Current Post: Professor of Environmental Sciences

Room Number: Zicer 0.04

Telephone: 01603 593127 (+44 1603 593127)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: a.p.jones@uea.ac.uk

Web Page: Personal web page

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

Posts of Special Responsibility:

• Sector Head - Social Sciences

Environmental epidemiology; health geography, physical activity and obesity determinants; geographical information systems.


Biography

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 whole-systems approaches for obesity prevention, due to publish Spring 2012.
 

Significant Publications

• Jones, N., Jones, A.P., van Sluijs, E.M.F., Griffin, S.J. 2010. School environments and physical activity: the development and testing of an audit tool. Health and Place, Vol. 16, pp. 776-783. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.002
• Jones, A.P., Haynes, R., Sauerzapf, V., Crawford, S.M., Forman, D. 2010. Geographical access to healthcare in Northern England and post mortem diagnosis of cancer. Journal of Public Health, online advance. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq017
• Jones, A.P., Coombes, E.G., Griffin, S.J., van Sluijs, E.M.F. 2009. Environmental supportiveness for physical activity in English schoolchildren: a study using Global Positioning Systems. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol. 6, Art. 42. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-42
• Sauerzapf, V., Jones, A.P., Cross, J. 2009. Environmental factors and hospitalisation for COPD in a rural county of England. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 324-328. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.079236
• Jones, A.P., Haynes, R., Sauerzapf V, Crawford, S.M., Zhao, H., Forman D. 2008. Travel time to hospital and treatment for breast, colon, rectum, lung, ovary and prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer, Vol. 44, pp. 992-999. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.02.001
• Jones, A.P., Haynes, R., Sauerzapf, V., Crawford, S.M., Zhao, H., Forman, D. 2008. Travel times to health care and survival from cancers in Northern England. European Journal of Cancer, Vol. 44, pp. 269-274. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.07.028

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