Andy Jones
Environmental influences on population health.
- School of Environmental Sciences
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich
- NR4 7TJ
- UK
- Tel: +44 (0) 1603 593127
Prof. Andy Jones
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My primary research focus is on the environmental influences on population health. My core work explores the manner by which characteristics of the social and physical environments act to influence the health of the population. Previous work I have led in this field includes research on the environmental determinants of accidental injuries, and various projects examining the relationship between access to health services amongst rural populations and health outcomes.
My current research programme focuses on the environmental determinants of physical activity and obesity. I have recently worked with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and Natural England on the role of urban green spaces in determining activity levels. I am also a lead scientist in the Centre for Diet and Physical Activity Behaviours (CEDAR) a national centre of excellence funded by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. The Centre is driven by the overall goal of developing effective public health interventions for changing population-level dietary and physical activity behaviours. In 2008 I lead authored a key British Government Foresight report on Obesogenic Environments, and was a member of the expert panel that produced guidelines on the environment and physical activity published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). I currently sit on the NICE expert panel looking at the role of community approaches for obesity prevention, due to publish Spring 2012.
Research team
Katy Appleton – Research Officer – The visualisation of environmental change. Email: k.appleton"at"uea.ac.uk
Andreea Cetateanu – Postgraduate Student – Food marketing and the obesity epidemic in children. Email: a.cetateanu"at"uea.ac.uk
Emma Coombes – Research Associate – FAST: The Four Hundred Area Study. Email: emma.coombes"at"uea.ac.uk
Alice Dalton – Research Associate – Commuting and health in Cambridgeshire Study. Email: a.dalton"at"uea.ac.uk
Flo Harrison – Research Associate - Environmental determinants of obesity. Email: flo.harrison"at"uea.ac.uk
Natalia Jones – Research Associate - The environmental determinants of physical activity in children and adults. Email: n.jones"at"uea.ac.uk
Kate Lachowycz - Postgraduate Student - The role of greenspaces in physical activity. Email: k.lachowycz"at"uea.ac.uk
Esther Rind - Postgraduate Student - Social and cultural determinants of physical activity. Email: e.rind"at"uea.ac.uk
Bobbie Sauerzapf – Postgraduate Student – International variations in mortality and morbidity from road traffic accidents; the role of the environment. Email: bobbie.sauerzapf"at"uea.ac.uk
Anesh Sukhai – Postgraduate Student – The determinants of mortality and morbidity from road traffic accidents in South Africa. Email: a.sukhai"at"uea.ac.uk
Shinya Yasumoto – Postgraduate Student – Environmental equity in Japan. Email: shinya.yasumoto"at"uea.ac.uk
Research grants
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Recent publications (including in-press)
In print:
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In press:
Jones, A. P., Haynes, R. M., Harvey, I. M., Jewell, T. (Forthcoming). Road traffic crashes and the protective effect of road curvature over small areas. Health and Place, in press.
Panter, J., Griffin, S., Jones, A. P., Mackett, R., Ogilvie, D. (Forthcoming). Correlates of time spent walking and cycling to work: baseline results from the Commuting and Health in Cambridge Study. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, in press.
Vissers, P., Jones, A. P., Corder, K., Jennings, A., van Sluijs, E.M.F., Cassidy, A., Griffin, S. (Forthcoming) Breakfast consumption and daily physical activity in 9–10 year old British children. Public Health Nutrition, in press.
Harrison, F., Jennings, A., Jones, A. P., Welch, A., van Sluijs, E., Griffin, S., Cassidy, A. (Forthcoming). Food and drink consumption at school lunchtime: The impact of lunch type and contribution to overall intake in British 9/10-yr old children. Public Health Nutrition, in press.