Ade Kearns;Rosemary Hiscock;Anne Ellaway;Sally MaCintyre

  • Do housing tenure and car access predict health because they are simply markers of income or self esteem? A Scottish study.

    Sally Macintyre;Anne Ellaway;Geoff Der;Graeme Ford

  • In the driving seat: psychosocial benefits from private motor vehicle transport compared to public transport

    Anne Ellaway;Sally Macintyre;Rosemary Hiscock;Ade Kearns

  • Does area of residence affect body size and shape

    A. Ellaway;A.S. Anderson;S. Macintyre

  • MEANS OF TRANSPORT AND ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY: DO CARS PROVIDE PSYCHO-SOCIAL BENEFITS TO THEIR USERS?

    Rosemary Hiscock;Sally Macintyre;Ade Kearns;Anne Ellaway

  • The influence of the food environment on overweight and obesity in young children: a systematic review

    George Osei-Assibey;Smita Dick;Jennie Macdiarmid;Jennie Macdiarmid;Sean Semple

  • 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

    Anne Ellaway;Sally Macintyre

  • Pathways to obesity: identifying local, modifiable determinants of physical activity and diet.

    Mai Stafford;Steven Cummins;Anne Ellaway;Amanda Sacker

  • 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

    Sally Macintyre;Anne Ellaway;Rosemary Hiscock;Ade Kearns

  • Neighborhoods and Health

    Anne Ellaway;Sally Macintyre

  • Measuring neighbourhood social and material context: generation and interpretation of ecological data from routine and non-routine sources

    Steven Cummins;Sally Macintyre;Sharon Davidson;Anne Ellaway

  • Ecological Approaches: Rediscovering the Role of the Physical and Social Environment

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Frequent Co-Authors

Sally Macintyre
Sally Macintyre MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Ade Kearns
Ade Kearns University of Glasgow
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
David Ogilvie
David Ogilvie University of Cambridge
Mai Stafford
Mai Stafford University College London
Richard Mitchell
Richard Mitchell University of Glasgow
Jamie Pearce
Jamie Pearce University of Edinburgh
Alastair H. Leyland
Alastair H. Leyland University of Glasgow
Geoff Der
Geoff Der University of Glasgow
Simon C. Hunter
Simon C. Hunter Glasgow Caledonian University

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