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Dr Smita Dick

Dr Smita Dick
Dr Smita Dick
Dr Smita Dick

M.B.B.S, MHA, MSc, PhD

Research Fellow

51cg
Email Address
smita.dick@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 438476
Office Address
Room 1:071 Polwarth Building
Foresterhill Campus
Foresterhill
AB25 2ZD

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School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Qualifications

  • Medicine 
    1995 - University of Mumbai, India 

    M B B S, MHA, MSc, PhD

  • Health Administration 
    1997 - Tata Institute of Social Sciences 
  • International Environmental Health 
    1999 - Leeds Metropolitan University 
  • Environmental Medicine 
    2005 - 51cg 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Member of the Staff Development Group

External Memberships

Previous member of the

Research

Research Overview

Research interests in the field of paediatric public health, paediatric pathways of care. Especially systematic reviews of intervention studies around acute paediatric admissions, childhood asthma and obesity.

Current Research

FLAMINGO study

25 year follow up of the SEATON study

Systematic reviews in childhood asthma, acute paediatric hospital admissions and child health and adult economic productivity.

Teaching

Courses

Publications

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  • Systematic review of the relationship between chronic health conditions in childhood and economic outcomes in adulthood

    Dick, S., Saji, A. M., Lucka, K., Chik, C. W., Chan, L. H., Turner, S.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 364-369
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Contact with the National Health Service in the week after an acute medical paediatric admission

    Dick, S., Kyle, R. G., Wilson, P., Aucott, L., France, E., King, E., Malcolm, C., Hoddinott, P., Turner, S. W.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 110, no. 9, pp. 712-716
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • An Update Of A Systematic Review On Associations Between Environmental Exposures And Asthma Control And Exacerbations In Young Children

    Docherty, R., Gill, M., Shankar, S., Turner, S., Dick, S.
    BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 8, e091855
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A systematic review of interventions to reduce hospital and emergency department stay in paediatric populations

    Dick, S., MacRae, C., Colacino, L., Wilson, P., Turner, S.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 110, pp. 120-126
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Short-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: a mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways.

    Malcolm, C., Hoddinott, P., King, E., Dick, S., Kyle, R., Wilson, P., France, E., Aucott, L., Turner, S.
    PloS ONE
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Identifying and prioritising future interventions with stakeholders to improve paediatric urgent care pathways in Scotland, UK: a mixed-methods study

    King, E., France, E., Malcolm, C., Kumar, S., Dick, S., Kyle, R. G., Wilson, P., Aucott, L., Turner, S., Hoddinott, P.
    BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 10, e074141
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Regional variations in short stay urgent paediatric hospital admissions: a sequential mixed-methods approach exploring differences through data linkage and qualitative interviews

    King, E., Dick, S., Hoddinott, P., Malcolm, C., France, E., Kyle, R. G., Aucott, L., Wilson, P., Turner, S.
    BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 9, e072734
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Interventions in primary and community care to reduce urgent paediatric hospital admissions: systematic review

    Dick, S., Wilson, P.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 108, no. 6, pp. 486-491
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data

    Dick, S., Kyle, R., Wilson, P., Aucott, L., France, E., King, E., Malcolm, C., Hoddinott, P., Turner, S.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 108, pp. 245-246
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Short stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: a qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals

    Malcolm, C., King, E., France, E., Kyle, R., Kumar, S., Dick, S., Wilson, P., Aucott, L., Turner, S., Hoddinott, P.
    PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 12, e0278777
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Interventions to reduce acute paediatric hospital admissions: a systematic review

    Dick, S., MacRae, C., McFaul, C., Rasul, U., Wilson, P., Turner, S.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 234-243
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Variation in referrals from primary care to scheduled paediatric services in North and East Scotland - A cross-sectional study

    Dick, S., Crabb, R., McFaul, C., MacRae, C., Wilson, P., Turner, S.
    BMC Health Services Research, vol. 21, 989
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Associations between smoke-free vehicle legislation and childhood admissions to hospital for asthma in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis of whole-population data

    Mackay, D. F., Turner, S., Semple, S., Dick, S., Pell, J. P.
    The Lancet Public Health, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. e579-e586
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Antenatal Fetal Size and Obesity in Five-Year-Old Children in a Large Cohort Created by Data Linkage

    Turner, S., Dick, S., Foteva, V., Chapman, A. S., Aucott, L.
    Childhood obesity (Print), vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 272-280
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [ONLINE]

  • Is conception by in vitro fertilization associated with altered antenatal and postnatal growth trajectories?

    Turner, S., Maclean, E., Dick, S., Aucott, L., Maheshwari, A.
    Fertility and Sterility, vol. 114, no. 6, pp. 1216-1224
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Associations between a smoke-free homes intervention and childhood admissions to hospital in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis of whole population data

    Turner, S., Mackay, D., Dick, S., Semple, S., Pell, J. P.
    The Lancet Public Health, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. e493-e500
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [ONLINE]

  • The Airway Microbiome and Childhood Asthma - What Is the Link?

    Dick, S., Turner, S.
    Acta medica academica, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 156-163
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A systematic review of associations between environmental exposures and development of asthma in children aged up to 9 years

    Dick, S., Friend, A., Dynes, K., AlKandari, F., Doust, E., Cowie, H., Ayres, J. G., Turner, S. W.
    BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 11, e006554
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • A qualitative study of independent fast food vendors near secondary schools in disadvantaged Scottish neighbourhoods.

    Estrade, M. M., Dick, S., Crawford, F., Jepson, R., Ellaway, A., McNeill, G.
    BMC Public Health
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Results from Scotland's 2013 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.

    Reilly, J. J., Dick, S., McNeill, G., Tremblay, M.
    Journal of physical activity & health, vol. 11, no. s1, pp. S93-97
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Associations between environmental exposures and asthma control and exacerbations in young children: a systematic review

    Dick, S., Doust, E., Cowie, H., Ayres, J. G., Turner, S.
    BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 2, e003827
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Main final report of a research study commissioned to inform a preschool child weight management programme within Grampian: Parents' and health visitors' prespectives

    Douglas, F. C. G., Craig, L. C. A., Clark, J., Gilmartin, A. E., Dick, S., McNeill, G.
    Commissioned by GRAMPIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST. NHS Grampian. 85 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • The influence of the food environment on overweight and obesity in young children: a systematic review

    Osei-Assibey, G., Dick, S., Macdiarmid, J., Semple, S., Reilly, J. J., Ellaway, A., Cowie, H., McNeill, G.
    BMJ Open, vol. 2, no. 6, e001538
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Using evidence to prioritise areas for public health actions for tackling childhood overweight

    McNeill, G., Osei-Assibey, G., Dick, S., Macdiarmid, J., Semple, S., Reilly, J., Ellaway, A., Cowie, H.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 64, no. Suppl. 1, pp. A46
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • A Case-Control Study of Parkinson's Disease and Tobacco Use: Gene-Tobacco Interactions

    De Palma, G., Dick, F. D., Calzetti, S., Scott, N. W., Prescott, G. J., Osborne, A., Haites, N., Mozzoni, P., Negrotti, A., Scaglioni, A., Mutti, A., Geoparkinson Study Group, Dick, S.
    Movement Disorders, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 912-919
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Obesity case study

    McNeill, G., Osei-Assibey, G., Dick, S., Macdiarmid, J., Semple, S., Reilly, J. J., Ellaway, A., Cowie, H.
    Environmental Determinants of Public Health in Scotland (EDPHiS). 95 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • A panel study of air pollution in subjects with heart failure: negative results in treated patients

    Barclay, J. L., Miller, B., Dick, S., Dennekamp, M., Ford, I., Hillis, G. S., Ayres, J. G., Seaton, A.
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 325-334
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Human health and the environmental impacts of using sewage sludge on forestry and for restoration of derelict land: Task 1 - Desk-based literature review of the human health impacts of spreading sewage sludge on non-agricultural land

    Ayres, J. G., Dick, S., Semple, S., Ogden, I., Fowler, P.
    Edinburgh: SNIFFER. 87 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]

  • Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism: the Geoparkinson study

    Dick, F. D., De Palma, G., Ahmadi, A., Scott, N. W., Prescott, G. J., Bennett, J., Semple, S., Dick, S., Counsell, C., Mozzoni, P., Haites, N., Wettinger, S. B., Mutti, A., Otelea, M., Seaton, A., Söderkvist, P., Felice, A., Geoparkinson Study Group
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 666-672
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Gene-environment interactions in parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease: The Geoparkinson study

    Dick, F. D., De Palma, G., Ahmadi, A., Osborne, A., Scott, N. W., Prescott, G. J., Bennett, J., Semple, S., Dick, S., Mozzoni, P., Haites, N. E., Wettinger, S. B., Mutti, A., Otelea, M., Seaton, A., Soderkvist, P., Felice, A., Geoparkinson Study Group
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 673-680
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Occupational titles as risk factors for Parkinson's disease

    Dick, S., Semple, S., Dick, F., Seaton, A.
    Occupational Medicine, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 50-56
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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