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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Antenatal 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: Articles