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Work-Family Conflict and Work Exit in Later Career Stage.
(Oxford University Press, 2020)This study investigated relationships between work–family conflict and routes of later-life work exit. -
Health Equity in England: the Marmot Review 10 Years on
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2020)Ten years after the landmark review on health inequalities in England, coauthor Michael Marmot says the situation has become worse. The Marmot Review laid out how public expenditureon policies, through the life course, ... -
Mental Health and Detention: an Unhappy Co-occurrence
(Elsevier, 2020)In Alice Springs, Australia, the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory looms over the town—with good reason. The incarceration rate of Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory is 2800 per 100 000, 14 times that ... -
To What Extent can the Activities of the South Australian Health in All Policies Initiative be Linked to Population Health Outcomes Using a Program Theory-Based Evaluation
(BMC, 2019)This paper reports on a five-year study using a theory-based program logic evaluation, and supportingsurvey and interview data to examine the extent to which the activites of the South Australian Health in All Policiesinitiative ... -
Social Determinants and Non-communicable Diseases: Time for Integrated Action
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2019)A whole systems approach that integrates action on the social determinants of health is essential to reduce the burden of non-communicable disease, argue Michael Marmot and Ruth Bell. -
Multi-cohort Study Identifies Social Determinants of Systemic Inflammation Over the Life Course
(SpringerNature, 2019)Chronic inflammation has been proposed as having a prominent role in the construction ofsocial inequalities in health. Disentangling the effects of early life and adulthood social dis-advantage on inflammation is key in ... -
Education and Mortality in Three Eastern European Populations: Findings from the PrivMort Retrospective Cohort Study
(Oxford University Press, 2019)The aim of the study is 2-fold. Firstly, it attempts to investigate the potential impact of major political and economic changes on inequalities in all-cause mortality among men and women with different levels of education ... -
Poverty and Reductions in Fitness Levels in Children and Adolescents in Upper Middle-income Countries
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, 2019)ncreasingly it is recognised that what happens in childhood has a significant impact on health in adulthood. As we and others have shown—social, emotional, cognitive and physical development in childhood and adolescence ... -
Winners Take All
(Elsevier, 2019)“It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one's allowed to speak about water…We can talk for a very long time about all these stupid philanthropy schemes…we’ve got to be talking about taxes…Taxes, taxes, taxes. ... -
Association of Thirty-year Alcohol Consumption Typologies and Fatty Liver: Findings from a Large Population Cohort Study
(Elsevier, 2019)We report the association between 30-year drinking typologies and risk of fatty liver disease. People with sustained heavy drinking during midlife had greater risk of fatty liver than stable moderate drinkers at early old ... -
Italian Atlas of Mortality Inequalities by Education Level
(Inferenze scarl, Milano, 2019)Objectives: To evaluate the geographical and socioeconomic differences in mortality and in life expectancy in Italy; to evaluate the propor-tion of mortality in the population attributable to a medium-low education ... -
A Health Crisis is a Social Crisis
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2019)Falling life expectancy and rising inequality are twin indicators of a society in trouble. -
Informal Caregiving and Diurnal Patterns of Salivary Cortisol: Results from the Whitehall II Cohort Study
(Elsevier, 2019)The objective was to investigate the relationship between various aspects of informal caregiving and diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol, with special attention to the moderating effect of sex and work status. The study ... -
The Transformative Potential of Strategic Partnerships to Form a Health Equity Network of the Americas
(Ethnicity & Disease, Inc., 2019)Health inequities across the Americas are avoidable and unjust yet continue to persist. Systemic social determinants of health, which could be addressed at the policy level, are root causes of many inequities and prevent ... -
Everything and the Kitchen Sink
(Elsevier, 2019)Addressing an American audience, I quoted childhood poverty figures from UNICEF that show 29% of children in the USA grow up in poverty, more like Mexico than the Nordic countries at 9–11%. Somewhat overwrought, I declared: ... -
Social Determinants, Capabilities and Health Inequalities: A Response to Bhugra, Greco, Fennell and Venkatapuram
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-10-14)Doctors know about health—it is what you lose when you have disease. And they know about disease—it is what happens when you have disordered pathology. People interested in prevention know about health—ill-health can be ... -
Health Inequalities and Mental Life
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)The evidence, which is summarised in this editorial, shows that the circumstances in which people are born, grow, live, work and age are powerful determinants of health and of the unfair distribution of health – health ... -
Dorothea Lange's Lens on Humanity
(Elsevier, 2018)Donald Trump has a loud voice, no shame, and precious little evidence of humanity. He has distorted language and lies endlessly. He appears to get away with it. The stately New York Times is disapproving and The Washington ... -
Justice for Children and Families - A Developmental Perspective
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)Children come into the world completely helpless, and require well-functioning families and schools to meet their needs, protect their interests and nurture their potential. This book argues that healthy child-development ... -
Social Causes of the Slowdown in Health Improvement
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018)The abiding view of the second half of the 20th century is that societies improve, health and social care improve and, as a result, health improves. We can argue, and do, as to who holds the pump handle. How much was it ...
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