Dr David Walsh
- Senior Lecturer in Health Inequalities (Public Health)
- Honorary Senior Lecturer (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
David.Walsh.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 374, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB
Biography
I have over 30 years’ experience of health and public health research. Prior to my current post at the university (which I started in February 2024), I spent 17 years as Public Health Programme Manager at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) (2006-2024).
Pre-GCPH posts include the Public Health Institute of Scotland (PHIS) and NHS Health Scotland (2001-2006), ISD Scotland (then the statistical arm of the NHS in Scotland) (1994-2001), as well as undertaking various research projects within NHS Greater Glasgow (1999-2000), NHS Argyll & Clyde (1996-98) and NHS Grampian (1993-1994).
Research interests
Health inequalities and their determinants are the key focus of all areas of my research. Recent/ongoing endeavours include: understanding the impacts of UK Government austerity policies on health inequalities in the UK; the causes of excess’ mortality in Scotland and Glasgow; adverse early years environments; ethnicity and health inequalities in Scotland/UK; health inequalities across post-industrial European regions.
Publications
Selected publications
Seaman, R. , Walsh, D. , Beatty, C., McCartney, G. and Dundas, R. (2024) Social security cuts and life expectancy: a longitudinal analysis of local authorities in England, Scotland, and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 78, pp. 82-87. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220328) (PMID:37935573)
Walsh, D. , Dundas, R. , McCartney, G. , Gibson, M. and Seaman, R. (2022) Bearing the burden of austerity: how do changing mortality rates in the UK compare between men and women? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(12), pp. 1027-1033. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219645) (PMID:36195463) (PMCID:PMC9664129)
Walsh, D. , Tod, E., McCartney, G. and Levin, K. A. (2022) How much of the stalled mortality trends in Scotland and England can be attributed to obesity? BMJ Open, 12(12), e067310. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067310) (PMID:36517089) (PMCID:PMC9756156)
Walsh, D. , Wyper, G. M.A. and McCartney, G. (2022) Trends in healthy life expectancy in the age of austerity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(8), pp. 743-745. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219011) (PMID:35667853) (PMCID:PMC9279837)
McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Fenton, L. and Devine, R. (2022) Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Documentation. Glasgow Centre for Population Health/University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Minton, J. , Parkinson, J., Shipton, D. and Whyte, B. (2021) Deaths from ‘diseases of despair’ in Britain: comparing suicide, alcohol-related and drug-related mortality for birth cohorts in Scotland, England and Wales, and selected cities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(12), pp. 1195-1201. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-216220) (PMID:34045325)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., Minton, J. , Parkinson, J., Shipton, D. and Whyte, B. (2020) Changing mortality trends in countries and cities of the United Kingdom (UK): a population-based trend analysis. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038135. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038135) (PMID:33154048) (PMCID:PMC7646340)
Walsh, D., Buchanan, D., Douglas, A., Erdman, J., Fischbacher, C., McCartney, G., Norman, P. and Whyte, B. (2019) Increasingly diverse: the changing ethnic profiles of Scotland and Glasgow and the implications for population health. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 12(4), pp. 983-1009. (doi: 10.1007/s12061-018-9281-7)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., Smith, M. and Armour, G. (2019) Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73(12), pp. 1087-1093. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212738) (PMID:31563897) (PMCID:PMC6872440)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Taulbut, M. and Batty, G.D. (2017) History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow. Public Health, 151, pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.016)
All publications
2025
Scott, F., McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Wild, S., Rae, D., Ramsay, J., Donaghy, G. and Douglas, M. (2025) Explanations for higher-than-expected all-cause mortality from April 2021: a scoping review. Public Health, 238, pp. 73-82. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.10.010) (PMID:39642535) (Accepted for Publication)
2024
Scott, F., McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Wild, S., Rae, D., Ramsay, J. and Donagh, G. (2024) Explanations for higher-than-expected mortality from April 2021: a scoping review. Public Health, (Accepted for Publication)
Broadbent, P., Walsh, D. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Gallagher, C., Dundas, R. and McCartney, G. (2024) Is Austerity responsible for the stalled mortality trends across many high-income countries? A systematic review. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54(4), pp. 362-379. (doi: 10.1177/27551938241255041) (PMID:38767141) (PMCID:PMC11437704)
Watson, R., Walsh, D. , Scott, S., Carruthers, J., Fenton, L., McCartney, G. and Moore, E. (2024) Is the period of austerity in the UK associated with increased rates of adverse birth outcomes? European Journal of Public Health, (Accepted for Publication)
Friel, C. , Walsh, D. , Whyte, B., Dibben, C., Feng, Z., Baker, G., Kelly, P., Demou, E. and Dundas, R. (2024) The health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study. BMJ Public Health, 2(1), e001295. (doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001295)
Seaman, R. , Walsh, D. , Beatty, C., McCartney, G. and Dundas, R. (2024) Social security cuts and life expectancy: a longitudinal analysis of local authorities in England, Scotland, and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 78, pp. 82-87. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220328) (PMID:37935573)
2023
Timpson, K., McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. and Chabanis, B. (2023) What is missing from how we measure and understand the experience of poverty and deprivation in population health analyses? European Journal of Public Health, 33(6), pp. 974-980. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad174) (PMID:37862435) (PMCID:PMC10710332)
McCartney, G. , Hoggett, R., Walsh, D. and Lee, D. (2023) How important is it to avoid indices of deprivation that include health variables in analyses of health inequalities? Public Health, 221, pp. 175-180. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.06.028) (PMID:37473649)
Zhang, A. , Gagné, T., Walsh, D. , Ciancio, A. , Proto, E. and McCartney, G. (2023) Trends in psychological distress in Great Britain, 1991-2019: evidence from three representative surveys. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(7), pp. 468-473. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219660) (PMID:37188500)
McCartney, G. , Hoggett, R., Walsh, D. and Lee, D. (2023) How well do area-based deprivation indices identify income- and employment-deprived individuals across Great Britain today? Public Health, 217, pp. 22-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.01.020) (PMID:36841035)
McCartney, G. and Walsh, D. (2023) Stalled improvements in mortality and life expectancy predate the pandemic. British Medical Journal, 380, p493. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.p493)
2022
Walsh, D. , Dundas, R. , McCartney, G. , Gibson, M. and Seaman, R. (2022) Bearing the burden of austerity: how do changing mortality rates in the UK compare between men and women? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(12), pp. 1027-1033. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219645) (PMID:36195463) (PMCID:PMC9664129)
McCartney, G. , McMaster, R. , Popham, F. , Dundas, R. and Walsh, D. (2022) Is austerity a cause of slower improvements in mortality in high-income countries? A panel analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 313, 115397. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115397) (PMID:36194952)
Walsh, D. , Tod, E., McCartney, G. and Levin, K. A. (2022) How much of the stalled mortality trends in Scotland and England can be attributed to obesity? BMJ Open, 12(12), e067310. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067310) (PMID:36517089) (PMCID:PMC9756156)
Walsh, D. , Wyper, G. M.A. and McCartney, G. (2022) Trends in healthy life expectancy in the age of austerity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(8), pp. 743-745. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219011) (PMID:35667853) (PMCID:PMC9279837)
McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Fenton, L. and Devine, R. (2022) Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Documentation. Glasgow Centre for Population Health/University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
2021
Schofield, L., Walsh, D. , Bendel, N. and Piroddi, R. (2021) Excess mortality in Glasgow: further evidence of ‘political effects’ on population health. Public Health, 201, pp. 61-68. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.004)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Minton, J. , Parkinson, J., Shipton, D. and Whyte, B. (2021) Deaths from ‘diseases of despair’ in Britain: comparing suicide, alcohol-related and drug-related mortality for birth cohorts in Scotland, England and Wales, and selected cities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(12), pp. 1195-1201. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-216220) (PMID:34045325)
Wami, W. , Walsh, D. , Hennig, B. D., McCartney, G. , Dorling, D., Galaea, S., Sampson, L. and Dundas, R. (2021) Spatial and temporal inequalities in mortality in the USA, 1968-2016. Health and Place, 70, 102586. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102586) (PMID:34010784)
McCartney, G. , Leyland, A. , Walsh, D. and Dundas, R. (2021) Scaling COVID-19 against inequalities: should the policy response consistently match the mortality challenge? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(4), pp. 315-320. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214373) (PMID:33144334) (PMCID:PMC7958082)
2020
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., Minton, J. , Parkinson, J., Shipton, D. and Whyte, B. (2020) Changing mortality trends in countries and cities of the United Kingdom (UK): a population-based trend analysis. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038135. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038135) (PMID:33154048) (PMCID:PMC7646340)
Walsh, D. , Lowther, M., McCartney, G. and Reid, K. (2020) Can Scotland achieve its aim of narrowing health inequalities in a post-pandemic world? Public Health in Practice, 1, 100042. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100042) (PMID:34173576) (PMCID:PMC7558242)
Wami, W. , McCartney, G. , Bartley, M., Buchanan, D., Dundas, R. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Mitchell, R. and Walsh, D. (2020) Theory driven analysis of social class and health outcomes using UK nationally representative longitudinal data. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, 193. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01302-4) (PMID:33115485) (PMCID:PMC7594287)
2019
Baruffati, D. , Mackenzie, M. , Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2019) A sick city in a sick country. In: Kintrea, K. and Madgin, R. (eds.) Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City. Policy Press, pp. 121-138. ISBN 9781447349778 (doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447349778.003.0007)
Walsh, D., Buchanan, D., Douglas, A., Erdman, J., Fischbacher, C., McCartney, G., Norman, P. and Whyte, B. (2019) Increasingly diverse: the changing ethnic profiles of Scotland and Glasgow and the implications for population health. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 12(4), pp. 983-1009. (doi: 10.1007/s12061-018-9281-7)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., Smith, M. and Armour, G. (2019) Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73(12), pp. 1087-1093. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212738) (PMID:31563897) (PMCID:PMC6872440)
McCartney, G. , Bartley, M., Dundas, R. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Mitchell, R. , Popham, F. , Walsh, D. and Wami, W. (2019) Theorising social class and its application to the study of health inequalities. SSM - Population Health, 7, 100315. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.10.015) (PMID:31297431) (PMCID:PMC6598164)
Schofield, L., Walsh, D., Feng, Z., Buchanan, D., Dibben, C., Fischbacher, C., McCartney, G., Munoz-Arroyo, R. and Whyte, B. (2019) Does ethnic diversity explain intra-UK variation in mortality? A longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, 9(3), e024563. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024563) (PMID:30928935) (PMCID:PMC6475238)
2018
Stewart, J. L. , Livingston, M. , Walsh, D. and Mitchell, R. (2018) Using population surfaces and spatial metrics to track the development of deprivation landscapes in Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester between 1971 and 2011. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 72, pp. 124-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.06.003) (PMID:30393419) (PMCID:PMC6167737)
Naven, L. et al. (2018) Right Here Right Now (RHRN) pilot study: testing a method of near-real-time data collection on the social determinants of health. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 14(2), pp. 301-321. (doi: 10.1332/174426417X14987303892451) (PMID:29973958) (PMCID:PMC6027954)
2017
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Taulbut, M. and Batty, G.D. (2017) History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow. Public Health, 151, pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.016)
McCartney, G. , Popham, F. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Walsh, D. and Schofield, L. (2017) How do trends in mortality inequalities by deprivation and education in Scotland and England & Wales compare? A repeat cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(7), e017590. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017590) (PMID:28733304) (PMCID:PMC5642664)
Ralston, K., Walsh, D. , Feng, Z., Dibben, C., McCartney, G. and O'Reilly, D. (2017) Do differences in religious affiliation explain high levels of excess mortality in the UK? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(5), pp. 493-498. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208176) (PMID:28270504)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G. and O'Reilly, D. (2017) Potential influences on suicide prevalence in comparisons of UK post-industrial cities. Public Health, 143, pp. 94-96. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.11.007) (PMID:28159033)
2016
Smith, M., Williamson, A.E. , Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2016) Is there a link between childhood adversity, attachment style and Scotland's excess mortality? Evidence, challenges and potential research. BMC Public Health, 16, 655. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3201-z) (PMID:27465498) (PMCID:PMC4964073)
Schofield, L., Walsh, D. , Munoz-Arroyo, R., McCartney, G., Buchanan, D., Lawder, R., Armstrong, M., Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2016) Dying younger in Scotland: trends in mortality and deprivation relative to England and Wales, 1981-2011. Health and Place, 40, pp. 106-115. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.05.007) (PMID:27235691)
Fergie, G. et al. (2016) Right Here Right Now Study: Final Report. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Heath, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. and Collins, C. (2016) Excess mortality and urban change: Investigating similarities and differences in the extent of urban change in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester and their surrounding regions from 1945, and the extent to which this might be part of the excess mortality explanation. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland.
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Taulbut, M. and Batty, G. D. (2016) History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
McCartney, G. et al. (2016) Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland, 1991–2011 (I): the role of incomes, effects of socio-economic and political adversity and demographic change. Public Health, 132, pp. 13-23. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.12.013) (PMID:26917268)
McCartney, G. et al. (2016) Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland 1991–2011 (II): policy, social norms, the alcohol market, clinical changes and a synthesis. Public Health, 132, pp. 24-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.12.012) (PMID:26921977)
2015
van der Pol, M., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) Comparing time and risk preferences across three post-industrial UK cities. Social Science and Medicine, 140, pp. 54-61. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.010) (PMID:26204560)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., McCullough, S., van der Pol, M., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2015) Always looking on the bright side of life? Exploring optimism and health in three UK post-industrial urban settings. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), pp. 389-397. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv077) (PMID:26071538)
Levin, K.A., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) Growing up in Glasgow: the social context of adolescence. European Journal of Public Health, 25(3), pp. 464-466. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv037) (PMID:25788475)
Levin, K.A., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) No mean city: adolescent health and risk behaviours in a UK urban setting. Journal of Public Health, 37(2), pp. 258-268. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu035) (PMID:24914087)
Stanners, G., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) Is ‘excess’ mortality in Glasgow an artefact of measurement? Public Health, 129(6), pp. 684-690. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.032) (PMID:25896549)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., McCullough, S., van der Pol, M., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2015) Comparing levels of social capital in three northern post-industrial UK cities. Public Health, 129(6), pp. 629-638. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.024) (PMID:25823706)
Robinson, M., Shipton, D., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. and McCartney, G. (2015) Regional alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Great Britain: novel insights using retail sales data. BMC Public Health, 15, 1. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-15-1) (PMID:25563658) (PMCID:PMC4324675)
McCartney, G., Russ, T. C., Walsh, D. , Lewsey, J. , Smith, M., Smith, G. D., Stamatakis, E. and Batty, D. (2015) Explaining the excess mortality in Scotland compared with England: pooling of 18 cohort studies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(1), pp. 20-27. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204185) (PMID:25216666) (PMCID:PMC4283682)
2014
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., McCullough, S., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2014) Comparing Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale across three UK post-industrial cities. BMJ Open, 4(11), e005792. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005792) (PMID:25424994) (PMCID:PMC4248084)
Lawder, R., Walsh, D. , Kearns, A. and Livingston, M. (2014) Healthy mixing? Investigating the associations between neighbourhood housing tenure mix and health outcomes for urban residents. Urban Studies, 51(1), pp. 264-283. (doi: 10.1177/0042098013489740)
Shipton, D., McCartney, G. , Whyte, B., Walsh, D. , Craig, N. and Beeston, C. (2014) Alcohol-Related Deaths In Scotland: Do Country-Specific Factors Affecting Cohorts Born in the 1940s and Before Help Explain the Current Trends in Alcohol-Related Trends? 7th European Public Health Conference, Glasgow, UK, 19-22 Nov 2014. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku163.055)
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., Parcell, S., Hartmann, A., Poirier, G., Strniskova, D. and Hanlon, P. (2014) Spatial inequalities in life expectancy within postindustrial regions of Europe: a cross-sectional observational study. BMJ Open, 4(6), e004711. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004711) (PMID:24889851) (PMCID:PMC4054650)
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. and O’Dowd, J. (2014) Comparing early years and childhood experiences and outcomes in Scotland, England and three city-regions: a plausible explanation for Scottish ‘excess’ mortality? BMC Pediatrics, 14, 259. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-259) (PMID:25301454) (PMCID:PMC4287510)
2013
Robinson, M., Shipton, D., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2013) Monitoring and evaluating Scotland’s alcohol strategy: A comparison of alcohol sales and alcohol-related mortality in Scotland and Northern England. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland.
Shipton, D., Whyte, B. and Walsh, D. (2013) Alcohol-related mortality in deprived UK cities: worrying trends in young women challenge recent national downward trends. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 67(10), pp. 805-812. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202574) (PMID:23868526) (PMCID:PMC3786659)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , McCullough, S., van der Pol, M., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2013) Exploring potential reasons for Glasgow’s ‘excess’ mortality: results of a three-city survey of Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Livingston, M. , Whyte, B., Walsh, D. and Bailey, N. (2013) Investigating the Impact of the Spatial Distribution of Deprivation on Health Outcomes. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow, UK.
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , Parcel, S., Hartmann, A., Poirier, G., Strniskova, D., Daniels, G. and Hanlon, P. (2013) What can ecological data tell us about reasons for divergence in health status between west central Scotland and other regions of post-industrial Europe. Public Health, 127(2), pp. 153-163. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.11.007)
Taulbut, M. and Walsh, D. (2013) Poverty, parenting and poor health. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2013) Trends in termination of pregnancy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Public Health, 127(2), pp. 143-152. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.11.006) (PMID:23312394)
Dundas, R. , Ralston, K., Walsh, D. and Leyland, A. (2013) OP31 Is excess mortality in Glasgow an artefact of inadequate control for deprivation: a case-control study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67(Sup 1), A16-A17. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-203126.31)
McCartney, G., Leyland, A.H. , Fischbacher, C.M., Whyte, B., Walsh, D. and Stockton, D.L. (2013) Commentary: Long-term monitoring of health inequalities in Scotland-A response to Frank and Haw. Milbank Quarterly, 91(1), pp. 186-191. (doi: 10.1111/milq.12006)
Rush, L., McCartney, G., Walsh, D. and Mackay, D. (2013) Vitamin D and subsequent all-age and premature mortality: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 13(679), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-679)
2012
Landy, R., Walsh, D. and Ramsay, J. (2012) Do socio-economic, behavioural and biological risk factors explain the poor health profile of the UK's sickest city? Journal of Public Health, 34(4), pp. 591-598. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds020) (PMID:22421460)
McCartney, G., Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Collins, C. (2012) Has Scotland always been the ‘sick man’ of Europe? An observational study from 1855 to 2006. European Journal of Public Health, 22(6), pp. 756-760. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr136) (PMID:22021374) (PMCID:PMC3505444)
Tindell, A.G., Kelso, E.B., Ferrell, W.R., Lockhart, J.C., Walsh, D.A. , Dunning, L. and McInnes, I.B. (2012) Correlation of protease-activated receptor-2 expression and synovitis in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. Rheumatology International, 32(10), pp. 3077-3086. (doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2102-9) (PMID:21913036)
McCartney, G., Collins, C., Walsh, D. and Batty, G.D. (2012) Why the Scots die younger: Synthesizing the evidence. Public Health, 126(6), pp. 459-470. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.03.007) (PMID:22579324)
Graham, P., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2012) Shipyards and sectarianism: How do mortality and deprivation compare in Glasgow and Belfast? Public Health, 126(5), pp. 378-385. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.018) (PMID:22480713)
Crawford, F., Beck, S., McLean, J., Walsh, D. and Tannahill, C. (2012) Migration and health in Glasgow and its relevance to GoWell. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
McCartney, G., Shipley, M., Hart, C. , Davey Smith, G., Kivimaki, M., Walsh, D. , Watt, G. and Batty, G.D. (2012) Why do males in Scotland die younger than those in England? Evidence from three prospective cohort studies. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e38860. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038860) (PMID:22808017) (PMCID:PMC3394776)
2011
Parcell, S., Hartmann, A., Taulbut, M. and Walsh, D. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to the Ruhr area in Germany. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M., Poirier, G. and Walsh, D. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M. and Walsh, D. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to Silesia in Poland. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D., Strniskova, D. and Taulbut, M. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to Northern Moravia in the Czech Republic. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Lawder, R., Grant, I., Storey, C., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. and Hanlon, P. (2011) Epidemiology of hospitalization due to alcohol-related harm: Evidence from a Scottish cohort study. Public Health, 125(8), pp. 533-539. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.05.007) (PMID:21794884)
McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Walsh, D. and Batty, D. (2011) Accounting for Scotland's Excess Mortality: Towards a Synthesis. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Livingston, M. , Bailey, N. , Walsh, D. , Whyte, B., Cox, C. and Jones, R. (2011) The patterning of deprivation and its effects on health outcomes in three post industrial cities in Britain. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(Sup 1), A8-A9. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976a.17)
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , Parcell, S., Hanlon, P., Hartmann, A., Poirier, G. and Strniskova, D. (2011) Health and its determinants in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe: The Aftershock of Deindustrialisation Study phase two. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
2010
Landy, R., Walsh, D. and Ramsay, J. (2010) The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report: The Glasgow Effect. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Crawford, F. and Walsh, D. (2010) The wider relevance of GoWell to other urban areas in Scotland. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Egan, M. et al. (2010) Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10(1), 41. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-41)
Walsh, D. , Bendel, N., Jones, R. and Hanlon, P. (2010) Investigating a ‘Glasgow Effect’: Why do equally deprived UK cities experience different health outcomes? Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. , Bendel, N., Jones, R. and Hanlon, P. (2010) It's not 'just deprivation': Why do equally deprived UK cities experience different health outcomes? Public Health, 124(9), pp. 487-495. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.006) (PMID:20223487)
Walsh, D. , Taulbut, M. and Hanlon, P. (2010) The aftershock of deindustrialization - trends in mortality in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 20(1), pp. 58-64. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp063)
2008
Walsh, D. (2008) Health and wellbeing in Glasgow and the GoWell areas: deprivation based analyses. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. , Taulbut, M. and Hanlon, P. (2008) The aftershock of deindustrialisation: Trends in mortality in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
2007
Hanlon, P., Lawder, R., Elders, A., Clark, D., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. and Sutton, M. (2007) An analysis of the link between behavioural, biological and social risk factors and subsequent hospital admission in Scotland. Journal of Public Health, 29(4), pp. 405-412. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm062)
Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Gordon, D. S. (2007) Changing places? A comparative analysis of area-based health trends in Scotland through the 1980s and 1990s. Public Health, 121(12), pp. 889-897. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.018) (PMID:17568639)
2006
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2006) Let Glasgow Flourish. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Cameron, J. C., Walsh, D., Finlayson, A. R. and Boyd, J. H. (2006) Oral polio vaccine and intussusception: a data linkage study using records for vaccination and hospitalization. American Journal of Epidemiology, 163(6), pp. 528-533. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwj070) (PMID:16467416)
2005
Hanlon, P.W., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B.W. (2005) Meeting the information needs of the 'Health for all' challenge - lessons from Scotland. Public Health, 119(12), pp. 1088-1096. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.06.002) (PMID:16212995)
Hanlon, P., Lawder, R., Buchanan, D., Redpath, A., Walsh, D. , Wood, R., Bain, M., Brewster, D. and Chalmers, J. (2005) Why is mortality higher in Scotland than in England and Wales? Decreasing influence of socioeconomic deprivation between 1981 and 2001 supports the existence of a 'Scottish Effect'. Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 199-204. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi002) (PMID:15774571)
2004
Pell, J. P. , Smith, G. C.S. and Walsh, D. (2004) Pregnancy complications and subsequent maternal cerebrovascular events: A retrospective cohort study of 119,668 births. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(4), pp. 336-342. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwh064) (PMID:14769636)
Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Kelso, L. (2004) Community health and wellbeing profiles. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland, Glasgow.
Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Kelso, L. (2004) Constituency health and wellbeing profiles. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland, Glasgow.
2003
Smith, G. C.S., Pell, J. P. and Walsh, D. (2003) Spontaneous loss of early pregnancy and risk of ischaemic heart disease in later life: retrospective cohort study. British Medical Journal, 326, pp. 423-424. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7386.423) (PMID:12595381) (PMCID:PMC149442)
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2003) The health of Scotland. In: Woods, K. and Carter, D. (eds.) Scotland’s Health and Health Services. The Nuffield Trust, pp. 31-61. ISBN 9780117032415
2002
Pell, J. P. , MacIntyre, K., Walsh, D. , Capewell, S., McMurray, J.J. , Chalmers, J.W., Boyd, J.H., Finlayson, A.R., Stewart, S. and Redpath, A.D. (2002) Time trends in survival and readmission following coronary artery bypass grafting in Scotland, 1981-96: retrospective observational study. British Medical Journal, 324, pp. 201-202. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7331.201)
2001
Hanlon, P. et al. (2001) Chasing the Scottish Effect: Why Scotland needs a step-change in health if it is to catch up with the rest of Europe. Project Report. Public Health Institute of Scotland, Glasgow.
Smith, G. C.X., Pell, J. P. and Walsh, D. (2001) Pregnancy complications and maternal risk of ischaemic heart disease: a retrospective cohort study of 129,290 births. Lancet, 357, pp. 2002-2006. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05112-6) (PMID:11438131)
Pell, J.P. et al. (2001) Outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the stent era: a prospective study of all 9890 consecutive patients operated on in Scotland over a two year period. Heart, 85(6), pp. 662-666. (doi: 10.1136/heart.85.6.662) (PMID:11359748) (PMCID:PMC1729765)
2000
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B.W., Scott, S.N., Lightfoot, P. and Gilhooly, M.L.M. (2000) The link between major risk factors and important categories of admission in an ageing cohort. Journal of Public Health, 22(1), pp. 81-89. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/22.1.81) (PMID:10774909)
Hanlon, P. and Walsh, D. (2000) Influence of biological, behavioural, health service and social risk factors on the trend towards more frequent hospital admissions in an elderly cohort. Health Bulletin, 58(4), pp. 342-353.
1999
Leng, G.C., Walsh, D., Fowkes, F. and Swainson, C.P. (1999) Is the emergency readmission rate a valid outcome indicator? Quality and Safety in Health Care, 8(4), pp. 234-238. (doi: 10.1136/qshc.8.4.234) (PMID:10847885) (PMCID:PMC2483668)
1998
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. W., Scott, S. N., Lightbody, P. and Gilhooly, M. L.M. (1998) Hospital use by an ageing cohort: an investigation into the association between biological, behavioural and social risk markers and subsequent hospital utilization. Journal of Public Health, 20(4), pp. 467-476. (doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024804) (PMID:9923956)
Articles
Scott, F., McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Wild, S., Rae, D., Ramsay, J., Donaghy, G. and Douglas, M. (2025) Explanations for higher-than-expected all-cause mortality from April 2021: a scoping review. Public Health, 238, pp. 73-82. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.10.010) (PMID:39642535) (Accepted for Publication)
Scott, F., McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Wild, S., Rae, D., Ramsay, J. and Donagh, G. (2024) Explanations for higher-than-expected mortality from April 2021: a scoping review. Public Health, (Accepted for Publication)
Broadbent, P., Walsh, D. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Gallagher, C., Dundas, R. and McCartney, G. (2024) Is Austerity responsible for the stalled mortality trends across many high-income countries? A systematic review. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54(4), pp. 362-379. (doi: 10.1177/27551938241255041) (PMID:38767141) (PMCID:PMC11437704)
Watson, R., Walsh, D. , Scott, S., Carruthers, J., Fenton, L., McCartney, G. and Moore, E. (2024) Is the period of austerity in the UK associated with increased rates of adverse birth outcomes? European Journal of Public Health, (Accepted for Publication)
Friel, C. , Walsh, D. , Whyte, B., Dibben, C., Feng, Z., Baker, G., Kelly, P., Demou, E. and Dundas, R. (2024) The health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study. BMJ Public Health, 2(1), e001295. (doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001295)
Seaman, R. , Walsh, D. , Beatty, C., McCartney, G. and Dundas, R. (2024) Social security cuts and life expectancy: a longitudinal analysis of local authorities in England, Scotland, and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 78, pp. 82-87. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220328) (PMID:37935573)
Timpson, K., McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. and Chabanis, B. (2023) What is missing from how we measure and understand the experience of poverty and deprivation in population health analyses? European Journal of Public Health, 33(6), pp. 974-980. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad174) (PMID:37862435) (PMCID:PMC10710332)
McCartney, G. , Hoggett, R., Walsh, D. and Lee, D. (2023) How important is it to avoid indices of deprivation that include health variables in analyses of health inequalities? Public Health, 221, pp. 175-180. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.06.028) (PMID:37473649)
Zhang, A. , Gagné, T., Walsh, D. , Ciancio, A. , Proto, E. and McCartney, G. (2023) Trends in psychological distress in Great Britain, 1991-2019: evidence from three representative surveys. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(7), pp. 468-473. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219660) (PMID:37188500)
McCartney, G. , Hoggett, R., Walsh, D. and Lee, D. (2023) How well do area-based deprivation indices identify income- and employment-deprived individuals across Great Britain today? Public Health, 217, pp. 22-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.01.020) (PMID:36841035)
McCartney, G. and Walsh, D. (2023) Stalled improvements in mortality and life expectancy predate the pandemic. British Medical Journal, 380, p493. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.p493)
Walsh, D. , Dundas, R. , McCartney, G. , Gibson, M. and Seaman, R. (2022) Bearing the burden of austerity: how do changing mortality rates in the UK compare between men and women? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(12), pp. 1027-1033. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219645) (PMID:36195463) (PMCID:PMC9664129)
McCartney, G. , McMaster, R. , Popham, F. , Dundas, R. and Walsh, D. (2022) Is austerity a cause of slower improvements in mortality in high-income countries? A panel analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 313, 115397. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115397) (PMID:36194952)
Walsh, D. , Tod, E., McCartney, G. and Levin, K. A. (2022) How much of the stalled mortality trends in Scotland and England can be attributed to obesity? BMJ Open, 12(12), e067310. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067310) (PMID:36517089) (PMCID:PMC9756156)
Walsh, D. , Wyper, G. M.A. and McCartney, G. (2022) Trends in healthy life expectancy in the age of austerity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(8), pp. 743-745. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219011) (PMID:35667853) (PMCID:PMC9279837)
Schofield, L., Walsh, D. , Bendel, N. and Piroddi, R. (2021) Excess mortality in Glasgow: further evidence of ‘political effects’ on population health. Public Health, 201, pp. 61-68. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.004)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Minton, J. , Parkinson, J., Shipton, D. and Whyte, B. (2021) Deaths from ‘diseases of despair’ in Britain: comparing suicide, alcohol-related and drug-related mortality for birth cohorts in Scotland, England and Wales, and selected cities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(12), pp. 1195-1201. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-216220) (PMID:34045325)
Wami, W. , Walsh, D. , Hennig, B. D., McCartney, G. , Dorling, D., Galaea, S., Sampson, L. and Dundas, R. (2021) Spatial and temporal inequalities in mortality in the USA, 1968-2016. Health and Place, 70, 102586. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102586) (PMID:34010784)
McCartney, G. , Leyland, A. , Walsh, D. and Dundas, R. (2021) Scaling COVID-19 against inequalities: should the policy response consistently match the mortality challenge? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(4), pp. 315-320. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214373) (PMID:33144334) (PMCID:PMC7958082)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., Minton, J. , Parkinson, J., Shipton, D. and Whyte, B. (2020) Changing mortality trends in countries and cities of the United Kingdom (UK): a population-based trend analysis. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038135. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038135) (PMID:33154048) (PMCID:PMC7646340)
Walsh, D. , Lowther, M., McCartney, G. and Reid, K. (2020) Can Scotland achieve its aim of narrowing health inequalities in a post-pandemic world? Public Health in Practice, 1, 100042. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100042) (PMID:34173576) (PMCID:PMC7558242)
Wami, W. , McCartney, G. , Bartley, M., Buchanan, D., Dundas, R. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Mitchell, R. and Walsh, D. (2020) Theory driven analysis of social class and health outcomes using UK nationally representative longitudinal data. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, 193. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01302-4) (PMID:33115485) (PMCID:PMC7594287)
Walsh, D., Buchanan, D., Douglas, A., Erdman, J., Fischbacher, C., McCartney, G., Norman, P. and Whyte, B. (2019) Increasingly diverse: the changing ethnic profiles of Scotland and Glasgow and the implications for population health. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 12(4), pp. 983-1009. (doi: 10.1007/s12061-018-9281-7)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., Smith, M. and Armour, G. (2019) Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73(12), pp. 1087-1093. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212738) (PMID:31563897) (PMCID:PMC6872440)
McCartney, G. , Bartley, M., Dundas, R. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Mitchell, R. , Popham, F. , Walsh, D. and Wami, W. (2019) Theorising social class and its application to the study of health inequalities. SSM - Population Health, 7, 100315. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.10.015) (PMID:31297431) (PMCID:PMC6598164)
Schofield, L., Walsh, D., Feng, Z., Buchanan, D., Dibben, C., Fischbacher, C., McCartney, G., Munoz-Arroyo, R. and Whyte, B. (2019) Does ethnic diversity explain intra-UK variation in mortality? A longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, 9(3), e024563. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024563) (PMID:30928935) (PMCID:PMC6475238)
Stewart, J. L. , Livingston, M. , Walsh, D. and Mitchell, R. (2018) Using population surfaces and spatial metrics to track the development of deprivation landscapes in Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester between 1971 and 2011. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 72, pp. 124-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.06.003) (PMID:30393419) (PMCID:PMC6167737)
Naven, L. et al. (2018) Right Here Right Now (RHRN) pilot study: testing a method of near-real-time data collection on the social determinants of health. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 14(2), pp. 301-321. (doi: 10.1332/174426417X14987303892451) (PMID:29973958) (PMCID:PMC6027954)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Taulbut, M. and Batty, G.D. (2017) History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow. Public Health, 151, pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.016)
McCartney, G. , Popham, F. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Walsh, D. and Schofield, L. (2017) How do trends in mortality inequalities by deprivation and education in Scotland and England & Wales compare? A repeat cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(7), e017590. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017590) (PMID:28733304) (PMCID:PMC5642664)
Ralston, K., Walsh, D. , Feng, Z., Dibben, C., McCartney, G. and O'Reilly, D. (2017) Do differences in religious affiliation explain high levels of excess mortality in the UK? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(5), pp. 493-498. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208176) (PMID:28270504)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G. and O'Reilly, D. (2017) Potential influences on suicide prevalence in comparisons of UK post-industrial cities. Public Health, 143, pp. 94-96. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.11.007) (PMID:28159033)
Smith, M., Williamson, A.E. , Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2016) Is there a link between childhood adversity, attachment style and Scotland's excess mortality? Evidence, challenges and potential research. BMC Public Health, 16, 655. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3201-z) (PMID:27465498) (PMCID:PMC4964073)
Schofield, L., Walsh, D. , Munoz-Arroyo, R., McCartney, G., Buchanan, D., Lawder, R., Armstrong, M., Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2016) Dying younger in Scotland: trends in mortality and deprivation relative to England and Wales, 1981-2011. Health and Place, 40, pp. 106-115. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.05.007) (PMID:27235691)
McCartney, G. et al. (2016) Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland, 1991–2011 (I): the role of incomes, effects of socio-economic and political adversity and demographic change. Public Health, 132, pp. 13-23. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.12.013) (PMID:26917268)
McCartney, G. et al. (2016) Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland 1991–2011 (II): policy, social norms, the alcohol market, clinical changes and a synthesis. Public Health, 132, pp. 24-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.12.012) (PMID:26921977)
van der Pol, M., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) Comparing time and risk preferences across three post-industrial UK cities. Social Science and Medicine, 140, pp. 54-61. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.010) (PMID:26204560)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., McCullough, S., van der Pol, M., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2015) Always looking on the bright side of life? Exploring optimism and health in three UK post-industrial urban settings. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), pp. 389-397. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv077) (PMID:26071538)
Levin, K.A., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) Growing up in Glasgow: the social context of adolescence. European Journal of Public Health, 25(3), pp. 464-466. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv037) (PMID:25788475)
Levin, K.A., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) No mean city: adolescent health and risk behaviours in a UK urban setting. Journal of Public Health, 37(2), pp. 258-268. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu035) (PMID:24914087)
Stanners, G., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2015) Is ‘excess’ mortality in Glasgow an artefact of measurement? Public Health, 129(6), pp. 684-690. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.032) (PMID:25896549)
Walsh, D., McCartney, G., McCullough, S., van der Pol, M., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2015) Comparing levels of social capital in three northern post-industrial UK cities. Public Health, 129(6), pp. 629-638. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.024) (PMID:25823706)
Robinson, M., Shipton, D., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. and McCartney, G. (2015) Regional alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Great Britain: novel insights using retail sales data. BMC Public Health, 15, 1. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-15-1) (PMID:25563658) (PMCID:PMC4324675)
McCartney, G., Russ, T. C., Walsh, D. , Lewsey, J. , Smith, M., Smith, G. D., Stamatakis, E. and Batty, D. (2015) Explaining the excess mortality in Scotland compared with England: pooling of 18 cohort studies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(1), pp. 20-27. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204185) (PMID:25216666) (PMCID:PMC4283682)
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., McCullough, S., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2014) Comparing Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale across three UK post-industrial cities. BMJ Open, 4(11), e005792. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005792) (PMID:25424994) (PMCID:PMC4248084)
Lawder, R., Walsh, D. , Kearns, A. and Livingston, M. (2014) Healthy mixing? Investigating the associations between neighbourhood housing tenure mix and health outcomes for urban residents. Urban Studies, 51(1), pp. 264-283. (doi: 10.1177/0042098013489740)
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , McCartney, G., Parcell, S., Hartmann, A., Poirier, G., Strniskova, D. and Hanlon, P. (2014) Spatial inequalities in life expectancy within postindustrial regions of Europe: a cross-sectional observational study. BMJ Open, 4(6), e004711. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004711) (PMID:24889851) (PMCID:PMC4054650)
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. and O’Dowd, J. (2014) Comparing early years and childhood experiences and outcomes in Scotland, England and three city-regions: a plausible explanation for Scottish ‘excess’ mortality? BMC Pediatrics, 14, 259. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-259) (PMID:25301454) (PMCID:PMC4287510)
Shipton, D., Whyte, B. and Walsh, D. (2013) Alcohol-related mortality in deprived UK cities: worrying trends in young women challenge recent national downward trends. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 67(10), pp. 805-812. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202574) (PMID:23868526) (PMCID:PMC3786659)
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , Parcel, S., Hartmann, A., Poirier, G., Strniskova, D., Daniels, G. and Hanlon, P. (2013) What can ecological data tell us about reasons for divergence in health status between west central Scotland and other regions of post-industrial Europe. Public Health, 127(2), pp. 153-163. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.11.007)
Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2013) Trends in termination of pregnancy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Public Health, 127(2), pp. 143-152. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.11.006) (PMID:23312394)
Dundas, R. , Ralston, K., Walsh, D. and Leyland, A. (2013) OP31 Is excess mortality in Glasgow an artefact of inadequate control for deprivation: a case-control study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67(Sup 1), A16-A17. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-203126.31)
McCartney, G., Leyland, A.H. , Fischbacher, C.M., Whyte, B., Walsh, D. and Stockton, D.L. (2013) Commentary: Long-term monitoring of health inequalities in Scotland-A response to Frank and Haw. Milbank Quarterly, 91(1), pp. 186-191. (doi: 10.1111/milq.12006)
Rush, L., McCartney, G., Walsh, D. and Mackay, D. (2013) Vitamin D and subsequent all-age and premature mortality: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 13(679), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-679)
Landy, R., Walsh, D. and Ramsay, J. (2012) Do socio-economic, behavioural and biological risk factors explain the poor health profile of the UK's sickest city? Journal of Public Health, 34(4), pp. 591-598. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds020) (PMID:22421460)
McCartney, G., Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Collins, C. (2012) Has Scotland always been the ‘sick man’ of Europe? An observational study from 1855 to 2006. European Journal of Public Health, 22(6), pp. 756-760. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr136) (PMID:22021374) (PMCID:PMC3505444)
Tindell, A.G., Kelso, E.B., Ferrell, W.R., Lockhart, J.C., Walsh, D.A. , Dunning, L. and McInnes, I.B. (2012) Correlation of protease-activated receptor-2 expression and synovitis in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. Rheumatology International, 32(10), pp. 3077-3086. (doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2102-9) (PMID:21913036)
McCartney, G., Collins, C., Walsh, D. and Batty, G.D. (2012) Why the Scots die younger: Synthesizing the evidence. Public Health, 126(6), pp. 459-470. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.03.007) (PMID:22579324)
Graham, P., Walsh, D. and McCartney, G. (2012) Shipyards and sectarianism: How do mortality and deprivation compare in Glasgow and Belfast? Public Health, 126(5), pp. 378-385. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.018) (PMID:22480713)
McCartney, G., Shipley, M., Hart, C. , Davey Smith, G., Kivimaki, M., Walsh, D. , Watt, G. and Batty, G.D. (2012) Why do males in Scotland die younger than those in England? Evidence from three prospective cohort studies. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e38860. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038860) (PMID:22808017) (PMCID:PMC3394776)
Lawder, R., Grant, I., Storey, C., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. and Hanlon, P. (2011) Epidemiology of hospitalization due to alcohol-related harm: Evidence from a Scottish cohort study. Public Health, 125(8), pp. 533-539. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.05.007) (PMID:21794884)
Livingston, M. , Bailey, N. , Walsh, D. , Whyte, B., Cox, C. and Jones, R. (2011) The patterning of deprivation and its effects on health outcomes in three post industrial cities in Britain. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(Sup 1), A8-A9. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976a.17)
Egan, M. et al. (2010) Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10(1), 41. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-41)
Walsh, D. , Bendel, N., Jones, R. and Hanlon, P. (2010) It's not 'just deprivation': Why do equally deprived UK cities experience different health outcomes? Public Health, 124(9), pp. 487-495. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.006) (PMID:20223487)
Walsh, D. , Taulbut, M. and Hanlon, P. (2010) The aftershock of deindustrialization - trends in mortality in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 20(1), pp. 58-64. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp063)
Hanlon, P., Lawder, R., Elders, A., Clark, D., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. and Sutton, M. (2007) An analysis of the link between behavioural, biological and social risk factors and subsequent hospital admission in Scotland. Journal of Public Health, 29(4), pp. 405-412. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm062)
Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Gordon, D. S. (2007) Changing places? A comparative analysis of area-based health trends in Scotland through the 1980s and 1990s. Public Health, 121(12), pp. 889-897. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.018) (PMID:17568639)
Cameron, J. C., Walsh, D., Finlayson, A. R. and Boyd, J. H. (2006) Oral polio vaccine and intussusception: a data linkage study using records for vaccination and hospitalization. American Journal of Epidemiology, 163(6), pp. 528-533. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwj070) (PMID:16467416)
Hanlon, P.W., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B.W. (2005) Meeting the information needs of the 'Health for all' challenge - lessons from Scotland. Public Health, 119(12), pp. 1088-1096. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.06.002) (PMID:16212995)
Hanlon, P., Lawder, R., Buchanan, D., Redpath, A., Walsh, D. , Wood, R., Bain, M., Brewster, D. and Chalmers, J. (2005) Why is mortality higher in Scotland than in England and Wales? Decreasing influence of socioeconomic deprivation between 1981 and 2001 supports the existence of a 'Scottish Effect'. Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 199-204. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi002) (PMID:15774571)
Pell, J. P. , Smith, G. C.S. and Walsh, D. (2004) Pregnancy complications and subsequent maternal cerebrovascular events: A retrospective cohort study of 119,668 births. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(4), pp. 336-342. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwh064) (PMID:14769636)
Smith, G. C.S., Pell, J. P. and Walsh, D. (2003) Spontaneous loss of early pregnancy and risk of ischaemic heart disease in later life: retrospective cohort study. British Medical Journal, 326, pp. 423-424. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7386.423) (PMID:12595381) (PMCID:PMC149442)
Pell, J. P. , MacIntyre, K., Walsh, D. , Capewell, S., McMurray, J.J. , Chalmers, J.W., Boyd, J.H., Finlayson, A.R., Stewart, S. and Redpath, A.D. (2002) Time trends in survival and readmission following coronary artery bypass grafting in Scotland, 1981-96: retrospective observational study. British Medical Journal, 324, pp. 201-202. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7331.201)
Smith, G. C.X., Pell, J. P. and Walsh, D. (2001) Pregnancy complications and maternal risk of ischaemic heart disease: a retrospective cohort study of 129,290 births. Lancet, 357, pp. 2002-2006. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05112-6) (PMID:11438131)
Pell, J.P. et al. (2001) Outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the stent era: a prospective study of all 9890 consecutive patients operated on in Scotland over a two year period. Heart, 85(6), pp. 662-666. (doi: 10.1136/heart.85.6.662) (PMID:11359748) (PMCID:PMC1729765)
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B.W., Scott, S.N., Lightfoot, P. and Gilhooly, M.L.M. (2000) The link between major risk factors and important categories of admission in an ageing cohort. Journal of Public Health, 22(1), pp. 81-89. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/22.1.81) (PMID:10774909)
Hanlon, P. and Walsh, D. (2000) Influence of biological, behavioural, health service and social risk factors on the trend towards more frequent hospital admissions in an elderly cohort. Health Bulletin, 58(4), pp. 342-353.
Leng, G.C., Walsh, D., Fowkes, F. and Swainson, C.P. (1999) Is the emergency readmission rate a valid outcome indicator? Quality and Safety in Health Care, 8(4), pp. 234-238. (doi: 10.1136/qshc.8.4.234) (PMID:10847885) (PMCID:PMC2483668)
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. , Whyte, B. W., Scott, S. N., Lightbody, P. and Gilhooly, M. L.M. (1998) Hospital use by an ageing cohort: an investigation into the association between biological, behavioural and social risk markers and subsequent hospital utilization. Journal of Public Health, 20(4), pp. 467-476. (doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024804) (PMID:9923956)
Book Sections
Baruffati, D. , Mackenzie, M. , Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2019) A sick city in a sick country. In: Kintrea, K. and Madgin, R. (eds.) Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City. Policy Press, pp. 121-138. ISBN 9781447349778 (doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447349778.003.0007)
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2003) The health of Scotland. In: Woods, K. and Carter, D. (eds.) Scotland’s Health and Health Services. The Nuffield Trust, pp. 31-61. ISBN 9780117032415
Research Reports or Papers
McCartney, G. , Walsh, D. , Fenton, L. and Devine, R. (2022) Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Documentation. Glasgow Centre for Population Health/University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Fergie, G. et al. (2016) Right Here Right Now Study: Final Report. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Heath, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. and Collins, C. (2016) Excess mortality and urban change: Investigating similarities and differences in the extent of urban change in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester and their surrounding regions from 1945, and the extent to which this might be part of the excess mortality explanation. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland.
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Taulbut, M. and Batty, G. D. (2016) History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Robinson, M., Shipton, D., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2013) Monitoring and evaluating Scotland’s alcohol strategy: A comparison of alcohol sales and alcohol-related mortality in Scotland and Northern England. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland.
Walsh, D. , McCartney, G. , McCullough, S., van der Pol, M., Buchanan, D. and Jones, R. (2013) Exploring potential reasons for Glasgow’s ‘excess’ mortality: results of a three-city survey of Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Livingston, M. , Whyte, B., Walsh, D. and Bailey, N. (2013) Investigating the Impact of the Spatial Distribution of Deprivation on Health Outcomes. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow, UK.
Taulbut, M. and Walsh, D. (2013) Poverty, parenting and poor health. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Crawford, F., Beck, S., McLean, J., Walsh, D. and Tannahill, C. (2012) Migration and health in Glasgow and its relevance to GoWell. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Parcell, S., Hartmann, A., Taulbut, M. and Walsh, D. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to the Ruhr area in Germany. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M., Poirier, G. and Walsh, D. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M. and Walsh, D. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to Silesia in Poland. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D., Strniskova, D. and Taulbut, M. (2011) Case Study: Health and its determinants in West Central Scotland compared to Northern Moravia in the Czech Republic. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
McCartney, G. , Collins, C., Walsh, D. and Batty, D. (2011) Accounting for Scotland's Excess Mortality: Towards a Synthesis. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Taulbut, M., Walsh, D. , Parcell, S., Hanlon, P., Hartmann, A., Poirier, G. and Strniskova, D. (2011) Health and its determinants in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe: The Aftershock of Deindustrialisation Study phase two. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Landy, R., Walsh, D. and Ramsay, J. (2010) The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report: The Glasgow Effect. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Crawford, F. and Walsh, D. (2010) The wider relevance of GoWell to other urban areas in Scotland. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. , Bendel, N., Jones, R. and Hanlon, P. (2010) Investigating a ‘Glasgow Effect’: Why do equally deprived UK cities experience different health outcomes? Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. (2008) Health and wellbeing in Glasgow and the GoWell areas: deprivation based analyses. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D. , Taulbut, M. and Hanlon, P. (2008) The aftershock of deindustrialisation: Trends in mortality in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Hanlon, P., Walsh, D. and Whyte, B. (2006) Let Glasgow Flourish. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.
Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Kelso, L. (2004) Community health and wellbeing profiles. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland, Glasgow.
Walsh, D., Whyte, B. and Kelso, L. (2004) Constituency health and wellbeing profiles. Project Report. NHS Health Scotland, Glasgow.
Hanlon, P. et al. (2001) Chasing the Scottish Effect: Why Scotland needs a step-change in health if it is to catch up with the rest of Europe. Project Report. Public Health Institute of Scotland, Glasgow.
Conference or Workshop Item
Shipton, D., McCartney, G. , Whyte, B., Walsh, D. , Craig, N. and Beeston, C. (2014) Alcohol-Related Deaths In Scotland: Do Country-Specific Factors Affecting Cohorts Born in the 1940s and Before Help Explain the Current Trends in Alcohol-Related Trends? 7th European Public Health Conference, Glasgow, UK, 19-22 Nov 2014. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku163.055)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Investigating the Impact of the Distribution of Deprived Neighbourhoods on Health Outcomes
Glasgow Centre for Population Health
2010 - 2011