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Principal
Investigator:
Prof Candace Currie
Address:
Child & Adolescent Health Research Unit (CAHRU)
The Moray House School of Education
The University of Edinburgh
St Leonard's Land, Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
Scotland - UNITED KINGDOM
Web
address: www.education.ed.ac.uk/cahru/
Tel:
+44 131 651 6550
Fax: +44 131 651 6271
Email: candace.currie@ed.ac.uk
Team
members:
Ms Becky Smith
Ms Dorothy Currie
Ms Jo Inchley
Ms Kate Levin
Dr Janine Muldoon
Dr Winfried van der Sluijs
Mrs Emily Healy
Surveys
Conducted:
1985/86 (regional sample), 1989/90, 1993/94, 1997/98, 2001/02, 2005/06
Areas
of expertise:
- socieconomic
inequalities in health
- puberty
and health
- physical
activity
- family
culture
- policy
and adolescent smoking control
- substance
use
- development
of indicators of family affluence
- cross-cultural
issues in survey methodology
- network
coordination
- web-design
and development
National
Publications:
Journal
articles
Briefing
Papers
Reports
Books/ book chapters
Journal
Articles
Inchley
JC, Currie DB, Todd JM, Akhtar PC, Currie CE. (2005) Persistent
socio-demographic differences in physical activity among Scottish
schoolchildren 1990-2002. European Journal of Public Health,15(4):386-388;
doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki084
Currie
C, Elton RA, Todd J and Platt S. (1997) Indicators of socioeconomic
status for adolescents: the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged
Children Survey. Health Education Research, 12 (3), 385-397.
Currie
CE, Williams JM, Wright P, Beattie T and Harel Y. (1996) Incidence
and distribution of injury among schoolchildren aged 11-15. Injury
Prevention, 2, 21-25.
Griesbach
D, Amos A, and Currie C. (2003). Adolescent smoking and family
structure in Europe. Social Science and Medicine, 56,
41-521.
Inchley
J, Todd J, Bryce C, Currie C. (2001), Dietary trends among Scottish
schoolchildren in the 1990s. Journal of Human Nutrition and
Dietetics, 14, 207-217.
Schou
L, Currie C and McQueen DV. (1990) "Using a 'lifestyle' perspective
to understand toothbrushing behaviour in Scottish schoolchildren",
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 18:230-234.
Thomson
C, Currie C, Todd J and Elton R. (1999) Changes in HIV/AIDS education,
knowledge and attitudes among Scottish 15-16 year olds, 1990-1994:
findings form the WHO: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children
Study (HBSC). Health Education Research, 14 (3), 357-370.
Williams
JM and Currie CE. (2000) Self-esteem and physical development
in early adolescence: pubertal timing and body image. Journal
of Early Adolescence, 20, 129-149.
Williams
JM, Wright P, Currie CE and Beattie TF. (1998) Sports-related
injuries among Scottish adolescents aged 11-15. British Journal
of Sports Medicine, 32, 291 -296.
Williams
J, Currie C, Wright P, Elton R and Beattie T. (1997) Socioeconomic
status and adolescent injuries. Social Science and Medicine,
44, 1881-1891.
Briefing
Papers
Kate Levin , Joanna Todd, Dorothy Currie and Candace Currie (2007) HBSC Briefing paper 14: Mental well-being of young people in Scotland: 1994–2006. Download [PDF format - 271KB]
Jo Inchley, Joanna Todd, Dorothy Currie, Kate Levin, Rebecca Smith and Candace Currie (2007)
HBSC Briefing Paper 13: Perceptions of school and the health of schoolchildren Download [PDF format - 149KB]
Joanna Todd, Rebecca Smith, Kate Levin, Jo Inchley, Dorothy Currie, and Candace Currie (2007)
HBSC Briefing Paper 12: Family structure and relationships and health among schoolchildren Download [PDF format - 175KB]
Kate Levin, Joanna Todd, Jo Inchley, Dorothy Currie, Rebecca Smith and Candace Currie (2007)
HBSC Briefing Paper 11: Family affluence and health among schoolchildren Download [PDF format - 174KB]
Leslie
Alexander, Candace Currie and Andrew Mellor* (2004) HBSC Briefing
Paper 10: Bullying: Health, Well-being and Risk Behaviours.
Download
[PDF format - 124KB] * Anti-Bullying Network, The
University of Edinburgh
Leslie
Alexander, Candace Currie and Andrew Mellor* (2004) HBSC Briefing
Paper 9: Social Context of Bullying Behaviours. Download
[PDF format - 124KB] * Anti-Bullying Network, The
University of Edinburgh
Joanna
Todd and Candace Currie, with Andrew Mellor*, Margaret Johnstone*
and Meg Cowie* (2004) HBSC Briefing Paper 8: Bullying and
fighting among schoolchildren in Scotland: age and gender patterns,
trends and cross-national comparisons. Download
[PDF format - 132KB] * Anti-Bullying Network, The
University of Edinburgh
Alexander
L, Currie C, Todd J and Smith R (2004) HBSC Briefing Paper
7 : How are Scotland's young people doing? A cross-national
perspective on physical activity, TV viewing, eating habits, body
image and oral hygiene Download
[PDF format - 174KB]
Alexander
L, Currie C, Todd J and Smith R (2004) HBSC Briefing Paper
6 : How are Scotland's young people doing? A cross-national
perspective on health-related risk Download
[PDF format - 169KB]
Alexander
L, Currie C, Todd J and Smith R (2004) HBSC Briefing Paper
5: How are Scotland's young people doing? A cross-national
perspective on physical and emotional well-being Download
[PDF format - 167KB]
Alexander
L and Currie C (2004) HBSC Briefing Paper 4: Mental-health
and well-being in the context of school: Young people in Scotland
Download
[PDF format - 158KB]
Alexander
L, Currie C and Todd J. (2003) HBSC Briefing Paper 3: Gender
Matters: Physical Activity Patterns of Schoolchildren in Scotland
Download
[PDF format - 716 KB]
Currie
C and Todd J. (2003) HBSC Briefing Paper 2: Mental well-being
among schoolchildren in Scotland: age and gender patterns, trends
and cross-national comparisons Download
[PDF format - 126KB]
Currie
C, Todd J and Smith R. (2003) HBSC Briefing Paper 1: Introduction,
Background and Dissemination of the 2002 HBSC Survey in Scotland
Download
[PDF format - 121KB]
Reports
Currie
C and Watson J (eds) (1998) Translating Research Findings into
Health Promotion Action: Lessons from the HBSC Study. Report
from a workshop jointly organised by the Health Education Board
for Scotland (HEBS), the Research Unit in Health and Behavioural
Change (RUHBC), University of Edinburgh, and the World Health
Organization Regional Office, published by HEBS.
Currie
CE. (1998) 'Needs assessment in child health promotion: ascertaining
the issues that concern young people'. In the 'Promoting the
Health Children and Young People: Setting a Research Agenda' pp.
61-66. Report of a Health Education Authority Expert Working Group.
London: Health Education Authority.
Currie
CE, Todd J, Thompson C. (1997). Health Behaviours of Scottish
Schoolchildren Report 5: Comparisons of national patterns in
1990 and 1994. RUHBC and HEBS.
Currie
CE, Todd J, Thompson C. (1997). Health Behaviours of Scottish
Schoolchildren Report 6: Sex Education, Personal Relationships,
Sexual Behaviours and HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes in 1990
& 1994. RUHBC and HEBS.
Currie
CE. (1995) Prevalence of smoking in young people in Europe.
Report of the 'European Conference on Young People and Tobacco',
October 1-8, 1995, Edinburgh, pp16-18. The Scottish Office, Edinburgh.
Currie
CE, Todd J and Thomson C. (1994) Health Behaviours of Scottish
Schoolchildren Report 4: Cross-national Perspective: Scotland
compared to other European countries and Canada. RUHBC and
HEBS, Edinburgh.
Currie
CE and Todd J (1993) Health Behaviours of Scottish Schoolchildren
Report 3: Sex Education, Personal Relationships, Sexual Behaviour
and HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes. RUHBC and HEBS, Edinburgh.
Currie
CE and Todd J and Wijckmans K (1993) Health Behaviours of Scottish
Schoolchildren Report 2: Family Peer, School and Socioeconomic
Influences. RUHBC and HEBS, Edinburgh.
Currie
CE and Todd J (1992) Health Behaviours of Scottish Schoolchildren
Report 1: National and Regional Patterns, RUHBC and HEBS.
Griesbach
D and Currie C (2001) Health Behaviours of Scottish Schoolchildren:
Report 7: Control of Adolescent Smoking in Scotland. Child
and Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Edinburgh.
Todd
J, Currie C and Smith R. (2000) Health Behaviours of Scottish
Schoolchildren: Technical Report 3: Eating Patterns and Physical
Activity in the 1990s. Edinburgh: RUHBC and HEBS
Todd
J, Currie C and Smith R. (1999) Health Behaviours of Scottish
Schoolchildren: Technical Report 2: Sexual Health in the 1990s.
Edinburgh: RUHBC and HEBS.
Todd
J, Currie C and Smith R. (1999) Health Behaviour of Scottish Schoolchildren:
Technical Report 1: Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use in the 1990s.
Edinburgh: RUHBC and HEBS.
Books/
book chapters
Currie
C. (2001), Socioeconomic circumstances among school-aged children
in Europe and North America. In: 'Child well-being, child poverty
and child policy in Modern Nations: what do we know?' Vleminckx
K, Smeeding T.M. (eds) pp 347-364. The Policy Press, Bristol.
ISNB: 186134 2535; 186134 2543.
Currie
CE. (1990) "Young people in independent schools, sexual behaviour
and AIDS" In P Aggleton, P Davies and G Hart (Eds) AIDS:
Individual, Cultural and Policy Dimensions, Falmer Press, London. |