Newcastle University

Qualifications

2005-08 PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London.

2003-05 MSc (Distinction) in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

1999-02 MA(Oxf) (1st Class) in Human Sciences, Wadham College, Oxford.

• Sowden SL. Is Access to and Use of Exercise Referral Scheme Equitable? An examination of socioeconomic differences in referral to and use of Exercise Referral Schemes in London [PhD thesis]. London, UK: University College London, 2009.
• Sheringham J, Sowden S, Stafford M, Simms I, Raine R. Monitoring inequalities in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England: the added value of ACORN, a commercial geodemographic classification tool. Sexual Health 2009, 6(1), 57-62.
• Sowden SL, Breeze E, Barber J, Raine R. Do general practices provide equitable access to physical activity interventions?. British Journal of General Practice 2008, 58(555), 698-701.
• Sowden SL, Raine R. Running along parallel lines: how political reality impedes the evaluation of public health interventions. A case study of exercise referral schemes in England. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2008, 62, 835-841.