Dr Mirjam Allik

  • Research Fellow (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

telephone: 01413537552
email: Mirjam.Allik@glasgow.ac.uk

MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Berkeley Square, 99 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7HR

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-3469

Biography

Mirjam Allik has a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. She has worked at the University of Glasgow since December 2013 and currently leads a research project into the health of care experienced children in Scotland.

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Research interests

Mirjam is interested in using quantitative methods for linked data research. Her work is focused on measuring deprivation at the small-area level, measuring health inequalities and understanding the effects of care experience on children's health in Scotland.

Publications

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Number of items: 23.

2024

Allik, M. , Gedeon, E. , Henderson, M. and Leyland, A. H. (2024) Hospitalisations for chronic conditions among care-experienced and general population children and young people: evidence from the Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) cohort study, 1990-2016. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 8(1), e002705. (doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002705) (PMID:39357978)

Tweed, E. J. , Cimova, K. , Craig, P. , Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Campbell, M. , Henderson, D., Mayor, C., Meier, P. and Watson, N. (2024) Unlocking data: decision-maker perspectives on cross-sectoral data sharing and linkage as part of a whole-systems approach to public health policy and practice. Public Health Research, (In Press)

2023

Gedeon, E. , Henderson, M. , Leyland, A. H. and Allik, M. (2023) Association between care experience and mental health hospitalisation among children in Scotland, with a focus on chronic conditions (CHiCS): a population-wide longitudinal study using administrative data. Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health 2023, London, UK, 23-24 Nov 2023. (doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02064-0) (Accepted for Publication)

Gedeon, E. , Henderson, M. , Leyland, A. H. and Allik, M. (2023) Mental health hospitalisations of care experienced and general population children with chronic conditions in Scotland, a population-wide longitudinal study using administrative data. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Newcastle, UK, 06-08 Sep 2023. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.28)

Bradford, D.R.R. , Allik, M. , McMahon, A.D. and Brown, D. (2023) Assessing the risk of endogeneity bias in health and mortality inequalities research using composite measures of multiple deprivation which include health-related indicators: a case study using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and population health and mortality data. Health and Place, 80, 102998. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102998) (PMID:36921377)

2022

Pescarini, J. M. et al. (2022) Impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Programme on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: a natural experiment study using the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(6), pp. 1847-1861. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac188) (PMID:36172959) (PMCID:PMC9749722)

Shaw, R. J. et al. (2022) Biases arising from linked administrative data for epidemiological research: a conceptual framework from registration to analyses. European Journal of Epidemiology, 37(12), pp. 1215-1224. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00934-w) (PMID:36333542) (PMCID:PMC9792414)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Gedeon, E. , Leyland, A. H. and Henderson, M. (2022) Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS): Main findings from population-wide research. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.279347).

Bradford, D. R. R. , Allik, M. , McMahon, A. D. and Brown, D. (2022) Physical health of care-experienced young children in high-income countries: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), e063648. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063648) (PMID:36691175) (PMCID:PMC9454045)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2022) Differences in ill health and in socioeconomic inequalities in health by ethnic groups: a cross-sectional study using 2011 Scottish Census. Ethnicity and Health, 27(1), pp. 190-208. (doi: 10.1080/13557858.2019.1643009) (PMID:31313591)

2021

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Taylor Browne Lūka, C. , Macintyre, C., Leyland, A. H. and Henderson, M. (2021) Cohort profile: The ‘Children’s Health in Care in Scotland’ (CHiCS) study—a longitudinal dataset to compare health outcomes for care experienced children and general population children. BMJ Open, 11(9), e054664. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054664) (PMID:34521682) (PMCID:PMC8442099)

2020

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2020) Deaths of despair: Cause-specific mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific mortality among young men in Scotland. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, 215. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01329-7) (PMID:33276793) (PMCID:PMC7716282)

Pescarini, J. M., Craig, P. , Allik, M. , Amorim, L., Ali, S., Smeeth, L., Barreto, M. L., Leyland, A. H. , Aquino, E. M.L. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2020) Evaluating the impact of the Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on premature cardiovascular and all-cause mortality using the 100 million Brazilian cohort: A natural experiment study protocol. BMJ Open, 10, e039658. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039658) (PMID:33444195) (PMCID:PMC7682454)

Allik, M. , Ramos, D., Agranonik, M., Pinto Júnior, E. P., Ichihara, M. Y., Barreto, M. L., Leyland, A. H. and Dundas, R. (2020) Developing a Small-Area Deprivation Measure for Brazil. Technical Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.215898).

Allik, M. , Leyland, A. , Ichihara, M. Y. T. and Dundas, R. (2020) Creating small-area deprivation indices: a guide for stages and options. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(1), pp. 20-25. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213255) (PMID:31630122) (PMCID:PMC6929699)

2019

Brown, D. , Allik, M. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2019) All-cause and cause-specific mortality in Scotland 1981-2011 by age, sex and deprivation: a population-based study. European Journal of Public Health, 29(4), pp. 647-655. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz010) (PMID:31220246) (PMCID:PMC6660111)

2018

Ichihara, M. Y. et al. (2018) Area deprivation measures used in Brazil: a scoping review. Revista de Saúde Pública, 52, 83. (PMID:30183845) (PMCID:PMC6122878)

2017

Allik, M. and Kearns, A. (2017) “There goes the fear”: Feelings of safety at home and in the neighbourhood: the role of personal, social and service factors. Journal of Community Psychology, 45(4), pp. 543-563. (doi: 10.1002/jcop.21875)

2016

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2016) Small-area deprivation measure datasets for Scotland, 2001 and 2011. Data In Brief, 7, pp. 1682-1686. (doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.04.060) (PMID:27761509) (PMCID:PMC5063812)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2016) Developing a new small-area measure of deprivation using 2001 and 2011 census data from Scotland. Health and Place, 39, pp. 122-130. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.03.006) (PMID:27082656) (PMCID:PMC4889779)

Allik, M. (2016) Welfare state and representation: do women make the welfare state or does the welfare state make women representatives? Representation, 52(4), pp. 253-269. (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2017.1300599)

2015

Allik, M. (2015) Who stands in the way of women? Open vs. closed lists and candidate gender in Estonia. East European Politics, 31(4), pp. 429-451. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2015.1084924)

2014

Brown, D. , Allik, M. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2014) Carstairs Scores for Scottish Postcode Sectors, Datazones and Output Areas from the 2011 Census. Technical Report. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

This list was generated on Sat Nov 23 04:41:06 2024 GMT.
Jump to: Articles | Research Reports or Papers | Conference or Workshop Item
Number of items: 23.

Articles

Allik, M. , Gedeon, E. , Henderson, M. and Leyland, A. H. (2024) Hospitalisations for chronic conditions among care-experienced and general population children and young people: evidence from the Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) cohort study, 1990-2016. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 8(1), e002705. (doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002705) (PMID:39357978)

Tweed, E. J. , Cimova, K. , Craig, P. , Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Campbell, M. , Henderson, D., Mayor, C., Meier, P. and Watson, N. (2024) Unlocking data: decision-maker perspectives on cross-sectoral data sharing and linkage as part of a whole-systems approach to public health policy and practice. Public Health Research, (In Press)

Bradford, D.R.R. , Allik, M. , McMahon, A.D. and Brown, D. (2023) Assessing the risk of endogeneity bias in health and mortality inequalities research using composite measures of multiple deprivation which include health-related indicators: a case study using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and population health and mortality data. Health and Place, 80, 102998. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102998) (PMID:36921377)

Pescarini, J. M. et al. (2022) Impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Programme on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: a natural experiment study using the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(6), pp. 1847-1861. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac188) (PMID:36172959) (PMCID:PMC9749722)

Shaw, R. J. et al. (2022) Biases arising from linked administrative data for epidemiological research: a conceptual framework from registration to analyses. European Journal of Epidemiology, 37(12), pp. 1215-1224. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00934-w) (PMID:36333542) (PMCID:PMC9792414)

Bradford, D. R. R. , Allik, M. , McMahon, A. D. and Brown, D. (2022) Physical health of care-experienced young children in high-income countries: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), e063648. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063648) (PMID:36691175) (PMCID:PMC9454045)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2022) Differences in ill health and in socioeconomic inequalities in health by ethnic groups: a cross-sectional study using 2011 Scottish Census. Ethnicity and Health, 27(1), pp. 190-208. (doi: 10.1080/13557858.2019.1643009) (PMID:31313591)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Taylor Browne Lūka, C. , Macintyre, C., Leyland, A. H. and Henderson, M. (2021) Cohort profile: The ‘Children’s Health in Care in Scotland’ (CHiCS) study—a longitudinal dataset to compare health outcomes for care experienced children and general population children. BMJ Open, 11(9), e054664. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054664) (PMID:34521682) (PMCID:PMC8442099)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2020) Deaths of despair: Cause-specific mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific mortality among young men in Scotland. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, 215. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01329-7) (PMID:33276793) (PMCID:PMC7716282)

Pescarini, J. M., Craig, P. , Allik, M. , Amorim, L., Ali, S., Smeeth, L., Barreto, M. L., Leyland, A. H. , Aquino, E. M.L. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2020) Evaluating the impact of the Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on premature cardiovascular and all-cause mortality using the 100 million Brazilian cohort: A natural experiment study protocol. BMJ Open, 10, e039658. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039658) (PMID:33444195) (PMCID:PMC7682454)

Allik, M. , Leyland, A. , Ichihara, M. Y. T. and Dundas, R. (2020) Creating small-area deprivation indices: a guide for stages and options. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(1), pp. 20-25. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213255) (PMID:31630122) (PMCID:PMC6929699)

Brown, D. , Allik, M. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2019) All-cause and cause-specific mortality in Scotland 1981-2011 by age, sex and deprivation: a population-based study. European Journal of Public Health, 29(4), pp. 647-655. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz010) (PMID:31220246) (PMCID:PMC6660111)

Ichihara, M. Y. et al. (2018) Area deprivation measures used in Brazil: a scoping review. Revista de Saúde Pública, 52, 83. (PMID:30183845) (PMCID:PMC6122878)

Allik, M. and Kearns, A. (2017) “There goes the fear”: Feelings of safety at home and in the neighbourhood: the role of personal, social and service factors. Journal of Community Psychology, 45(4), pp. 543-563. (doi: 10.1002/jcop.21875)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2016) Small-area deprivation measure datasets for Scotland, 2001 and 2011. Data In Brief, 7, pp. 1682-1686. (doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.04.060) (PMID:27761509) (PMCID:PMC5063812)

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2016) Developing a new small-area measure of deprivation using 2001 and 2011 census data from Scotland. Health and Place, 39, pp. 122-130. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.03.006) (PMID:27082656) (PMCID:PMC4889779)

Allik, M. (2016) Welfare state and representation: do women make the welfare state or does the welfare state make women representatives? Representation, 52(4), pp. 253-269. (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2017.1300599)

Allik, M. (2015) Who stands in the way of women? Open vs. closed lists and candidate gender in Estonia. East European Politics, 31(4), pp. 429-451. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2015.1084924)

Research Reports or Papers

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Gedeon, E. , Leyland, A. H. and Henderson, M. (2022) Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS): Main findings from population-wide research. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.279347).

Allik, M. , Ramos, D., Agranonik, M., Pinto Júnior, E. P., Ichihara, M. Y., Barreto, M. L., Leyland, A. H. and Dundas, R. (2020) Developing a Small-Area Deprivation Measure for Brazil. Technical Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.215898).

Brown, D. , Allik, M. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. H. (2014) Carstairs Scores for Scottish Postcode Sectors, Datazones and Output Areas from the 2011 Census. Technical Report. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Conference or Workshop Item

Gedeon, E. , Henderson, M. , Leyland, A. H. and Allik, M. (2023) Association between care experience and mental health hospitalisation among children in Scotland, with a focus on chronic conditions (CHiCS): a population-wide longitudinal study using administrative data. Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health 2023, London, UK, 23-24 Nov 2023. (doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02064-0) (Accepted for Publication)

Gedeon, E. , Henderson, M. , Leyland, A. H. and Allik, M. (2023) Mental health hospitalisations of care experienced and general population children with chronic conditions in Scotland, a population-wide longitudinal study using administrative data. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Newcastle, UK, 06-08 Sep 2023. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.28)

This list was generated on Sat Nov 23 04:41:06 2024 GMT.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Unlocking data to inform public health policy and practice
    National Institute for Health Research
    2021 - 2021
     
  • Comparing health outcomes for looked after children and children in the general population in Scotland using linked administrative data
    Economic and Social Research Council
    2020 - 2022
     

Supervision

I am interested in supervising students in the areas of measuring deprivation, health inequalities, child and youth health or research using quantitative methods using linked data.

Currents PhD students:

  • Bradford, Daniel
    The health of care-experienced children in Scotland
  • Gedeon, Edit
    Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS): effects of maternal health, health behaviours and early childhood health on entering care

Past MPH students:

  • Sha Tao
  • Danny Bradford

Teaching

Teaching Assistant (computer labs):
  • Quantitative Data Analysis (PG), Spring 2018
  • Q-Step Programme, academic years 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Social Science Statistics 1 (PG), Fall 2016

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2014: Images with impact contest winner (MVLS, University of Glasgow)

Selected international presentations

  • 2020: Invited Speaker: Society for Social Medicine & Population Health, Annual Scientific Meeting (Online)

Research datasets

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Number of items: 4.

2022

Brown, D. , Allik, M. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. (2022) Carstairs deprivation scores for Scotland. [Data Collection]

2020

Allik, M. , Ramos, D., Agranonik, M., Junior, E., Ichihara, M. Y., Barreto, M. L., Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. (2020) Small-area Deprivation Measure for Brazil: Data Documentation. [Data Collection]

2019

Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Dundas, R. and Leyland, A. (2019) Differences in Ill Health and in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health by Ethnic Groups: A cross-sectional study using 2011 Scottish Census. [Data Collection]

2016

Allik, M. (2016) Estonian national candidate data 1992 to 2015. [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Fri Nov 22 10:31:29 2024 GMT.