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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/fdr070

2011 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.2009.102103

This 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.2011.136333

Welfare 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)
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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.

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/ckq064

Background: 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.

NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity (2011)
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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/bjgp11x561221

Long-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)
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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/10.1186/1471-2458-11-170

Background: 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.

The effects of health care reforms on health inequalities: a review and analysis of the European evidence base (2011)
Journal Article
Gelormino, E., Bambra, C., Spadea, T., Bellini, S., & Costa, G. (2011). The effects of health care reforms on health inequalities: a review and analysis of the European evidence base. International Journal of Health Services, 41(2), 209-230. https://doi.org/10.2190/hs.41.2.b

Health care is widely considered to be an important determinant of health. The health care systems of Western Europe have recently experienced significant reforms, under pressure from economic globalization. Similarly, in Eastern Europe, health care... Read More about The effects of health care reforms on health inequalities: a review and analysis of the European evidence base.

Real world reviews: A beginner’s guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2011). Real world reviews: A beginner’s guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(1), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.088740

Background The systematic review is becoming an increasingly popular and established research method in public health. Obtaining systematic review skills are therefore becoming a common requirement for most public health researchers and practitioners... Read More about Real world reviews: A beginner’s guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions.

Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health (2011)
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Gibson, M., Petticrew, M., Bambra, C., Sowden, A., Wright, K., & Whitehead, M. (2011). Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health. Health & Place, 17(1), 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.09.011

Housing and neighbourhood conditions are widely acknowledged to be important social determinants of health, through three main pathways: (1) internal housing conditions, (2) area characteristics and (3) housing tenure. We conducted a systematic overv... Read More about Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health.