All Outputs (6)

All things being equal: Does it matter for equity how you organise and pay for health care? A review of the International Evidence (2014)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Garthwaite, K., & Hunter, D. (2014). All things being equal: Does it matter for equity how you organise and pay for health care? A review of the International Evidence. International Journal of Health Services, 44(3), 457-477. https://doi.org/10.2190/hs.44.3.c

Over the last 25 years, the health care systems of most high-income countries have experienced extensive—usually market-based—organizational and financial reforms. The impact of these system changes on health equity has been hotly debated. Examining... Read More about All things being equal: Does it matter for equity how you organise and pay for health care? A review of the International Evidence.

The Impact of Thatcherism on Health and Well-Being in Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Scott-Samuel, A., Bambra, C., Collins, C., Hunter, D., McCartney, G., & Smith, K. (2014). The Impact of Thatcherism on Health and Well-Being in Britain. International Journal of Health Services, 44(1), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.2190/hs.44.1.d

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) was the United Kingdom's prime minister from 1979 to 1990. Her informal transatlantic alliance with U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989 played an important role in the promotion of an international neoliberal... Read More about The Impact of Thatcherism on Health and Well-Being in Britain.

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.2010.111195

Objectives: 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.

'What Counts is What Works'? New Labour and Partnerships in Public Health (2010)
Journal Article
Perkins, N., Smith, K., Hunter, D., Bambra, C., & Joyce, K. (2010). 'What Counts is What Works'? New Labour and Partnerships in Public Health. Policy and Politics, 38(1), 101-117. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557309x458425

Partnership working has been a central feature of New Labour's approach to the delivery of health and social policy since 1997. A number of partnership-based initiatives have centred on reducing health inequalities and improving health. This article... Read More about 'What Counts is What Works'? New Labour and Partnerships in Public Health.

The evolution of a UK regional tobacco control office in its early years: social contexts and policy dynamics (2009)
Journal Article
Russell, A., Heckler, S., White, M., Sengupta, S., Chappel, D., Hunter, D., …Lewis, S. (2009). The evolution of a UK regional tobacco control office in its early years: social contexts and policy dynamics. Health Promotion International, 24(3), 262-268. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dap023

The Smoke Free North East Office (SFNEO) is the first dedicated tobacco control office in the UK coordinating a regional tobacco control network, Smoke Free North East (SFNE). On the basis of ethnographic research conducted between 2006 and 2008, thi... Read More about The evolution of a UK regional tobacco control office in its early years: social contexts and policy dynamics.

Partners in health? A systematic review of the impact of organizational partnerships on public health outcomes in England between 1997 and 2008 (2009)
Journal Article
Smith, K., Bambra, C., Joyce, K., Perkins, N., Hunter, D. J., & Blenkinsopp, E. (2009). Partners in health? A systematic review of the impact of organizational partnerships on public health outcomes in England between 1997 and 2008. Journal of Public Health, 31(2), 210-221. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdp002

Objective To systematically review the available evidence on the impact of organizational partnerships on public health outcomes (health improvement and/or a reduction in health inequalities) in England between 1997 and 2008. Design Systematic review... Read More about Partners in health? A systematic review of the impact of organizational partnerships on public health outcomes in England between 1997 and 2008.