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Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to evaluate a public health policy initiative in the North East of England (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Wistow, J., & Bambra, C. (2013). Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to evaluate a public health policy initiative in the North East of England. Policy and Society, 32(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2013.10.002

This paper presents a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) analysis of data produced as part of the evaluation a Nation Health Service commissioned intervention in the North East of England. QCA is a case-oriented method that allows systematic comp... Read More about Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to evaluate a public health policy initiative in the North East of England.

The Primacy of Politics: the rise and fall of evidence-based public health policy? (2013)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2013). The Primacy of Politics: the rise and fall of evidence-based public health policy?. Journal of Public Health, 35(4), 486-487. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdt113

This editorial reflects on the apparent rise and the potential fall of the use of evidence in English public health policy. Over the last 20 years, there has been increasing reference to evidence within policy circles both nationally and locally. How... Read More about The Primacy of Politics: the rise and fall of evidence-based public health policy?.

‘It was just nice to be able to talk to somebody’: long-term incapacity benefit recipients' experiences of a case management intervention (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Garthwaite, K., & Bambra, C. (2013). ‘It was just nice to be able to talk to somebody’: long-term incapacity benefit recipients' experiences of a case management intervention. Journal of Public Health, 35(4), 518-524. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdt062

Background This paper provides important contextual and service implementation data by exploring participant experiences of a pilot case management intervention for long-term incapacity benefit (IB) recipients. Methods Service experiences were assess... Read More about ‘It was just nice to be able to talk to somebody’: long-term incapacity benefit recipients' experiences of a case management intervention.

In defence of (social) democracy: On health inequality and the welfare state (2013)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2013). In defence of (social) democracy: On health inequality and the welfare state. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67(9), 713-714. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2013-202937

This issue features a comparative study by Guarnizo-Herreno et al1 on oral health inequalities in European welfare states. Looking at socioeconomic (occupational, educational and subjective social status) inequalities in functional dentition and eden... Read More about In defence of (social) democracy: On health inequality and the welfare state.

Defying the odds: A mixed-methods study of health resilience in deprived areas of England (2013)
Journal Article
Cairns-Nagi, J., & Bambra, C. (2013). Defying the odds: A mixed-methods study of health resilience in deprived areas of England. Social Science & Medicine, 91, 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.014

Previous studies have identified an area-level association between socio-economic deprivation and poorer population health. However, some recent studies have suggested that some areas exhibit better health outcomes than would be expected given their... Read More about Defying the odds: A mixed-methods study of health resilience in deprived areas of England.

Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults (2013)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Hillier, F., Moore, H., Cairns-Nagi, J., & Summerbell, C. (2013). Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults. Systematic Reviews, 2(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-27

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity and associated risk factors for obesity are widening throughout developed countries worldwide. Tackling obesity is high on the public health agenda both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Howe... Read More about Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults.

Applying qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health: a case study of a health improvement service for long-term incapacity benefit recipients (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Wistow, J., & Bambra, C. (2014). Applying qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health: a case study of a health improvement service for long-term incapacity benefit recipients. Journal of Public Health, 36(1), 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdt047

Background This paper explores the value of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health research using the example of a pilot case management intervention for long-term incapacity benefit recipients. It uses QCA to examine how the ‘health... Read More about Applying qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health: a case study of a health improvement service for long-term incapacity benefit recipients.

Are health inequalities really not the smallest in the Nordic welfare states? A comparison of mortality inequality in 37 countries (2013)
Journal Article
Popham, F., Dibben, C., & Bambra, C. (2013). Are health inequalities really not the smallest in the Nordic welfare states? A comparison of mortality inequality in 37 countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67(5), 412-418. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2012-201525

Background Research comparing mortality by socioeconomic status has found that inequalities are not the smallest in the Nordic countries. This is in contrast to expectations given these countries’ policy focus on equity. An alternative way of studyin... Read More about Are health inequalities really not the smallest in the Nordic welfare states? A comparison of mortality inequality in 37 countries.

'The unwilling and the unwell’? Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of working with long term sickness benefits recipients (2013)
Journal Article
Garthwaite, K., Bambra, C., & Warren, J. (2013). 'The unwilling and the unwell’? Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of working with long term sickness benefits recipients. Disability and Society, 28, 1104-1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2012.758032

This paper draws on qualitative research with Incapacity Benefit (IB) stakeholders in the North East of England, UK. Stakeholders’ experiences of working with long-term sickness benefits recipients reveal multiple barriers that both sick and disabled... Read More about 'The unwilling and the unwell’? Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of working with long term sickness benefits recipients.