Andrea Sherriff
Biographic Data
| ID | 6172898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Sherriff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Sherriff |
| SIGNATURE | SHERRIFF A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1016-037X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tracking the Success of Contextual Offer Students at One Scottish Higher Education Institution
Knowing the academic outcomes of students who received contextual offers to higher education is important in understanding whether or not Scotland's Widening Access efforts have been successful in delivering impact to those from socio‐economically deprived backgrounds. This study showed that once controlling for academic cohort, sex, ethnicity and faculty, contextual offer students have a greater than 80% chance of progression at the end of first…
Poor child oral health and school absences: A population-wide data linkage study
BACKGROUND: Child dental caries is highly prevalent worldwide, with significant treatment costs, but its broader societal impact remains underexplored. This cross-sectional study examined associations between child oral health and school absences in Scotland. METHODS: Four population-wide data sets were linked at the individual level, where the outcome was part-day school absence during first primary school year across six academic years (2008/20…
Trends and socioeconomic inequalities in the dental attendance of adult smokers in Scotland from 2009 to 2019, a repeated cross-sectional study
SHeS data from 2009 to 2019 demonstrated that a high and increasing proportion of smokers in the population attend the dentist, albeit slightly less frequently than non-smokers. There were large inequalities in the dental attendance of smokers, to a lesser extent in non-smokers, and these persisted over time. Dental settings provide a good potential opportunity to deliver population-level smoking cessation interventions, but smokers in the most d…
Trends in socio-economic inequalities in the Scottish diet: 2001–2009
Objective To explore the association between diet and socio-economic position for 2007–2009 and investigate trends in socio-economic inequalities in the Scottish diet between 2001 and 2009. Design UK food purchase data (collected annually from 2001 to 2009) were used to estimate household-level consumption data. Population mean food consumption, nutrient intakes and energy density were estimated by quintiles of an area-based index of multiple dep…
Effectiveness and reach of a directed-population approach to improving dental health and reducing inequalities: A cross sectional study
Developing a method to reach all (or even the vast majority) of individuals at increased-risk defined by either caries experience or deprivation is difficult using a directed-population approach at a group level. There is a need for a wider debate between politicians and public health experts to decide how best to reach those most at need of intervention to improve health and reduce inequalities
Infant feeding in relation to eating patterns in the second year of life and weight status in the fourth year
Objective To explore associations of early infant feeding with (i) eating patterns in the second year of life and (ii) weight status in the fourth year of life in a prospective cohort of children in Scotland. Design Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) longitudinal birth cohort study (2005–2008). Setting Scotland, UK. Subjects Children aged 9–12 months ( n 5217) followed through to 45–48 months. Results Infant feeding was associated with eating patterns,…
To what extent do weight gain and eating avidity during infancy predict later adiposity
Objective To determine the extent to which weight gain and eating behaviours in infancy predict later adiposity. Design Population-based, prospective, longitudinal birth cohort study. Weights collected in infancy were used to calculate Z -scores for weight gain to age 1 year conditional on birth weight (CWG). To avoid multiple significance tests, variables from the parent questionnaire completed at age 1 year describing eating avidity were combin…
P1-330 Inequalities in dental caries: The role of NMES intake
Introduction Dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases of childhood in the UK, with a disproportionate burden experienced by the most disadvantaged groups. Non-milk extrinsic sugar (NMES) intake, poor oral hygiene and acidogenic bacteria are considered the main risk factors for caries, however, their role in explaining the observed inequalities has not been fully explored. The aim of the study is to assess the extent to which these fact…
P1-166 Explaining social patterning of mortality: The role of lifestyle
Background Mortality is strongly correlated with socio-economic status (SES). Lifestyle factors impact on health and are also independently linked with SES, and thus may drive the mortality-SES associations. However, their relative individual and combined contributions to such inequalities have not been well quantified. We addressed this using nationally representative prospective data. Methods Analyses were based on 6060 participants aged over 1…
Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: Cohort study
OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors in early life (up to 3 years of age) for obesity in children in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Avon longitudinal study of parents and children, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: 8234 children in cohort aged 7 years and a subsample of 909 children (children in focus) with data on additional early growth related risk factors for obesity. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Obesity at age 7 years, d…
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Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: Cohort study
OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors in early life (up to 3 years of age) for obesity in children in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Avon longitudinal study of parents and children, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: 8234 children in cohort aged 7 years and a subsample of 909 children (children in focus) with data on additional early growth related risk factors for obesity. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Obesity at age 7 years, d…
P1-330 Inequalities in dental caries: The role of NMES intake
Introduction Dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases of childhood in the UK, with a disproportionate burden experienced by the most disadvantaged groups. Non-milk extrinsic sugar (NMES) intake, poor oral hygiene and acidogenic bacteria are considered the main risk factors for caries, however, their role in explaining the observed inequalities has not been fully explored. The aim of the study is to assess the extent to which these fact…
P1-166 Explaining social patterning of mortality: The role of lifestyle
Background Mortality is strongly correlated with socio-economic status (SES). Lifestyle factors impact on health and are also independently linked with SES, and thus may drive the mortality-SES associations. However, their relative individual and combined contributions to such inequalities have not been well quantified. We addressed this using nationally representative prospective data. Methods Analyses were based on 6060 participants aged over 1…
Infant feeding in relation to eating patterns in the second year of life and weight status in the fourth year
Objective To explore associations of early infant feeding with (i) eating patterns in the second year of life and (ii) weight status in the fourth year of life in a prospective cohort of children in Scotland. Design Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) longitudinal birth cohort study (2005–2008). Setting Scotland, UK. Subjects Children aged 9–12 months ( n 5217) followed through to 45–48 months. Results Infant feeding was associated with eating patterns,…
To what extent do weight gain and eating avidity during infancy predict later adiposity
Objective To determine the extent to which weight gain and eating behaviours in infancy predict later adiposity. Design Population-based, prospective, longitudinal birth cohort study. Weights collected in infancy were used to calculate Z -scores for weight gain to age 1 year conditional on birth weight (CWG). To avoid multiple significance tests, variables from the parent questionnaire completed at age 1 year describing eating avidity were combin…
Effectiveness and reach of a directed-population approach to improving dental health and reducing inequalities: A cross sectional study
Developing a method to reach all (or even the vast majority) of individuals at increased-risk defined by either caries experience or deprivation is difficult using a directed-population approach at a group level. There is a need for a wider debate between politicians and public health experts to decide how best to reach those most at need of intervention to improve health and reduce inequalities
Trends in socio-economic inequalities in the Scottish diet: 2001–2009
Objective To explore the association between diet and socio-economic position for 2007–2009 and investigate trends in socio-economic inequalities in the Scottish diet between 2001 and 2009. Design UK food purchase data (collected annually from 2001 to 2009) were used to estimate household-level consumption data. Population mean food consumption, nutrient intakes and energy density were estimated by quintiles of an area-based index of multiple dep…
Trends and socioeconomic inequalities in the dental attendance of adult smokers in Scotland from 2009 to 2019, a repeated cross-sectional study
SHeS data from 2009 to 2019 demonstrated that a high and increasing proportion of smokers in the population attend the dentist, albeit slightly less frequently than non-smokers. There were large inequalities in the dental attendance of smokers, to a lesser extent in non-smokers, and these persisted over time. Dental settings provide a good potential opportunity to deliver population-level smoking cessation interventions, but smokers in the most d…
Tracking the Success of Contextual Offer Students at One Scottish Higher Education Institution
Knowing the academic outcomes of students who received contextual offers to higher education is important in understanding whether or not Scotland's Widening Access efforts have been successful in delivering impact to those from socio‐economically deprived backgrounds. This study showed that once controlling for academic cohort, sex, ethnicity and faculty, contextual offer students have a greater than 80% chance of progression at the end of first…
Poor child oral health and school absences: A population-wide data linkage study
BACKGROUND: Child dental caries is highly prevalent worldwide, with significant treatment costs, but its broader societal impact remains underexplored. This cross-sectional study examined associations between child oral health and school absences in Scotland. METHODS: Four population-wide data sets were linked at the individual level, where the outcome was part-day school absence during first primary school year across six academic years (2008/20…
Environmental health (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Demography (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Body mass index (3 works) · Confidence interval (3 works)