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Overview

Candace Currie is affiliated with Glasgow Caledonian University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, general health professions, and the intersection of sociology and political science.

Their work explores key topics including health disparities and outcomes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, racial and ethnic identity research, employment and welfare studies, COVID-19 and mental health, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, and various mental health research topics.

Candace Currie has an established publication record featuring in multiple frequent venues such as the Journal of Adolescent Health, SSM - Population Health, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Child Indicators Research, and the European Journal of Public Health.

  • Intersectionality and Adolescent Mental Well-being: A Cross-Nationally Comparative Analysis of the Interplay Between Immigration Background, Socioeconomic Status and Gender (2020, Journal of Adolescent Health)
  • A bio-ecological framing of evidence on the determinants of adolescent mental health - A scoping review of the international Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study 1983-2020 (2020, SSM - Population Health)
  • Mental Health in Adolescents with a Migration Background in 29 European Countries: The Buffering Role of Social Capital (2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)
  • National-Level Wealth Inequality and Socioeconomic Inequality in Adolescent Mental Well-Being: A Time Series Analysis of 17 Countries (2020, Journal of Adolescent Health)
  • The international Family Affluence Scale (FAS): Charting 25 years of indicator development, evidence produced, and policy impact on adolescent health inequalities (2023, SSM - Population Health)

The scientist collaborates frequently with peers including Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Maxim Dierckens, Sophie D. Walsh, Alina Cosma, and Matthias Robert Kern.

Best Publications

  • Social determinants of health and well-being among young people

    Candace Currie;Cara Zanotti;Antony Morgan;Dorothy Currie

  • Adolescence and the social determinants of health

    Russell M. Viner;Elizabeth M. Ozer;Simon Denny;Michael Marmot

  • Young people's health in context. Health Behaviour in School-aged Childre (HBSC) study: international report from the 2001/2002 study.

    Candace Currie;Chris Roberts;Anthony Morgan;Rebecca Smith

  • Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) family affluence scale.

    Candace Currie;Michal Molcho;William Boyce;Bjørn Holstein

  • Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns

    I. Janssen;P. T. Katzmarzyk;W. F. Boyce;C. Vereecken

  • Social determinants of health and well-being among young people: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2009/2010 survey.

    Candace Currie;Cara Zanotti;Antony Morgan;Dorothy Currie

  • Inequalities in young people's health: HBSC international report from the 2005/2006 Survey

    Candace Currie;Saoirse Nic Gabhainn;Emmanuelle Godeau;Chris Roberts

  • THE FAMILY AFFLUENCE SCALE AS A MEASURE OF NATIONAL WEALTH: VALIDATION OF AN ADOLESCENT SELF-REPORT MEASURE

    William Boyce;Torbjorn Torsheim;Candace Currie;Alessio Zambon

  • Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries

    Pernille Due;Bjørn E. Holstein;John Lynch;Finn Diderichsen

  • Indicators of socioeconomic status for adolescents: the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey.

    Candace E. Currie;Rob A. Elton;Joanna Todd;Stephen Platt

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010 : a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study

    Frank J. Elgar;Timo Kolja Pförtner;Irene Moor;Bart De Clercq

  • Socioeconomic Inequality in Exposure to Bullying During Adolescence: A Comparative, Cross-Sectional, Multilevel Study in 35 Countries

    Pernille Due;Juan Merlo;Yossi Harel-Fisch;Mogens Trab Damsgaard

  • Psychometric Validation of the Revised Family Affluence Scale: a Latent Variable Approach

    Torbjørn Torsheim;Franco Cavallo;Kate Ann Levin;Christina Warrer Schnohr

  • The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: WHO Collaborative Cross-National (HBSC) Study: origins, concept, history and development 1982-2008

    Candace Currie;Saoirse Nic Gabhainn;Emmanuelle Godeau

  • Self-esteem, and physical development in early adolescence: pubertal timing and body image

    Joanne M. Williams;Candace Evelyn Currie

  • Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study protocol: Background, methodology and mandatory items for the 2013/14 survey

    Candace Currie;Jo Inchley;Michal Molcho;Michaela Lenzi

  • Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Version of the Cantril Ladder for Use with Adolescent Samples

    K. A. Levin;C. Currie

  • Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: Results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study

    Ellen Haug;Mette Rasmussen;Oddrun Samdal;Ron Iannotti

  • Adolescent smoking and family structure in Europe.

    Dawn Griesbach;Amanda Amos;Candace Currie

  • Material deprivation and self-rated health: a multilevel study of adolescents from 22 European and North American countries.

    Torbjorn Torsheim;Candace Currie;William Boyce;Ilze Kalnins

Frequent Co-Authors

Torbjørn Torsheim
Torbjørn Torsheim University of Bergen
Frank J. Elgar
Frank J. Elgar McGill University
Joanne Williams
Joanne Williams University of Edinburgh
Pernille Due
Pernille Due University of Southern Denmark
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn University of Galway
Bjørn Evald Holstein
Bjørn Evald Holstein University of Southern Denmark
Amanda Amos
Amanda Amos University of Edinburgh
Alistair Lawrence
Alistair Lawrence Scotland's Rural College
Oddrun Samdal
Oddrun Samdal University of Bergen
Matthias Richter
Matthias Richter Technical University of Munich

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