Welfare to work interventions and their effects on health and wellbeing of lone parents and their children
(2011)
Report
Gibson, M., Banas, K., Thompson, H., Bambra, C., Bond, L., McKee, M., …Fenton, C. (2011). Welfare to work interventions and their effects on health and wellbeing of lone parents and their children. [No known commissioning body]
Outputs (14)
Work, worklessness and the political economy of health (2011)
Book
Bambra, C. (2011). Work, worklessness and the political economy of health. Oxford University PressWe are told that 'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by 'individual lifestyles'. Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemiology, geography and political science, this evidence-based inter-disciplinary book firmly... Read More about Work, worklessness and the political economy of health.
Lessons from the past: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Poverty and Public Health (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2011). Lessons from the past: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Poverty and Public Health. Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 475-476. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr0702011 marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of George Cuthbert Mura M'Gonigle and John Kirkby's groundbreaking study Poverty and Public Health (1936).1,2 It was one of the first major texts to reflect the emerging ideas of social medicine3 and... Read More about Lessons from the past: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Poverty and Public Health.
Work, worklessness and the political economy of health inequalities (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2011). Work, worklessness and the political economy of health inequalities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(9), 746-750. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.102103This essay argues that work, and the socioeconomic class polarities it creates, plays a fundamental role in determining inequalities in the distribution of morbidity and mortality. This is by means of uneven exposure to physical hazards and psychosoc... Read More about Work, worklessness and the political economy of health inequalities.
Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical insights on a public health ‘puzzle’ (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2011). Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical insights on a public health ‘puzzle’. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(9), 740-745. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2011.136333Welfare states are important determinants of health. Comparative social epidemiology has almost invariably concluded that population health is enhanced by the relatively generous and universal welfare provision of the Scandinavian countries. However,... Read More about Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical insights on a public health ‘puzzle’.
A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Smith, K., Garthwaite, K., Joyce, K., & Hunter, D. (2011). A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(5), 399-406. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.111195Objectives: To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of the three main English government reports on health inequalities: the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010). Me... Read More about A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review.
Collective resources or local social inequalities? Examining the social determinants of mental health in rural areas (2011)
Journal Article
Riva, M., Bambra, C., Curtis, S., & Gauvin, L. (2011). Collective resources or local social inequalities? Examining the social determinants of mental health in rural areas. European Journal of Public Health, 21(2), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckq064Background: In England, although some studies report better health among rural populations, few have examined social inequalities in health within rural areas and how they compare to inequalities observed in urban settings. The objectives of this stu... Read More about Collective resources or local social inequalities? Examining the social determinants of mental health in rural areas.
Partnership Working and the Implications for Governance: issues affecting public health partnerships. Final report (2011)
Report
Hunter, D., Perkins, N., Bambra, C., Marks, L., Blackman, T., & Hopkins, T. (2011). Partnership Working and the Implications for Governance: issues affecting public health partnerships. Final report. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity (2011)
Journal Article
Gabbay, M., Taylor, L., Sheppard, L., Hillage, J., Bambra, C., Ford, F., …Kelly, M. (2011). NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity. British Journal of General Practice, 61(584), e118-124. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp11x561221Long-term sickness absence and incapacity benefits (disability pension) rates have increased across industrialised countries. Effective measures are needed to support return to work. The recommendations of this guidance were informed by the most appr... Read More about NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity.
Assembling the evidence jigsaw: insights from a systematic review of UK studies of individual-focused return to work initiatives for disabled and long-term ill people (2011)
Journal Article
Clayton, S., Bambra, C., Gosling, R., Povall, S., Misso, K., & Whitehead, M. (2011). Assembling the evidence jigsaw: insights from a systematic review of UK studies of individual-focused return to work initiatives for disabled and long-term ill people. BMC Public Health, 11, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-170Background: Employment rates of long-term ill and disabled people in the UK are low and 2.63 million are on disability-related state benefits. Since the mid-1990 s, UK governments have experimented with a range of active labour market policies aimed... Read More about Assembling the evidence jigsaw: insights from a systematic review of UK studies of individual-focused return to work initiatives for disabled and long-term ill people.