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Levelling Up the UK Economy: The Need for Transformative Change (2022)
Book
Telford, L., & Wistow, J. (2022). Levelling Up the UK Economy: The Need for Transformative Change. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17507-7

This book contributes to emerging debates about Levelling Up the UK Economy, considering these alongside the nature of, and trends in, both the political economy and spatial disparities. Drawing on a complex systems framing, the book pulls together a... Read More about Levelling Up the UK Economy: The Need for Transformative Change.

An analysis of English national policy approaches to health inequalities: ‘transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ and its consultation process (2022)
Journal Article
Griffin, N., Wistow, J., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Sirisena, M., Powell, K., & Summerbell, C. (2022). An analysis of English national policy approaches to health inequalities: ‘transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ and its consultation process. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1084. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13473-6

Background A national policy for England, published in 2017, entitled ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’ aimed to address the increasing prevalence mental health problems in children and tackle inequalities. In the con... Read More about An analysis of English national policy approaches to health inequalities: ‘transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ and its consultation process.

A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019) (2021)
Journal Article
Griffin, N., Phillips, S. M., Hillier‑Brown, F., Wistow, J., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., …Summerbell, C. (2021). A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019). BMC Public Health, 21, Article 2284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12364-6

Background: The UK government released Chapter 1 of the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016), followed by Chapter 2 (2018) and preliminary Chapter 3 was published for consultation in 2019 (hereon collectively ‘The Policy’). The stated policy... Read More about A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019).

Exploring the local policy context for reducing health inequalities in children and young people: an in depth qualitative case study of one local authority in the North of England, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Holding, E., Fairbrother, H., Griffin, N., Wistow, J., Powell, K., & Summerbell, C. (2021). Exploring the local policy context for reducing health inequalities in children and young people: an in depth qualitative case study of one local authority in the North of England, UK. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 887. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10782-0

Background Improving children and young people’s (CYP) health and addressing health inequalities are international priorities. Reducing inequalities is particularly pertinent in light of the Covid-19 outbreak which has exacerbated already widening in... Read More about Exploring the local policy context for reducing health inequalities in children and young people: an in depth qualitative case study of one local authority in the North of England, UK.

Brexit and the working class on Teesside: Moving beyond reductionism (2019)
Journal Article
Telford, L., & Wistow, J. (2020). Brexit and the working class on Teesside: Moving beyond reductionism. Capital & Class, 44(4), 553-572. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816819873310

Too often members of the working class who voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum have been framed as uneducated and unaware of their own economic interests. This paper, based on 26 in-depth face-to-face interviews and a further tel... Read More about Brexit and the working class on Teesside: Moving beyond reductionism.

Strengthening prevention in communities through systems change: lessons from the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ (2019)
Journal Article
Matheson, A., Walton, M., Gray, R., Wehipeihana, N., & Wistow, J. (2020). Strengthening prevention in communities through systems change: lessons from the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ. Health Promotion International, 35(5), 947-957. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz092

This article presents the findings from the first 3 years of the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ, a systems-change intervention to prevent chronic diseases in 10 communities. The initiative, which builds on existing prevention activities, aims to s... Read More about Strengthening prevention in communities through systems change: lessons from the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ.

Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: Evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England. (2019)
Journal Article
McGowan, V., Wistow, J., Lewis, S., Popay, J., & Bambra, C. (2019). Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: Evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England. Journal of Public Health, 41(4), 850-857. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy192

Background: Area-based initiatives that include a focus on community empowerment are increasingly being seen as potentially an important way of improving health and reducing inequalities. However, there is little empirical evidence on the pathways be... Read More about Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: Evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England..

How to Work Effectively with the Third Sector. A discussion paper for public sector organisations (2018)
Report
Chapman, T., Mawson, J., Robinson, F., & Wistow, J. (2018). How to Work Effectively with the Third Sector. A discussion paper for public sector organisations. [No known commissioning body]

This ESRC funded impact case study explores from a public sector perspective, viz local government and health, how to work most effectively with third sector organisations (voluntary, community, social enterprise, charities, etc.). It in particular e... Read More about How to Work Effectively with the Third Sector. A discussion paper for public sector organisations.

Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems (2017)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Fair, A., Wistow, J., Val, D. V., & Oven, K. (2017). Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems. Environmental Health, 16(S1), Article 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0324-3

This review, commissioned by the Research Councils UK Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) programme, concerns research on the impacts on health and social care systems in the United Kingdom of extreme weather events, under conditions of climate c... Read More about Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems.

Making the case for qualitative comparative analysis in geographical research: a case study of health resilience (2017)
Journal Article
Cairns, J., Wistow, J., & Bambra, C. (2017). Making the case for qualitative comparative analysis in geographical research: a case study of health resilience. Area, 49(3), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12327

This paper critically discusses the utility of using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in geographical research following the ‘complexity turn’. Although QCA methodology has increasingly been applied in other social science disciplines, it is no... Read More about Making the case for qualitative comparative analysis in geographical research: a case study of health resilience.

Adaptation to extreme weather events in complex health and social care systems: The example of older people’s services in England (2017)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Oven, K., Wistow, J., Dunn, C., & Dominelli, L. (2018). Adaptation to extreme weather events in complex health and social care systems: The example of older people’s services in England. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36(1), 67-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654417695101

Our findings contribute to a growing international literature on how conceptual models from complexity theory may be relevant to inform planning in health and social care systems, helping to adapt and improve preparedness and resilience to extreme we... Read More about Adaptation to extreme weather events in complex health and social care systems: The example of older people’s services in England.

Implementing extreme weather event advice and guidance in English public health systems (2016)
Journal Article
Wistow, J., Curtis, S., & Bone, A. (2017). Implementing extreme weather event advice and guidance in English public health systems. Journal of Public Health, 39(3), 498-505. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw094

Background Extreme weather events (EWEs) can significantly impact on mortality and morbidity in the UK. How EWE guidance is disseminated and applied across health and social care systems, at the local, operational level, is not well understood. Metho... Read More about Implementing extreme weather event advice and guidance in English public health systems.

The role of formal and informal networks in supporting older people's care during extreme weather events (2015)
Journal Article
Wistow, J., Dominelli, L., Oven, K., Dunn, C., & Curtis, S. (2015). The role of formal and informal networks in supporting older people's care during extreme weather events. Policy and Politics, 43(1), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312x655855

We use theories of formal and informal networks of care, within a local governance system, to interpret networks supporting older people during extreme weather events. Drawing on international literatures about network governance and emergency manage... Read More about The role of formal and informal networks in supporting older people's care during extreme weather events.

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.

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.

A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Narrowing Health Inequalities in England. (2011)
Journal Article
Blackman, T., Wistow, J., & Byrne, D. (2011). A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Narrowing Health Inequalities in England. Social Science & Medicine, 72(12), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.003

This study explores why progress with tackling health inequalities has varied among a group of local authority areas in England that were set targets to narrow important health outcomes compared to national averages. It focuses on premature deaths fr... Read More about A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Narrowing Health Inequalities in England..