Alastair Leyland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alastair Leyland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alastair |
| FAMILY NAME | Leyland |
| SIGNATURE | LEYLAND A |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Using administrative data to evaluate national policy impacts on child and maternal health
Reducing health inequalities by addressing the social circumstances in which children are conceived and raised is a societal priority. Early interventions are key to improving outcomes in childhood and long-term into adulthood. Across the UK nations, there is strong political commitment to invest in the early years. National policy interventions aim to tackle health inequalities and deliver health equity for all children. Evidence to determine th…
How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Comparison of mortality hazard ratios associated with health behaviours in Canada and the United States
Even when methodological and population differences are minimal, the association of health behaviours and mortality can vary across populations. It is therefore important to be cautious of between-study variation when aggregating relative effect estimates from differing populations, and when using external effect estimates for population health research and policy development
Does persistent precarious employment affect health outcomes among working age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Occupation and risk of severe Covid-19
OBJECTIVES: To investigate severe COVID-19 risk by occupational group. METHODS: Baseline UK Biobank data (2006-10) for England were linked to SARS-CoV-2 test results from Public Health England (16 March to 26 July 2020). Included participants were employed or self-employed at baseline, alive and aged <65 years in 2020. Poisson regression models were adjusted sequentially for baseline demographic, socioeconomic, work-related, health, and lifestyle…
Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the Covid-19 lockdown
Background There are concerns that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including the ‘lockdown’, may have unintended health consequences. We examined trends in mental health and health behaviours in the UK before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown and differences across population subgroups. Methods Repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study, including representative samples of over 27,0…
Scaling Covid-19 against inequalities
Background The mortality impact of COVID-19 has thus far been described in terms of crude death counts. We aimed to calibrate the scale of the modelled mortality impact of COVID-19 using age-standardised mortality rates and life expectancy contribution against other, socially determined, causes of death in order to inform governments and the public. Methods We compared mortality attributable to suicide, drug poisoning and socioeconomic inequality…
Creating small-area deprivation indices
Small-area composite measures (such as for deprivation, \ngeographic access or green space) have become \nincreasing popular among both researchers and policy \nmakers and are frequently used to compare or rank \nareas. Because of their seeming simplicity and wide \nappeal, it is important to set out for researchers and \nusers the different stages and options that underlie the \ndevelopment of composite indices. Using small area \ndeprivation me…
Natural Experiments
Population health interventions are essential to reduce health inequalities and tackle other public health priorities, but they are not always amenable to experimental manipulation. Natural experiment (NE) approaches are attracting growing interest as a way of providing evidence in such circumstances. One key challenge in evaluating NEs is selective exposure to the intervention. Studies should be based on a clear theoretical understanding of the …
All in it Together'? Social Cohesion in a Divided Society
All in it Together'? Social Cohesion in a Divided Society
This paper asks whether where someone lives bears any association with their attitudes to inequality and income redistribution, focusing on the relative contribution of neighbourhood income, density and ethnic composition. People on higher incomes showed higher support for redistribution when living in more deprived neighbourhoods. People with lower levels of altruism had higher levels of support for redistribution in neighbourhoods of higher den…
Getting sicker quicker”
Data from the longitudinal West of Scotland Twenty-07 STUDY: Health in the Community was used to examine whether, over a 20 year period, the self-reported health of people living in deprived areas became poorer faster compared to those living in more affluent areas. Three cohorts (born in the early 1930s, 1950s and 1970s) are included, covering 60 years of the life span. Using multilevel growth curve models, a 40% probability of reporting poor he…
The Use of Capture-Recapture Methodology To Estimate and Describe Covert Populations
Utilisation de la méthodologie capture-recapture pour estimer et décrire des populations cachées: une application dans l'étude des prostituées de Glasgow. Utilisation de la méthode de capture-recapture pour estimer et décrire des populations clandestines: application à l'étude de prostituées de Glasgow. Le but de l'étude est d'estimer l'effectif de la population des prostituées de Glasgow et ainsi, en utilisant les données recueillies sur le taux…
Society for Social Medicine
Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the Covid-19 lockdown
Background There are concerns that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including the ‘lockdown’, may have unintended health consequences. We examined trends in mental health and health behaviours in the UK before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown and differences across population subgroups. Methods Repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study, including representative samples of over 27,0…
Getting sicker quicker”
Data from the longitudinal West of Scotland Twenty-07 STUDY: Health in the Community was used to examine whether, over a 20 year period, the self-reported health of people living in deprived areas became poorer faster compared to those living in more affluent areas. Three cohorts (born in the early 1930s, 1950s and 1970s) are included, covering 60 years of the life span. Using multilevel growth curve models, a 40% probability of reporting poor he…
All in it Together'? Social Cohesion in a Divided Society
This paper asks whether where someone lives bears any association with their attitudes to inequality and income redistribution, focusing on the relative contribution of neighbourhood income, density and ethnic composition. People on higher incomes showed higher support for redistribution when living in more deprived neighbourhoods. People with lower levels of altruism had higher levels of support for redistribution in neighbourhoods of higher den…
Creating small-area deprivation indices
Small-area composite measures (such as for deprivation, \ngeographic access or green space) have become \nincreasing popular among both researchers and policy \nmakers and are frequently used to compare or rank \nareas. Because of their seeming simplicity and wide \nappeal, it is important to set out for researchers and \nusers the different stages and options that underlie the \ndevelopment of composite indices. Using small area \ndeprivation me…
The Use of Capture-Recapture Methodology To Estimate and Describe Covert Populations
Utilisation de la méthodologie capture-recapture pour estimer et décrire des populations cachées: une application dans l'étude des prostituées de Glasgow. Utilisation de la méthode de capture-recapture pour estimer et décrire des populations clandestines: application à l'étude de prostituées de Glasgow. Le but de l'étude est d'estimer l'effectif de la population des prostituées de Glasgow et ainsi, en utilisant les données recueillies sur le taux…
Scaling Covid-19 against inequalities
Background The mortality impact of COVID-19 has thus far been described in terms of crude death counts. We aimed to calibrate the scale of the modelled mortality impact of COVID-19 using age-standardised mortality rates and life expectancy contribution against other, socially determined, causes of death in order to inform governments and the public. Methods We compared mortality attributable to suicide, drug poisoning and socioeconomic inequality…
Society for Social Medicine
The Use of Capture-Recapture Methodology To Estimate and Describe Covert Populations
Utilisation de la méthodologie capture-recapture pour estimer et décrire des populations cachées: une application dans l'étude des prostituées de Glasgow. Utilisation de la méthode de capture-recapture pour estimer et décrire des populations clandestines: application à l'étude de prostituées de Glasgow. Le but de l'étude est d'estimer l'effectif de la population des prostituées de Glasgow et ainsi, en utilisant les données recueillies sur le taux…
Getting sicker quicker”
Data from the longitudinal West of Scotland Twenty-07 STUDY: Health in the Community was used to examine whether, over a 20 year period, the self-reported health of people living in deprived areas became poorer faster compared to those living in more affluent areas. Three cohorts (born in the early 1930s, 1950s and 1970s) are included, covering 60 years of the life span. Using multilevel growth curve models, a 40% probability of reporting poor he…
All in it Together'? Social Cohesion in a Divided Society
All in it Together'? Social Cohesion in a Divided Society
This paper asks whether where someone lives bears any association with their attitudes to inequality and income redistribution, focusing on the relative contribution of neighbourhood income, density and ethnic composition. People on higher incomes showed higher support for redistribution when living in more deprived neighbourhoods. People with lower levels of altruism had higher levels of support for redistribution in neighbourhoods of higher den…
Natural Experiments
Population health interventions are essential to reduce health inequalities and tackle other public health priorities, but they are not always amenable to experimental manipulation. Natural experiment (NE) approaches are attracting growing interest as a way of providing evidence in such circumstances. One key challenge in evaluating NEs is selective exposure to the intervention. Studies should be based on a clear theoretical understanding of the …
Creating small-area deprivation indices
Small-area composite measures (such as for deprivation, \ngeographic access or green space) have become \nincreasing popular among both researchers and policy \nmakers and are frequently used to compare or rank \nareas. Because of their seeming simplicity and wide \nappeal, it is important to set out for researchers and \nusers the different stages and options that underlie the \ndevelopment of composite indices. Using small area \ndeprivation me…
Occupation and risk of severe Covid-19
OBJECTIVES: To investigate severe COVID-19 risk by occupational group. METHODS: Baseline UK Biobank data (2006-10) for England were linked to SARS-CoV-2 test results from Public Health England (16 March to 26 July 2020). Included participants were employed or self-employed at baseline, alive and aged <65 years in 2020. Poisson regression models were adjusted sequentially for baseline demographic, socioeconomic, work-related, health, and lifestyle…
Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the Covid-19 lockdown
Background There are concerns that COVID-19 mitigation measures, including the ‘lockdown’, may have unintended health consequences. We examined trends in mental health and health behaviours in the UK before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown and differences across population subgroups. Methods Repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study, including representative samples of over 27,0…
Scaling Covid-19 against inequalities
Background The mortality impact of COVID-19 has thus far been described in terms of crude death counts. We aimed to calibrate the scale of the modelled mortality impact of COVID-19 using age-standardised mortality rates and life expectancy contribution against other, socially determined, causes of death in order to inform governments and the public. Methods We compared mortality attributable to suicide, drug poisoning and socioeconomic inequality…
How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Comparison of mortality hazard ratios associated with health behaviours in Canada and the United States
Even when methodological and population differences are minimal, the association of health behaviours and mortality can vary across populations. It is therefore important to be cautious of between-study variation when aggregating relative effect estimates from differing populations, and when using external effect estimates for population health research and policy development
Does persistent precarious employment affect health outcomes among working age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Using administrative data to evaluate national policy impacts on child and maternal health
Reducing health inequalities by addressing the social circumstances in which children are conceived and raised is a societal priority. Early interventions are key to improving outcomes in childhood and long-term into adulthood. Across the UK nations, there is strong political commitment to invest in the early years. National policy interventions aim to tackle health inequalities and deliver health equity for all children. Evidence to determine th…
Medicine (9 works) · Demography (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Data science (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Economics (3 works)