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‘Most of industry’s shutting down up here…’: Employability initiatives to tackle worklessness in areas of low labour market demand (2010)
Journal Article
Joyce, K., Smith, K., Sullivan, C., & Bambra, C. (2010). ‘Most of industry’s shutting down up here…’: Employability initiatives to tackle worklessness in areas of low labour market demand. Social Policy and Society, 9(3), 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746410000060

Employability initiatives are becoming increasingly popular in government discourse as a means of tackling worklessness. Here we discuss the findings of a small-scale, qualitative study which mapped the impacts of a multi-intervention programme on pa... Read More about ‘Most of industry’s shutting down up here…’: Employability initiatives to tackle worklessness in areas of low labour market demand.

Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews (2010)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Gibson, M., Sowden, A., Wright, K., Whitehead, M., & Petticrew, M. (2010). Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(4), 284-291. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.082743

Background There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. However, turning these demands for better evidence about interventions around the social determinants o... Read More about Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews.

Yesterday once more? Unemployment and health in the 21st century (2010)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2010). Yesterday once more? Unemployment and health in the 21st century. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(3), 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.090621

The relationship between economic recession, higher unemployment and poorer health is well established in the medical and social science research literature. Much of this research resulted from the last major economic recessions of the early 1980s an... Read More about Yesterday once more? Unemployment and health in the 21st century.

Evidence from the 2001 English Census on the contribution of employment status to the social gradient in self-rated health (2010)
Journal Article
Popham, F., & Bambra, C. (2010). Evidence from the 2001 English Census on the contribution of employment status to the social gradient in self-rated health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(3), 277-280. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.087452

Background Unemployment and economic inactivity are associated with poor health. There are social gradients in unemployment and economic inactivity, so it was hypothesised that they may contribute to the social gradient in self-rated health. Methods... Read More about Evidence from the 2001 English Census on the contribution of employment status to the social gradient in self-rated health.

No longer deserving? Sickness benefit reform and the politics of (ill) health (2010)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., & Smith, K. (2010). No longer deserving? Sickness benefit reform and the politics of (ill) health. Critical Public Health, 20(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590902763265

Income maintenance during unemployment, old age or long-term sickness is a key facet of welfare provision and an important mediatory factor in the relationship between socio-economic position and health status. Since October 2008, the main long-term... Read More about No longer deserving? Sickness benefit reform and the politics of (ill) health.

Striking out’: Shifting labour markets, welfare to work policy and the renegotiation of gender performances (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, K., Bambra, C., & Joyce, K. (2010). Striking out’: Shifting labour markets, welfare to work policy and the renegotiation of gender performances. Critical Social Policy, 30(1), 74-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018309350809

Since 1997, the English government has committed itself to the twin (and inter-linked) policy aims of reducing health inequalities and tackling social exclusion. Welfare to work interventions have formed a key part of the policy response to both of t... Read More about Striking out’: Shifting labour markets, welfare to work policy and the renegotiation of gender performances.

Welfare state regimes and population health: integrating the East Asian welfare states (2010)
Journal Article
Karim, S., Eikemo, T., & Bambra, C. (2010). Welfare state regimes and population health: integrating the East Asian welfare states. Health Policy, 94(1), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.08.003

Epidemiological studies have consistently shown that population health varies significantly by welfare state regime. However, these studies have focused exclusively on the welfare states of Europe, North America and Australasia. This focus ignores th... Read More about Welfare state regimes and population health: integrating the East Asian welfare states.