People


Candace Currie Candace Currie OBE
Professor of Child & Adolescent Health
Director of CAHRU / HBSC International Co-ordinator

Contact Details
Phone: +44 (0)131 651 6258
Fax: +44 (0)131 651 6271
Email: candace.currie@ed.ac.uk

Biography

With a background in the biological and behavioral sciences (BSc Hons in Zoology, University of St Andrews; PhD Animal Behaviour, University of Edinburgh), Candace began working in the area of child and adolescent health when she joined Edinburgh University’s Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change (RUHBC) in 1985. Building on the programme of research she developed over the following 15 years, Candace left RUHBC to take up a Readership in 2000 and establish the Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit (CAHRU) at the Moray House School of Education. In 2006 Candace was promoted to a Personal Chair in Child and Adolescent Health.

Since 1988, Candace has been Principal Investigator for Scotland of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children: WHO Collaborative Cross-National Study (HBSC). Candace has been the elected International Coordinator of the HBSC Study since 1995; there are 43 member countries in the study across Europe and North America. Since establishing CAHRU, Candace has been awarded over Ł5.5m in research funding for the unit’s work. While her research activities as Director of CAHRU are wide-ranging she is particularly interested in social inequalities, puberty and health, and in developing cross-national and interdisciplinary perspectives of adolescent health.

Research Interests

Activities/Projects

Publications

Forthcoming articles

Akhtar P, Haw SJ, Levin K, Currie D, Zachary R, Currie C (in press) Socioeconomic differences in secondhand smoke exposure among children in Scotland after introduction of the smoke-free legislation. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Online First August 13, 2009. [DOI:10.1136/jech.2008.084178]
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Akhtar P, Haw SJ, Currie D, Zachary R, Currie C (in press) Smoking restrictions in the home and secondhand smoke exposure among primary schoolchildren before and after introduction of the Scottish smoke-free legislation. Tobacco Control. Online First August 10, 2009. [DOI:10.1136/tc.2009.030627]

Levin KA, Currie C (in press) Family structure, mother-child communication, father-child communication, and adolescent life satisfaction: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis. Health Education.

Levin KA, Currie C (in press) Adolescent toothbrushing and the home environment: Sociodemographic factors, family relationships and mealtime routines and disorganisation. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. Online First October 21, 2009 [DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00509.x]

Levin KA, Currie C, Muldoon J (in press) Mental well-being and subjective health of 11-15 year old boys and girls in Scotland, 1994-2006. European Journal of Public Health. Advanced Access published April 21, 2009. [DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckp046]
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2009

Currie C, Nic Gabhainn S, Godeau E and the International HBSC Network Coordinating Committee (2009) The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: WHO Collaborative Cross-National (HBSC) Study: origins, concept, history and development 1982–2008. International Journal of Public Health, 54, S131-139. [DOI:10.1007/s00038-009-5404-x]

Due P, Merlo J, Harel-Fisch Y, Trab Damsgaard M, Holstein B, Hetland J, Currie C, Nic Gabhainn S, Gaspar de Matos M, Lynch J (2009) Socioeconomic inequality in exposure to bullying during adolescence: a comparative, cross-sectional, multilevel study in 35 countries. American Journal of Public Health, 99(5), 907-914. [DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2008.139303]
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Haug E, Rasmussen M, Samdal O, Iannotti R, Kelly C, Borraccino A, Vereecken C, Melkevik O, Lazzeri G, Giacchi M, Ercan O, Due P, Ravens-Sieberer U, Currie C, Morgan A, Ahluwalia N and the HBSC Obesity Writing Group (2009) Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. International Journal of Public Health, 54, S167-179. [DOI:10.1007/s00038-009-5408-6]

Holstein BE, Currie C, Boyce W, Damsgaard MT, Gobina I, Kökönyei G, Hetland J, de Looze M, Richter M, Due P and the HBSC Social Inequalities Focus Group (2009) Socio-economic inequality in multiple health complaints among adolescents: international comparative study in 37 countries. International Journal of Public Health, 54, S260-270. [DOI:10.1007/s00038-009-5418-4]

Koller T, Morgan A, Guerreiro A, Currie C, Ziglio E and the International HBSC study group (2009) Addressing the socioeconomic determinants of adolescent health: experiences from the WHO/HBSC Forum 2007. International Journal of Public Health, 54, S278-284. [DOI:10.1007/s00038-009-5420-x]

Levin KA and Currie C (2009) Inequalities in tooth brushing among adolescents in Scotland, 1998-2006. Health Education Research, 24(1), 87-97. [DOI:10.1093/her/cym096]
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Richter M, Vereecken C, Boyce W, Maes L, Nic Gabhainn S, Currie C (2009) Parental occupation, family affluence and adolescent health behaviour in 28 countries. International Journal of Public Health, 54, 1-10. [DOI:10.1007/s00038-009-8018-4]

Young I and Currie C (2009) The HBSC study in Scotland: can the study influence policy and practice in schools? International Journal of Public Health, 54, S271-277. [DOI:10.1007/s00038-009-5419-3]

2008

Andersen A, Krřlner R, Currie C, Dallago L, Due P, Richter M, Orkényi A, Holstein B (2008) High agreement on family affluence between children's and parents' reports: international study of 11-year-olds. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62(12), 1092-1094. [DOI:10.1136/jech.2007.065169]
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Currie C, Molcho M, Boyce B, Holstein B, Torsheim T and Richter M (2008) Researching health inequalities in adolescents: The development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Family Affluence Scale. Social Science and Medicine, 66(6), 1429-1436. [DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.024]
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Schnohr C, Kreiner S, Rasmussen M, Due P, Currie C and Diderichsen F (2008) The role of national policies intended to regulate adolescent smoking in explaining the prevalence of daily smoking: a study of adolescents from 27 European countries. Addiction, 103(5), 824–831. [DOI:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02161.x]
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Schnohr C, Kreiner S, Due P, Currie C, Boyce W and Diderichsen F (2008) Differential item functioning of a family affluence scale: Validation study on data from HBSC 2001/02. Social Indicators Research, 89(1), 79-95. [DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9221-4]

2007

Akhtar PC, Currie DB, Currie CE and Haw SJ (2007) Changes in child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (CHETS) study after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland: national cross sectional survey. BMJ, 335(7619):545. [DOI:10.1136/bmj.39311.550197.AE]
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Inchley J, Muldoon J & Currie C (2007) Becoming a health promoting school: evaluating the process of effective implementation in Scotland. Health Promotion International, 22(1), 65-71. [DOI:10.1093/heapro/dal059]
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Ojala K, Vereecken C, Valimaa R, Currie C, Villberg J, Tynjala J and Kannas L (2007) Attempts to lose weight among overweight and non-overweight adolescents: a cross-national survey. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 50(4). [DOI:10.1186/1479-5868-4-50] [Available online at: www.ijbnpa.org/content/4/1/50 ]
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Roberts C, Currie C, Samdal O, Currie D, Smith R and Maes L (2007) Measuring the health and health behaviours of adolescents through cross-national survey research: recent developments in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Journal of Public Health, 15(3), 179-186. [DOI:10.1007/s10389-007-0100-x]

Schnohr C, Kreiner S, Due P, Currie C, Boyce W and Diderichsen F (Advance Access 24 Nov 2007 ) Differential item functioning of a family affluence scale: Validation study on data from HBSC 2001/02. Social Indicators Research. [DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9221-4]

2006

Boyce W, Torsheim T, Currie C and Zambon A (2006) The Family Affluence Scale as a Measure of National Wealth: Validation of an Adolescent Self-reported Measure. Social Indicators Research, 78(3), 473-487. [DOI:10.1007/s11205-005-1607-6]

Haw SJ, Gruer L, Amos A, Currie C, Fishbacher C, Fong GT, Hastings G, Malam S, Pell J, Scott C and Semple S (2006) Legislation on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland: how will we evaluate the impact? Journal of Public Health, 28(1), 24-30. [DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdi080]
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Torsheim T, Currie C, Boyce W & Samdal O (2006) Country material distribution and adolescents' perceived health: Multilevel study of adolescents in twenty-seven countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60, 156-161. [DOI:10.1136/jech.2005.037655]
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Zambon A, Boyce W, Cois E, Currie C, Lemma P, Dalmasso P, Borraccion A and Cavallo F (2006) Do welfare regimes mediate the effect of socio-economic position on health in adolescence? A cross-national comparison in Europe, North America and Israel. International Journal of Health Services, 36(2), 309-329.
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2005

Alexander LM, Inchley J, Todd J, Currie D, Cooper AR, Currie C (2005) The broader impact of walking to school among adolescents: seven day accelerometry based study. BMJ, 331, 1061-1062. [Available online at www.bmj.com ]
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Due P, Holstein BE, Lynch J, Diderichsen F, Nic Gabhain S, Scheidt P, Currie C and The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group (2005) Bullying and Symptoms among School-Aged Children: International Comparative Cross Sectional Study in 28 Countries. European Journal of Public Health, 15, 128-132. [DOI:10.1093/eurpub/cki105]
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Inchley JC, Currie DB, Todd JM, Akhtar PC, Currie CE (2005) Persistent socio-demographic differences in physical activity among Scottish schoolchildren 1990-2002. European Journal of Public Health, 15(4), 386-388. [DOI:10.1093/eurpub/cki084]
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Janssen I, Katzmarzyk P, Boyce W, Vereecken C, Mulvihill C, Roberts C, Currie C, Pickett W, The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Obesity Working Group (2005) Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns. Obesity Reviews, 6(2), 123. [DOI:10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00176.x]
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Pickett W, Craig W, Harel Y, Cunningham J, Simpson K, Molcho M, Mazur J, Dostaler S, Overpeck M, Currie C on behalf of the HBSC Violence and Injuries Writing Group (2005) Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury. Pediatrics, 116(6), 855-863. [DOI:10.1542/peds.2005-0607]
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2004

Alexander LM & Currie C (2004) Young people's computer use: implications for Health Education. Health Education, 104(4). [DOI:10.1108/09654280410546745]

Batista-Foguet JM, Fortiana J, Currie C, and Villalbi JR (2004) Socioeconomic indexes in surveys for comparisons between countries. An applied comparison using the Family Affluence Scale. Social Indicators Research, 67(3), 315-332. [DOI:10.1023/B:SOCI.0000032341.14612.b8]

Torsheim T, Currie C, Boyce W, Kalnins I, Overpeck M and Haugland S (2004) Material deprivation and self-rated health: a multilevel study of adolescents from 22 European and North American countries. Social Science & Medicine, 59(1), 1-12. [DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.032]
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Wold B, Currie C, Roberts C, Aaro LE (2004) National legislation on school smoking restriction in eight European countries. Health Promotion International, 19, 482-488. [DOI:10.1093/heapro/dah410]
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Wold B, Tosheim T, Currie C and Roberts C (2004) National and school policies on restrictions of teacher smoking: a multilevel analysis of student exposure to teacher smoking in seven European countries. Health Education Research, 19(3), 217-226. [DOI:10.1093/her/cyg029]
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2003

Griesbach D, Amos A, and Currie C (2003) Adolescent smoking and family structure in Europe. Social Science and Medicine, 56, 41-521. [DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00014-x]
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Hansen EH, Holstein BE, Due P and Currie CE (2003) International survey of self-reported medicine use among adolescents. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 37, 361-366. [DOI 10.1345/aph.1C111] [Available online at: www.theannals.com under "Archived Issues"]
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1996-2002

Griesbach D, Inchley J, Currie C (2002) More than words? The status and impact of smoking policies in Scottish schools. Health Promotion International, 17(1), 31-41. [DOI:10.1093/heapro/17.1.31]
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Inchley J, Todd J, Bryce C, Currie C (2001) Dietary trends among Scottish schoolchildren in the 1990's. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 14, 206-17. [DOI:10.1046/j.1365-277X.2001.00285.x]
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Inchley J, Currie C & Young I (2000) Evaluating the health promoting school: a case study approach. Health Education, 100(5), 200-206. [DOI:10.1108/09654280010343573]

Williams JM and Currie CE (2000) Self-esteem and physical development in early adolescence: pubertal timing and body image. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20, 129-149. [DOI:10.1177/0272431600020002002]

Thomson C, Currie C, Todd J and Elton R (1999) Changes in HIV/AIDS education, knowledge and attitudes among Scottish 15-16 year olds, 1990-1994: findings form the WHO: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC). Health Education Research, 14(3), 357-370. [DOI:10.1093/her/14.3.357]
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Beattie TF, Currie CE, Williams JM, Wright P. (1998) Measures of injury severity in childhood: a critical overview. Injury Prevention, 4(3), 228-31.
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Williams JM, Wright P, Currie CE and Beattie TF (1998) Sports-related injuries among Scottish adolescents aged 11-15. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 32, 291-296.
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Currie C, Elton RA, Todd J and Platt S (1997) Indicators of socioeconomic status for adolescents: the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey. Health Education Research, 12(3), 385-397. [DOI:10.1093/her/12.3.385]
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Williams J, Currie C, Wright P, Elton R, Beattie T (1997) Socioeconomic status and adolescent injuries. Social Science and Medicine, 44(12), 1881-1891. [DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00297-3]
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Crosswaite C, Currie C & Young I (1996) The European Network of Health Promoting Schools: development and evaluation in Scotland. Health Education Journal, 55, 450-6.

Currie CE, Williams JM, Wright P, Beattie T and Harel Y (1996) Incidence and distribution of injury among schoolchildren aged 11-15. Injury Prevention, 2, 21-25.
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