Downloads
- CLES Health and Worklessness ReportÌý(.pdf)
- Clare Bambra - Work, Worklessness and HealthÌý(.pdf)
- Jason Strelitz - Hospitals and health inequalitiesÌý(.pdf)
- Jonathan Campion - Mental health, work and worklessnessÌý(.pdf)
- Neil McInroy - What Keeps UK HealthyÌý(.pdf)
- Phil Knibb - Neighbourhood services partnershipÌý(.pdf)
- Sarah Curtis - Health and employmentÌý(.pdf)
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Introduction
Organised jointly with theÌýGeography of Health Research GroupÌý(GHRG), this event took place as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)'sÌý. Contributors discussed:
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the impacts of the economic downturn upon individuals' and local communities' health - both physical and mental
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what challenges long-term worklessness poses
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how these challenges vary across the UK andÌýhow geography matters
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case-studies seeking to address these challenges.
Presentations can be downloaded from the right hand menu.
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Additional resources
See anÌý made by Professor Bambra on this topic at Durham University in 2011.
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Speaker list
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Professor Clare Bambra, Director of the Wolfson Research Institute in the Department of Geography, Durham University
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Dr Jonathan Campion, Director for Public Mental Health and Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Professor Sarah Curtis, Executive Director Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University
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Phil Knibb, Executive Director, Communiversity, Alt Valley Community Trust, Liverpool
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Neil McInroy, CEO, Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
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Dr Frank Popham, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow (Panel discussant - no presentation available)
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Dr Nicola Shelton, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (Chair - no presentation available)
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Dr Jason Strelitz, Speciality Registrar in Public Health based at the Royal Free Hospital London Foundation Trust
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Marc Suhrcke, Professor in Public Health Economics, University of East Anglia (no presentation available)
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Association for Geographic Information (2019). What keeps the UK healthy? Geographical perspectives on work and worklessness. Available at: https://rgs.org/esfhealth Last accessed on: <date>