Sheila Duffy

Datos Biográficos

ID3761308
NOMBRESheila Duffy
NOMBRESSheila
APELLIDODuffy
FIRMADUFFY S
AFILIACIONESAction on Smoking and Health
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
OBRAS COMO AUTOR4
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Cost of Living/Cost of Smoking

    Open AccessLucia D’ambruoso, Amanda Stephens et al.ARTICLESocial Policy and Administration2024Referencias: 1

    Smoking is responsible for over 8 million deaths globally per annum. While socially disadvantaged communities are disproportionately affected, few interventions effectively reach these groups. We progressed a participatory action research (PAR) study on smoking‐related health inequalities in the context of the current UK cost‐of‐living crisis. We worked with people living in deprived neighbourhoods in rural northeast Scotland. The objective was t…

  • Vulnerable children, stigmatised smokers

    Open AccessJosh Bain, Heide Weishaar et al.ARTICLEHealth An Interdisciplinary…2017Referencias: 29

    Following restrictions on smoking in vehicles carrying children in several countries, legislation to safeguard minors from second-hand smoke exposure in vehicles is under-consideration or has been implemented across the United Kingdom. This article presents the first investigation into social constructions of children, smokers and smoking parents in newsprint media and coverage of debates about protecting children from exposure to second-hand smo…

  • A quantitative content analysis of UK newsprint coverage of proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children

    Open AccessC Patterson, Sean Semple et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    The relatively positive representation of legislation prohibiting smoking in vehicles carrying children is favourable to policy advocates, and potentially indicative of likely public acceptance of legislation. Our findings support two lessons that public health advocates may consider: the utility of presenting children as a vulnerable target population, and the possibility of late surges in critical arguments preceding policy events

  • Newsprint coverage of smoking in cars carrying children

    Open AccessShona Hilton, Karen Wood et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The increased news reporting on the harms of second-hand smoke exposure to children in vehicles and recent policy debates indicate that scientific and public interest in this issue has grown over the past decade. Further, advocacy efforts might draw greater attention to the success of public-space smoke-free legislation which has promoted a change in attitudes, behaviours and social norms. Efforts might also specifically highlight the particular …