University of Stirling

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

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Sally Haw, Stirling University  
Professor Sally Haw
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University of Stirling

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK
telephone Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 466381
fax Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466333
email Email: s.j.haw@stir.ac.uk
web Web: www.stir.ac.uk/nmhealth
Job Title:
Chair in Public Health & Population Health
School Responsilties
Head of Complex Intervention in Public Health Research Group
Teaching
I teach public health and research methods on Masters in Research (MRes)
Publications

Journal Editing


Senior Editor Tobacco Control

Recent Journal Articles

  • Mackay D, Nelson SM, Haw S, Pell JP. Impact of Scotland's Smoke-Free Legislation on Pregnancy Complications: Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Medicine 2012 (In Press)
  • Craig P, Cooper C, Gunnell D, Haw S et al. Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new MRC guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2012 (In press)
  • Jackson C, Geddes R, Haw S, Frank J. Interventions to prevent multiple risk behaviour in young people: a systematic review. Addiction 2012 (In press)
  • Jackson CA, Henderson M, Frank J, Haw S. Prevention of multiple risk behaviour in adolescence and young adulthood. Journal of Public Health 2012 (In press)
  • Jackson CA, Sweeting H, Haw S. Clustering of substance use and sexual risk behaviour in adolescence: analysis of two cohort studies. BMJ Open 2012 BMJ Open 2012;2:e000661. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000661
  • Jackson C, Geddes R, Haw S, Frank JW. Interventions to prevent substance use and risky sexual behaviour in young people: a systematic review. Addiction. 2011 Dec 7. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03751.x. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Speakman, J.R., Levitsky, D.A., Allison, D.B., Bray, M.S. , De Castro, J.M., Clegg, D.J., Clapham, J.C. , Dulloo, A.G., Gruer, L., Haw S. et al. Set points, settling points and some alternative models: Theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2011; 4:733-45
  • Sweeting H, Jackson C, Haw S. Changes in the socio-demographic patterning of late adolescent health risk behaviours during the 1990s: analysis of two West of Scotland cohort studies. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:829
  • Mackay DF, Haw S, Pell JP Impact of Scottish smoke-free legislation on smoking quit attempts and prevalence. PLOS One 2011; 6: e26188
  • Frank JW, Haw S. Guidelines for Monitoring Health Disparities at the Population Level: Lessons from Scotland. Millbank Quarterly 2011; 89: 658-693
  • Haw S, Frank J, Frost H, Geddes R, Jackson C, Mooney JD. Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably. J Royal College Physicians Edinburgh. 2011; 41:3-4.
  • Pell JP, Tavernier G, Haw S. A pilot study to explore whether airborne endotoxins play a role in the association between environmental tobacco smoke and non-respiratory, smoking-related diseases. International Journal of Epidemiology 2011; 40: 1128-29
  • Geddes R, Haw S, Frank J. A rapid review of key strategies to improve the cognitive and social development of children in Scotland. Health Policy 2011; 101::20-8.
  • Kabir Z, Alpert HR, Goodman PG, Haw S et al. Effect of smoke-free home and workplace policies on second-hand smoke exposure levels in children: an evidence summary. Paediatric Health 2010; 4: 391-403.
  • Mackay DF, Irfan MO, Haw S et al. Meta-analyis of the effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on acute coronary events. Heart, 2010:96:1525-1530.
  • Mackay D, Haw S, Ayres JG et al. Smoke-free legislation and hospitalisations for childhood asthma. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 363: 1139-45.
    Selected for Faculty of 1000 Medicine that identifies and evaluates the most important articles published in Medicine based on the recommendations of a Faculty of over 2000 peer-nominated leading researchers and clinicians.
  • Akhtar P, Haw SJ, Levin K, et al. Socioeconomic differences in second-hand smoke exposure among children in Scotland after introduction of the smoke-free legislation. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010; 64:341-46.
  • Reynolds RM, Walker BR, Haw S et al. Low serum cortisol predicts early death following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Critical Care Medicine 2009; 38: 973-75.
  • Heim D, Ross A, Eadie D, MacAskill S, Davies JB, Hastings G, Haw S. Public health or social impacts? A qualitative analysis of attitudes toward the smoke-free legislation in Scotland. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2009; 11:1424-30.
  • Semple S, Naji A, Haw S, Ayres J. Care home workers' exposure to SHS: A Short summary of findings. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2009; 66: 639-640
  • Goodman PG, Haw S, Kabir Z, et al. Are there health benefits associated with comprehensive smoke-free laws. International Journal of Public Health' 2009; 1661-8564
  • Akhtar PC, Haw SJ, Currie DB, et al. Smoking restrictions in the home and second-hand smoke exposure among primary schoolchildren before and after introduction of the smoke-free legislation. Tobacco Control 2009: 18: 409-415.
  • Pell JP, Haw S. Editorial: The triumph of national smoke-free legislation. Heart 2009; 95:1415-1418
  • Pell JP, Haw S, Cobbe S et al. Association between second hand smoke exposure and survival following acute coronary syndrome: prospective cohort study of 1,261 consecutive admissions among never smokers. Heart 2009;95:1415-1418.
  • Semple S, Naji A, Haw S, Ayres J. Care home workers' exposure to SHS: A short summary of findings. Ocupational & Environmental Medicine 2009; 66: 639-640
  • Lewis SA, Haw SJ, McNeill AD. The impact of the 2006 Scottish Smoke-Free Legislation on sales of nicotine replacement therapy Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2008:10:1789-92
  • Richmond L, Haw S, Pell J. Impact of socioeconomic deprivation and type of facility on perceptions of the Scottish smoke-free legislation. Journal of Public Health 2007; 29: 376-78.
  • Pell JP, Haw SJ, Cobbe SM et al. Validity of self-reported smoking status: comparison of patients admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndrome and the general population. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2008: 10; 861-6.
  • Pell JP, Haw S, Cobbe S et al. Smoke-free legislation and hospitalisations for acute coronary syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine 2008: 359; 482-91
    Selected for Faculty of 1000 Medicine that identifies and evaluates the most important articles published in Medicine based on the recommendations of a Faculty of over 2000 peer-nominated leading researchers and clinicians. http://www.f1000medicine.com/article/fc5mj6jdz4wzr8c/id/1119839 Voted best paper of 2008 by American Heart Association.
  • Hastie C, Haw S, Pell J. Impact of smoking cessation and lifetime exposure on C-reactive protein. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2008; 10: 637-642.
  • Pierce JP, Leon ME, Bettcher D, Chaloupka F, Couto E, Daynard R, Fernandez, E, Giannandrea F, Gilpin E, Haw S et al. The Effectiveness of Smoke-free Policies – An IARC Review Lancet Oncology 2008:9: 614-15
  • Haw SJ, Gruer L. Changes in adult exposure to second hand smoke following implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland. BMJ 2007;335:549-52.
  • Akhtar PC, Currie DB, Currie CE, Haw SJ. Changes in child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (CHETS) study after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland: national cross sectional survey. BMJ 2007;335:545-49.
  • Haw S, Gruer L, Amos A et al. Legislation on Smoking in Enclosed Public Places: how will we evaluate its impact? Journal of Public Health 2006;38:24-30.

Other Recent Peer Reviewed Reports

  • Craig P, Cooper C, Gunnell D, Haw S et al. Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: guidancers for producers and users of evidence. London: MRC, 2011.
  • Frost H, Haw S, Frank J. Promoting Health and Wellbeing in Later Life: Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings. Edinburgh:Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy, 2011
  • Mooney J, Haw S, Frank J. Policy Interventions to Tackle the Obesogenic Environment – Focusing on adults of working age in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy, 2011
  • Geddes R, Frank J, Haw S. Interventions to Promote Early Child Development for Health. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, 2010
  • Jackson C, Haw S, Frank JW. Adolescent and Young Adult Health in Scotland: Interventions that address multiple risk behaviours or take a generic approach to risk in youth. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, 2010

Book Chapters

  • Arnott D, Gray I, Haw S. Smokefree legislation in the UK In Britton J (Ed) Smoking and Children. London: Royal College of Physicians 2010
  • Haw S. Fresh Air. In Barlow J (Ed) Substance Misuse – Policy and Practice Implementation. Research Highlights in Social Work. 2009 London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Woodward A, Haw S Reductions in Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Effects on Health due to Restrictions on Smoking In IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Tobacco Control, Vol. 13: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoke-free Policies. 2009 ; Lyon: France

Recent Research Grants

  • Haw S, Amos A, Pearce J et al. (2012-2018) Determining the Impact of Smoking Point of sale Legislation Among Youth (DISPLAY) Study. NIHR £1,265,681

  • Wight D, Henderson M, Haw S, Connelly G, Wilson P, Scott C, Syme B. Piloting and refining the Social and Emotional Education and Development (SEED) Programme. Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (2011-12) £20,004
  • Coordinator of Clean-air Legislation Evaluation (CLEAN) Collaboration: a consortium of over 50 researchers with circa £1.7m funding from NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Government to evaluate impact of Scotland’s smoke-free Legislation, 2005-2011
  • Pell JP, Cobbe SM, Haw S, Fischbacher C, Newby DE, Pell ACH, Dunn F, Murdoch D, MacIntyre P, Oldroyd K, Pringle S, Gilbert T. (2006-2011) StOPIT: Study of public place intervention on tobacco exposure, NHS Health Scotland. £577,387
Research Interests
Sally Haw joined Stirling University in June 2011. Her research interests focus on public health issues (particularly tobacco control and adolescent risk behaviour), research design (both qualitative and quantitative methods and the use of routine health & behavioural data) and the development of methods to evaluate public health policies and complex interventions. Over the last six years she coordinated the national evaluation of Scotland’s smoke-free legislation. Conducted by the Clean-air Legislation Evaluation (CLEAN) Collaboration- a team of over 50 researchers, the CLEAN Collaboration has now published over 40 papers – many in high impact journals. Details of all pubilcations from this evaluation can be found at:
http://www.healthscotland.com/scotlands-health/evidence/smokefreelegislation/publications.aspx