Dr Smita Dick
M.B.B.S, MHA, MSc, PhD
Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- smita.dick@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438476
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Qualifications
- Medicine1995 - University of Mumbai, India
M B B S, MHA, MSc, PhD
- Health Administration1997 - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
- International Environmental Health1999 - Leeds Metropolitan University
- Environmental Medicine2005 - University of Aberdeen
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Member of the Staff Development Group
- External Memberships
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Previous member of the Scottish Active Healthy Kids Report Card
- Research
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Research Overview
Research interests in the field of paediatric public health, paediatric pathways of care. Especially systematic reviews of intervention studies around acute paediatric admissions, childhood asthma and obesity.
Current Research
25 year follow up of the SEATON study
Systematic reviews in childhood asthma, acute paediatric hospital admissions and child health and adult economic productivity.
- Teaching
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Courses
Course Coordinator for Masters Research Project PU5922
- Publications
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A systematic review of interventions to reduce hospital and emergency department stay in paediatric populations
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodContributions to Journals: ArticlesShort-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: a mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways.
PloS ONEContributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying and prioritising future interventions with stakeholders to improve paediatric urgent care pathways in Scotland, UK: a mixed-methods study
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 10, e074141Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRegional variations in short stay urgent paediatric hospital admissions: a sequential mixed-methods approach exploring differences through data linkage and qualitative interviews
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 9, e072734Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterventions in primary and community care to reduce urgent paediatric hospital admissions: systematic review
Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 108, no. 6, pp. 486-491Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInsights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data
Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 108, pp. 245-246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShort stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: a qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 12, e0278777Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterventions to reduce acute paediatric hospital admissions: a systematic review
Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 234-243Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVariation in referrals from primary care to scheduled paediatric services in North and East Scotland - A cross-sectional study
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 21, 989Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociations between smoke-free vehicle legislation and childhood admissions to hospital for asthma in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis of whole-population data
The Lancet Public Health, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. e579-e586Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAntenatal Fetal Size and Obesity in Five-Year-Old Children in a Large Cohort Created by Data Linkage
Childhood obesity (Print), vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 272-280Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2020.0360
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Is conception by in vitro fertilization associated with altered antenatal and postnatal growth trajectories?
Fertility and Sterility, vol. 114, no. 6, pp. 1216-1224Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociations between a smoke-free homes intervention and childhood admissions to hospital in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis of whole population data
The Lancet Public Health, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. e493-e500Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Airway Microbiome and Childhood Asthma - What Is the Link?
Acta medica academica, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 156-163Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of associations between environmental exposures and development of asthma in children aged up to 9 years
BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 11, e006554Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006554
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4779/1/BMJ_Open_2014_Dick_.pdf
A qualitative study of independent fast food vendors near secondary schools in disadvantaged Scottish neighbourhoods.
BMC Public HealthContributions to Journals: ArticlesResults from Scotland's 2013 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
Journal of physical activity & health, vol. 11, no. s1, pp. S93-97Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0183
Associations between environmental exposures and asthma control and exacerbations in young children: a systematic review
BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 2, e003827Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003827
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4662/1/e003827.full.pdf
Main final report of a research study commissioned to inform a preschool child weight management programme within Grampian: Parents' and health visitors' prespectives
Commissioned by GRAMPIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST. NHS Grampian. 85 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsThe influence of the food environment on overweight and obesity in young children: a systematic review
BMJ Open, vol. 2, no. 6, e001538Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing evidence to prioritise areas for public health actions for tackling childhood overweight
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 64, no. Suppl. 1, pp. A46Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.120477.32
A Case-Control Study of Parkinson's Disease and Tobacco Use: Gene-Tobacco Interactions
Movement Disorders, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 912-919Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.22980
Obesity case study
Environmental Determinants of Public Health in Scotland (EDPHiS). 95 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsA panel study of air pollution in subjects with heart failure: negative results in treated patients
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 325-334Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2008.039032
Human health and the environmental impacts of using sewage sludge on forestry and for restoration of derelict land: Task 1 - Desk-based literature review of the human health impacts of spreading sewage sludge on non-agricultural land
Edinburgh: SNIFFER. 87 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports