M Mccann
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 126132 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M Mccann |
| NOMBRES | M |
| APELLIDO | Mccann |
| FIRMA | MCCANN M |
| AFILIACIONES | MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6100-1416 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1966 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Evidencing the relational and situated aspects of complex social systems affecting health
Existing strategies for assessing adolescent mental health overlook the complex social and emotional contexts that young people navigate. Traditional methods focus on individuals, with less consideration of social and environmental factors. This paper presents a novel approach to understand relational and situated aspects of social systems and their influence on adolescent wellbeing. We developed and applied an integrated mixed methods approach t…
Methods for interventions using networks to improve health
The methods used to study and intervene in networks have evolved over the past 90 years. Network research has gained strength from being an interdisciplinary field, but this has also meant that the innovations occurring within some disciplinary communities may not have disseminated to others. Disciplines focussing on health improvement may not have adopted innovations coming from other disciplines relevant to network science. Through a review of …
Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing
Adolescent health-related behaviours and outcomes are shaped by their peers through various social processes. Research using network data on friendship ties has uncovered evidence for processes such as peer influence and imitation. Much less is known about how the structure of small groups within a network, network communities that represents its meso level, affect individuals. The structure and composition of peer groups could play an important …
Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking
Past engagement in physical activity and walking for pleasure are strong predictors of walking behaviour in older people, underscoring the importance of implementing and sustaining walking interventions across the lifespan to ensure continued engagement in later years and the associated health benefits. However, poor health significantly impedes walking in this demographic, emphasising the need for interventions that offer both physical assistanc…
Evaluating Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers
High rates of mental ill-health in postgraduate researchers (PGRs) represent a significant barrier to life satisfaction and academic success. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about the extent and origins of mental health problems of PGRs in the UK. The current study addresses this gap by investigating the prevalence and provenance of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, subjective mental wellbeing, and suicide behaviours of PGRs in the UK.…
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the nature of the public health response. We then introduc…
Appraising the Implementation of Complexity Approaches Within the Public Health Sector in Scotland. An Assessment Framework for Pre-Implementation Policy Evaluation
Complexity approaches have gained international attention as potentially effective strategies to address population health challenges. In light of this, the Scottish government (Scot. Gov.) set the implementation of these approaches as the recommended practice for its public health sector organizations. This study evaluates the opportunity and feasibility of implementing complexity approaches in public health Scotland employees' everyday routine …
‘It’s not 9 to 5 recovery’
AIM: To understand how the social networks of a new recovery community can help sustain recovery, focusing on processes of social identity change, in the context of the wider UK recovery movement. METHODS: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods social network analysis (SNA) of ego-network sociograms to map network transitions, using retrospective measures. Ten men were recruited from a peer-worker programme, in the South Ayrshire Alcohol and Drug Partn…
Health costs and benefits associated with economic transitions
Deprivation is a major risk to population health, in particular when experienced during childhood. Poor health in the early years accumulates and is expressed in adult health inequalities. Policy makers may aim to mitigate against the ill effects of deprivation by trying to increase social mobility and facilitating moves towards better earnings and living conditions or by protecting against the effects of downward moves and the experience of depr…
School bonding and ethos in trajectories of offending
BackgroundAspects of the school environment, such as school attachment levels, are linked to adolescent offending. Previous research has not clarified whether a school- or individual-level intervention approach to improving pupil school attachment and commitment is most likely to reduce adolescent offending.AimThe present study assessed the impact of individual- and school-level variables on offending behaviour from ages 14-16 years.SampleThe par…
Mental health disorders and adolescent peer relationships
Tracking internet interest in anabolic-androgenic steroids using Google Trends
Background: There is a perception that the prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use is increasing in the UK, with consequent individual and public health risks. Nevertheless, there is a lack of real-time surveillance data to support the development of effective policy. This paper explores the potential of Google Trends to complement existing surveillance methods by analysing user generated search term data. Methods: The Google Trends w…
Education as a predictor of antidepressant and anxiolytic medication use after bereavement
Education may protect against poor mental health, as measured by the use of antidepressant medication, post-bereavement, except in those bereaved by suicide. This is likely due to the improved cognitive, personal and psychological skills gained from time spent in education
Higher effort–reward imbalance and lower job control predict exit from the labour market at the age of 61 years or younger
BACKGROUND: We examined whether higher effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and lower job control are associated with exit from the labour market. METHODS: There were 1263 participants aged 50-74 years from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing with data on working status and work-related psychosocial factors at baseline (wave 2; 2004-2005), and working status at follow-up (wave 5; 2010-2011). Psychosocial factors at work were assessed using a short …
Bereavement After Informal Caregiving
Objectives. We compared the mental health risk to unpaid caregivers bereaved of a care recipient with the risk to persons otherwise bereaved and to nonbereaved caregivers. Methods. We linked prescription records for antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs to characteristics and life-event data of members of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (n = 317 264). Using a case-control design, we fitted logistic regression models, stratified by age, to m…
Urban and rural differences in risk of admission to a care home
PP42 The Influence of Parental Monitoring and School Environment on Adolescent Alcohol Use
Background The importance of social determinants of adolescent health behaviour such as alcohol use has stimulated interest in family and school environments that may act as risk or protective factors. This study looked at characteristics of schools and parents, and how they influence young people’s alcohol use. Methods The Belfast Youth Development Study began in 2000. It surveyed secondary school children annually for five years of compulsory s…
Why is housing tenure associated with a lower risk of admission to a nursing or residential home? Wealth, health and the incentive to keep ‘my home’
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that home ownership is associated with a reduced risk of admission to institutional care. The extent to which this reflects associations between wealth and health, between wealth and ability to buy in care or increased motivation to avoid admission related to policies on charging is unclear. Taking account of the value of the home, as well as housing tenure, may provide some clarification as to the relative…
Gender Diversity in the FTSE 100
This article examines the debate within corporate governance about the appointment of female non‐executive directors (NEDs). The first part tracks the diversity story that corporate governance tells about itself from the Cadbury Report (1992) to the Davies Report (2011). The second sets out the evidence used to support the argument that female appointments enhance profits and corporate profile. The third part presents the authors' empirical analy…
Gender differences in admission to care homes for older people
Objectives To offer reasons for the gender difference in care home admission risk. Design A prospective longitudinal study collecting information from 2001 census returns, death registration, and health card registration information for a 28% sample of the Northern Ireland population, along with information from the local care home inspectorate. Analyses were performed using Cox regression models with hazard of care home admission as the outcome.…
Prevalence of self-harm and help-seeking behaviours among young people in Northern Ireland
Background Compared to other parts of the British Isles, until recently there has been little information on rates of self-harm in Northern Ireland. Objectives To investigate the rates of self-harming among adolescents, help seeking behaviour among self-harmers, and risk factors associated with these behaviours in Northern Ireland. Design Two large scale surveys based on the Northern Ireland adolescent population were undertaken that contained qu…
Cotinine concentrations in semen, urine, and blood of smokers and nonsmokers
Cotinine levels in the semen, urine, and blood of 88 male smokers and nonsmokers, aged 18 to 35, were analyzed via radioimmunoassay. Detectable cotinine levels were found in all three body fluids, and cotinine levels in all three fluids were highly correlated. Cotinine levels in semen and blood were of similar magnitude; cotinine levels in urine were an order of magnitude or more higher. In all three fluids, cotinine levels increased with an incr…
Occlusal attrition, transpalatal dimensions and the early New Zealand Moari
Considerable occlusal wear of the early New Zealand Maori's teeth was associated with a rough diet and contributed to dental pathology. Transpalatal measurements were recorded to within 0.1 mm for 62 young adult male skulls, giving a mean of 38.4 ± 0.34
Mental health disorders and adolescent peer relationships
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the nature of the public health response. We then introduc…
Why is housing tenure associated with a lower risk of admission to a nursing or residential home? Wealth, health and the incentive to keep ‘my home’
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that home ownership is associated with a reduced risk of admission to institutional care. The extent to which this reflects associations between wealth and health, between wealth and ability to buy in care or increased motivation to avoid admission related to policies on charging is unclear. Taking account of the value of the home, as well as housing tenure, may provide some clarification as to the relative…
Urban and rural differences in risk of admission to a care home
School bonding and ethos in trajectories of offending
BackgroundAspects of the school environment, such as school attachment levels, are linked to adolescent offending. Previous research has not clarified whether a school- or individual-level intervention approach to improving pupil school attachment and commitment is most likely to reduce adolescent offending.AimThe present study assessed the impact of individual- and school-level variables on offending behaviour from ages 14-16 years.SampleThe par…
Higher effort–reward imbalance and lower job control predict exit from the labour market at the age of 61 years or younger
BACKGROUND: We examined whether higher effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and lower job control are associated with exit from the labour market. METHODS: There were 1263 participants aged 50-74 years from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing with data on working status and work-related psychosocial factors at baseline (wave 2; 2004-2005), and working status at follow-up (wave 5; 2010-2011). Psychosocial factors at work were assessed using a short …
Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing
Adolescent health-related behaviours and outcomes are shaped by their peers through various social processes. Research using network data on friendship ties has uncovered evidence for processes such as peer influence and imitation. Much less is known about how the structure of small groups within a network, network communities that represents its meso level, affect individuals. The structure and composition of peer groups could play an important …
Methods for interventions using networks to improve health
The methods used to study and intervene in networks have evolved over the past 90 years. Network research has gained strength from being an interdisciplinary field, but this has also meant that the innovations occurring within some disciplinary communities may not have disseminated to others. Disciplines focussing on health improvement may not have adopted innovations coming from other disciplines relevant to network science. Through a review of …
Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking
Past engagement in physical activity and walking for pleasure are strong predictors of walking behaviour in older people, underscoring the importance of implementing and sustaining walking interventions across the lifespan to ensure continued engagement in later years and the associated health benefits. However, poor health significantly impedes walking in this demographic, emphasising the need for interventions that offer both physical assistanc…
Gender Diversity in the FTSE 100
This article examines the debate within corporate governance about the appointment of female non‐executive directors (NEDs). The first part tracks the diversity story that corporate governance tells about itself from the Cadbury Report (1992) to the Davies Report (2011). The second sets out the evidence used to support the argument that female appointments enhance profits and corporate profile. The third part presents the authors' empirical analy…
Occlusal attrition, transpalatal dimensions and the early New Zealand Moari
Considerable occlusal wear of the early New Zealand Maori's teeth was associated with a rough diet and contributed to dental pathology. Transpalatal measurements were recorded to within 0.1 mm for 62 young adult male skulls, giving a mean of 38.4 ± 0.34
Cotinine concentrations in semen, urine, and blood of smokers and nonsmokers
Cotinine levels in the semen, urine, and blood of 88 male smokers and nonsmokers, aged 18 to 35, were analyzed via radioimmunoassay. Detectable cotinine levels were found in all three body fluids, and cotinine levels in all three fluids were highly correlated. Cotinine levels in semen and blood were of similar magnitude; cotinine levels in urine were an order of magnitude or more higher. In all three fluids, cotinine levels increased with an incr…
Gender differences in admission to care homes for older people
Objectives To offer reasons for the gender difference in care home admission risk. Design A prospective longitudinal study collecting information from 2001 census returns, death registration, and health card registration information for a 28% sample of the Northern Ireland population, along with information from the local care home inspectorate. Analyses were performed using Cox regression models with hazard of care home admission as the outcome.…
Prevalence of self-harm and help-seeking behaviours among young people in Northern Ireland
Background Compared to other parts of the British Isles, until recently there has been little information on rates of self-harm in Northern Ireland. Objectives To investigate the rates of self-harming among adolescents, help seeking behaviour among self-harmers, and risk factors associated with these behaviours in Northern Ireland. Design Two large scale surveys based on the Northern Ireland adolescent population were undertaken that contained qu…
Gender Diversity in the FTSE 100
This article examines the debate within corporate governance about the appointment of female non‐executive directors (NEDs). The first part tracks the diversity story that corporate governance tells about itself from the Cadbury Report (1992) to the Davies Report (2011). The second sets out the evidence used to support the argument that female appointments enhance profits and corporate profile. The third part presents the authors' empirical analy…
Why is housing tenure associated with a lower risk of admission to a nursing or residential home? Wealth, health and the incentive to keep ‘my home’
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that home ownership is associated with a reduced risk of admission to institutional care. The extent to which this reflects associations between wealth and health, between wealth and ability to buy in care or increased motivation to avoid admission related to policies on charging is unclear. Taking account of the value of the home, as well as housing tenure, may provide some clarification as to the relative…
PP42 The Influence of Parental Monitoring and School Environment on Adolescent Alcohol Use
Background The importance of social determinants of adolescent health behaviour such as alcohol use has stimulated interest in family and school environments that may act as risk or protective factors. This study looked at characteristics of schools and parents, and how they influence young people’s alcohol use. Methods The Belfast Youth Development Study began in 2000. It surveyed secondary school children annually for five years of compulsory s…
Urban and rural differences in risk of admission to a care home
Higher effort–reward imbalance and lower job control predict exit from the labour market at the age of 61 years or younger
BACKGROUND: We examined whether higher effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and lower job control are associated with exit from the labour market. METHODS: There were 1263 participants aged 50-74 years from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing with data on working status and work-related psychosocial factors at baseline (wave 2; 2004-2005), and working status at follow-up (wave 5; 2010-2011). Psychosocial factors at work were assessed using a short …
Bereavement After Informal Caregiving
Objectives. We compared the mental health risk to unpaid caregivers bereaved of a care recipient with the risk to persons otherwise bereaved and to nonbereaved caregivers. Methods. We linked prescription records for antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs to characteristics and life-event data of members of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (n = 317 264). Using a case-control design, we fitted logistic regression models, stratified by age, to m…
Education as a predictor of antidepressant and anxiolytic medication use after bereavement
Education may protect against poor mental health, as measured by the use of antidepressant medication, post-bereavement, except in those bereaved by suicide. This is likely due to the improved cognitive, personal and psychological skills gained from time spent in education
Tracking internet interest in anabolic-androgenic steroids using Google Trends
Background: There is a perception that the prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use is increasing in the UK, with consequent individual and public health risks. Nevertheless, there is a lack of real-time surveillance data to support the development of effective policy. This paper explores the potential of Google Trends to complement existing surveillance methods by analysing user generated search term data. Methods: The Google Trends w…
School bonding and ethos in trajectories of offending
BackgroundAspects of the school environment, such as school attachment levels, are linked to adolescent offending. Previous research has not clarified whether a school- or individual-level intervention approach to improving pupil school attachment and commitment is most likely to reduce adolescent offending.AimThe present study assessed the impact of individual- and school-level variables on offending behaviour from ages 14-16 years.SampleThe par…
Mental health disorders and adolescent peer relationships
Appraising the Implementation of Complexity Approaches Within the Public Health Sector in Scotland. An Assessment Framework for Pre-Implementation Policy Evaluation
Complexity approaches have gained international attention as potentially effective strategies to address population health challenges. In light of this, the Scottish government (Scot. Gov.) set the implementation of these approaches as the recommended practice for its public health sector organizations. This study evaluates the opportunity and feasibility of implementing complexity approaches in public health Scotland employees' everyday routine …
‘It’s not 9 to 5 recovery’
AIM: To understand how the social networks of a new recovery community can help sustain recovery, focusing on processes of social identity change, in the context of the wider UK recovery movement. METHODS: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods social network analysis (SNA) of ego-network sociograms to map network transitions, using retrospective measures. Ten men were recruited from a peer-worker programme, in the South Ayrshire Alcohol and Drug Partn…
Health costs and benefits associated with economic transitions
Deprivation is a major risk to population health, in particular when experienced during childhood. Poor health in the early years accumulates and is expressed in adult health inequalities. Policy makers may aim to mitigate against the ill effects of deprivation by trying to increase social mobility and facilitating moves towards better earnings and living conditions or by protecting against the effects of downward moves and the experience of depr…
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the nature of the public health response. We then introduc…
Evaluating Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers
High rates of mental ill-health in postgraduate researchers (PGRs) represent a significant barrier to life satisfaction and academic success. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about the extent and origins of mental health problems of PGRs in the UK. The current study addresses this gap by investigating the prevalence and provenance of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, subjective mental wellbeing, and suicide behaviours of PGRs in the UK.…
Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing
Adolescent health-related behaviours and outcomes are shaped by their peers through various social processes. Research using network data on friendship ties has uncovered evidence for processes such as peer influence and imitation. Much less is known about how the structure of small groups within a network, network communities that represents its meso level, affect individuals. The structure and composition of peer groups could play an important …
Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking
Past engagement in physical activity and walking for pleasure are strong predictors of walking behaviour in older people, underscoring the importance of implementing and sustaining walking interventions across the lifespan to ensure continued engagement in later years and the associated health benefits. However, poor health significantly impedes walking in this demographic, emphasising the need for interventions that offer both physical assistanc…
Methods for interventions using networks to improve health
The methods used to study and intervene in networks have evolved over the past 90 years. Network research has gained strength from being an interdisciplinary field, but this has also meant that the innovations occurring within some disciplinary communities may not have disseminated to others. Disciplines focussing on health improvement may not have adopted innovations coming from other disciplines relevant to network science. Through a review of …
Evidencing the relational and situated aspects of complex social systems affecting health
Existing strategies for assessing adolescent mental health overlook the complex social and emotional contexts that young people navigate. Traditional methods focus on individuals, with less consideration of social and environmental factors. This paper presents a novel approach to understand relational and situated aspects of social systems and their influence on adolescent wellbeing. We developed and applied an integrated mixed methods approach t…
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