Overview
Health and regeneration, Health Impact Assessment, the determinants of health, social and economic change and health, lay knowledge and 'civic intelligence'.
Currently leads a research theme within the Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics entitled "The Determinants of Health and Regeneration" in CISHE. Much of the research in this theme draws on the experiences communities such as in Wales, where local expressions of global economic developments, such as the decline of the mining and steel industries, are associated with very poor health.
Current sub-themes in this area of research include:
- The role of public health in current ideas about regeneration
- The interrelationships between "health behaviours" and the social, economic and environmental determinants of health inequalities
- The role of community level factors, such as social networks, in mediating the impact of economic decline on individual health
- The interplay of contested forms of knowledge in understanding health risks and assets
- The impact on health and well being of local and national health policies, programmes, projects on inequalities in health
- The role of history and place in understanding the health of people living in particular areas
- Global factors that impact on health equity at a local level and the potential for local/national measures to counteract or address these
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students with an interest in:
- Health and social and economic change
- Health inequalities and the role of social action/dissent/community organising
- Wellbeing and its cultural and policy representations
- Co-production and participatory action research
- Lay knowledge in the context of health and illness.
I am particularly interested in working in geographical areas which are typically marginalised/ stigmatised/othered in policy and media. I welcome opportunities for comparison across the UK or internationally with regard to post-industrial communities/regions.
Publications
2021
- Beyrouty, A.et al. 2021. COVID-19 and multi generational households: Reflections on the experienceof a diverse urban community in Wales. In: Beresford, P. et al. eds. COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy, and Practice: Volume 1: The Challenges and Necessity of Co-production. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 127-134.
2020
- Elliott, E., Thomas, G. M. and Byrne, E. 2020. Stigma, class, and ‘respect’: Young people’s articulation and management of place in a post-industrial estate in south Wales. People, Place and Policy Online 14(2), pp. 157-152. (10.3351/ppp.2020.4953299286)
- Pearce, S.et al. 2020. Moments of alignment between devolved political ideology and policy design: the case of Wales. People, Place and Policy 14(1), pp. 6-23., article number: 1. (10.3351/ppp.2020.6389998796)
- Renold, E.et al. 2020. The 4Ms project: young people, research and arts-activism in a post-industrial place. In: McDermont, M. et al. eds. Imagining Regulation Differently: Co-Creating Regulation for Engagement. Bristol: Policy Press
- Renold, E.et al. 2020. The making, mapping and mobilising in Merthyr project: young people, research and arts-activism in a post-industrial place. In: McDermont, M. et al. eds. Imagining Regulation Differently: Co-Creating Regulation for Engagement. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 127-144.
2018
- Thomas, G. M.et al. 2018. Light, connectivity, and place: young people living in a post-industrial town. cultural geographies 25(4), pp. 537-551. (10.1177/1474474018762811)
- MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2018. Controlling food, controlling relationships: exploring the meanings and dynamics of family food practices through the diary-interview approach. Sociology of Health and Illness 40(5), pp. 779-792. (10.1111/1467-9566.12725)
2017
- Byrne, E.et al. 2017. The creative turn in evidence for public health: community and arts-based methodologies. Journal of Public Health 40(S1), pp. i24-i30., article number: 10.1093/pubmed/fdx151.
- Elliott, E., Popay, J. and Williams, G. 2017. Knowledge of the everyday: confronting the causes of health inequalities. In: Smith, K. E., Bambra, C. and Hill, S. E. eds. Health Inequalities: Critical Perspectives. Oxford University Press
2016
- Byrne, E., Elliott, E. and Williams, G. 2016. Performing the micro-social: using theatre to debate research findings on everyday life, health and wellbeing. Sociological Review 64(4), pp. 715-733. (10.1111/1467-954X.12432)
2015
- Byrne, E., Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2015. Poor places, powerful people? Co-producing cultural counter-representations of place. Visual Methodologies 3(2), pp. 77-85. (10.7331/vm.v3i2.56)
2014
- White, J.et al. 2014. The Communities First (ComFi) study: protocol for a prospective controlled quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of area-wide regeneration on mental health and social cohesion in deprived communities. BMJ Open 4(10), article number: e006530. (10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006530)
- MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2014. Nourishing and nurturing? Patterns of parent-child negotiations around food in the family and school. Presented at: BSA Food Study Group Conference, London, UK, 30 June, 2014.
2013
- Chadderton, C.et al. 2013. Health impact assessment in the UK planning system: the possibilities and limits of community engagement. Health Promotion International 28(4), pp. 533-543. (10.1093/heapro/das031)
2012
- Blackman, T.et al. 2012. Framing health inequalities for local intervention: comparative case studies. Sociology of Health & Illness 34(1), pp. 49-63. (10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01362.x)
2010
- Elliott, E.et al. 2010. The impact of the economic downturn on health in Wales: a review and case study. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2010. Understanding home-school links in relation to children's dietary health improvement. Presented at: BSA Food Study Group Conference, London, UK, 5-6 July 2010.
- Elliott, E.et al. 2010. The impact of the recession on health: perspectives. Presented at: 18th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum, Bournemouth, UK, 24- 25 March 2010.
- Blackman, T.et al. 2010. Wicked comparisons: reflections on cross-national research about health inequalities in the UK. Evaluation 16(1), pp. 43-57. (10.1177/1356389009350016)
- Williams, G. H. and Elliott, E. 2010. Exploring social inequalities in health: the importance of thinking qualitatively. In: Bourgeault, I., Dingwall, R. and De Vries, R. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research. London: SAGE, pp. 106-122.
- Bell, C., Elliott, E. and Simmons, A. 2010. Community capacity building. In: Waters, E. et al. eds. Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice. Evidence-based medicine Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 232-242., (10.1002/9781444318517.ch27)
2009
- Elliott, E., Harrop, E. and Williams, G. H. 2009. Contesting the science: public health knowledge and action in controversial land-use developments. In: Benett, P. et al. eds. Risk Communication and Public Health (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 181-196., (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.003.12)
- Blackman, T.et al. 2009. Tackling health inequalities in post-devolution Britain: do targets matter?. Public Administration 87(4), pp. 762-778. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01782.x)
- Harrop, E., Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2009. Contesting the science: public health knowledge in an environmental protest. Presented at: BSA Medical Sociology Group 41st Annual Conference, Manchester, UK, 4 September 2009.
- Elliott, E., Harrop, E. and Williams, G. H. 2009. Contesting the science: public health knowledge and action in controversial land-use development. Presented at: 104th American Sociological Association conference, San Fransisco. USA, 8 - 11 August 2009.
- Smith, K. E.et al. 2009. Divergence or convergence? Health inequalities and policy in a devolved Britain. Critical Social Policy 29(2), pp. 216-242. (10.1177/0261018308101627)
- Green, L.et al. 2009. Adding value to planning: A HIA of the preferred strategy of a local development plan in Wales. Presented at: 29th Annual Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Ghana, 2009.
- Green, L.et al. 2009. Integrating health and wellbeing: the Welsh experience of using HIA in transport planning. Presented at: 29th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Ghana, 2009.
- Harrington, B. E.et al. 2009. Health inequalities in England, Scotland and Wales: Stakeholders' accounts and policy compared. Public Health 123(1), pp. 24-28. (10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.010)
2008
- Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2008. Developing public sociology through health impact assessment. Sociology of Health & Illness 30(7), pp. 1101-1116. (10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01103.x)
- Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2008. Developing a public sociology: from lay knowledge to civic intelligence in health impact assessment. Journal of Applied Social Science 2(2), pp. 14-28. (10.1177/193672440800200203)
- Burgess, S., Elliott, E. and Lynch, R. J. 2008. Reflections on the Use of Participatory Mapping to Explore Social Cohesion - A Potential Tool for Qualitative-GIS. Qualitative Researcher 7, pp. 7-9.
- Elliott, E., Shirani, F. and Williams, G. H. 2008. Final report on the sustainability and legacy of Healthy Living Centres in Wales. A report to the Department for Public Health and Health Professions. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp-115.pdf
- Chadderton, C., Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2008. Involving the public in HIA: an evaluation of current practice in Wales. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.caerdydd.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp116.pdf
- Wismar, M.et al. 2008. La mise en oeuvre et l’institutionnalisation des evaluations d’impact sur la sante en Europe. Telescope 14(2), pp. 64-78.
- Elliott, E., Golby, A. and Williams, G. H. 2008. La situation des évaluations d'impact sur la santé au pays de Galles. Telescope 14(2), pp. 15-24.
2006
- Elliott, E., Parry, O. and Ashdown-Lambert, J. 2006. Evaluation of community food co-ops pilot in Wales. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Elliott, E. and Williams, G. 2006. Recapturing the Bevanite dream? Case study evaluation of Healthy Living Centres in Wales. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
2005
- Elliott, E. and Francis, S. 2005. Making effective links to decision-making: Key challenges for health impact assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 25(7-8), pp. 747-757. (10.1016/j.eiar.2005.07.007)
2004
- MacDonald, S., Elliott, E. and Moore, L. 2004. Evaluation of equity training and advocacy grant pilot programme. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2004. Developing a civic intelligence: Local involvement in HIA. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 24(2), pp. 231-243. (10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.013)
- Elliott, E. and Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, . 2004. Improving health and reducing inequalities: A practical guide to health impact assessment. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government. Available at: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/documents/522/improvinghealthenglish.pdf
Projects
The Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit: The Wales Centre for Health funds this capacity building project and its purpose is to develop and support health impact assessment, particularly within Local Authorities and regeneration initiatives, throughout Wales.
Evaluation of the Equity Training & Advocacy Grant Programme: The Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics (CISHE) has been commissioned by the Public Health Strategy Division at the Welsh Assembly Government to evaluate this pilot programme. The aim is to assess the feasibility of meeting stated objectives, to clarify the mechanisms driving the programme and to assess potential effectiveness. The evaluation team have adopted a $acirc; theory of change$acirc; approach to address what works, for whom and in what circumstances.
National Evaluation of Healthy Living Centres: The Tavistock Institute has been funded by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) to lead an academic partnership to evaluate Healthy Living Centres throughout the United Kingdom. Cardiff University, under the management of Professor Gareth Williams, is leading the evaluation of HLCs in Wales. Funding has also been provided by the Welsh Assembly Government to ensure additional dissemination within Wales and to ensure that findings are placed within a Welsh policy context.
Neighbourhood, Social Deprivation and Mental Health: the mediating role of social cohesion
Performance Assessment and $acirc; Wicked Issues$acirc; : the case of health inequalities
Grants
Wales Office of Research and Development in Health and Social Care. Neighbourhood, social deprivation and mental health: the mediating role of social cohesion (PI with Fone D, Williams G.H). £105,031. (2007-2008)
Welsh Assembly Government, Public Health Improvement Division. Evaluation of Community Food Co-ops (PI). £39,676. (2005-2006)
National Assembly for Wales. Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, (1st phase) (Elliott E, Rolfe B, Palmer S, Williams G.H). £65,000 per annum. (2001$acirc; 2003)
Wales Centre for Health. Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, (2nd phase) (Williams G.H. PI, with Elliott E). £65,000 per annum. (2003-2006)
New Opportunities Fund & Welsh Assembly Government. National Evaluation of Healthy Living Centres (Williams G.H, Elliott E). £60,000. (2002-2005)
Welsh Assembly Government, Public Health Improvement Division. Final Phase Evaluation of Health Living Centres in Wales (PI). £24,402. (2007)
Chief Medical Officer for Wales. Health Impact Assessment: its impact on skills, knowledge and action (PI). £6,400. (2003-2004)
Wales Office of Research and Development in Health and Social Care. A literature review of the impact of social capital and community development projects on the health and well-being of children and young people (PI with Lester C, Smith B, Williams G.H). (2002-2003)
Welsh Assembly Government. Evaluation of Equity Training and Advocacy Grants Programme (Moore L. PI, with Elliott E, Francis S, Williams G.H). (2003-2004)
