Deborah J Schofield

Biographic Data

ID1249289
NAMEDeborah J Schofield
GIVEN NAMESDeborah J
FAMILY NAMESchofield
SIGNATURESCHOFIELD D J
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Adolescent risk behaviours are associated with educational attainment in early adulthood

    Open AccessPetra L Graham, Deborah Schofield et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Absence of health risk behaviours at a younger age or later commencement was associated with higher educational attainment. Evidence-based interventions that address the societal influences underpinning risk behaviours in adolescents may support longer school retention

  • Psychological distress increases the risk of falling into poverty amongst older Australians

    Open AccessEmily J Callander, Emily Callander et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2018

    The elevated risk of falling into income and multidimensional poverty has been an overlooked cost of poor mental health

  • The risk of falling into poverty after developing heart disease

    Open AccessEmily J Callander, Emily Callander et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    For those under the age of 70, developing heart disease is associated with an increased risk of falling into both income poverty and multidimensional poverty

  • The personal and national costs of lost labour force participation due to arthritis

    Open AccessDeborah Schofield, Deborah J Schofield et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The costs of arthritis to the individuals and the state are considerable. The impacts on the state include loss of productivity from reduced workforce participation, lost income taxation revenue, and increased government support payments - in addition to direct health care costs. Individuals bear the economic costs of lost income and the reduction of their savings over the long term

  • The impact of diabetes prevention on labour force participation and income of older Australians

    Open AccessMegan Passey, Megan E Passey et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    In addition to improved health and wellbeing, considerable benefits to individuals, in terms of both additional working years and increased personal income, could be made by introducing either a lifestyle or metformin intervention to prevent diabetes

  • Capacity for Freedom - Using a New Poverty Measure to Look at Regional Differences in Living Standards within Australia

    Open AccessEmily J Callander, Emily Callander et al.ARTICLEGeographical Research2012Cited by: 1References: 11

    Using a recently developed measure of multidimensional poverty, the Freedom Poverty Measure, the difference in poverty rates of major cities, inner regional, and other areas have been compared. The population living in 'other areas' had the highest proportion of individuals living in freedom poverty. Those in inner regional areas (P = 0.0303) and those in major cities (P < 0.0001) were significantly less likely to be in freedom poverty than those…

  • Towards a holistic understanding of poverty

    Emily J Callander, Emily Callander et al.ARTICLEHealth Sociology Review2012Cited by: 3References: 25

    This paper draws upon literature from economics, and the human capital and equity fields in order to present a theoretical framework for a new multidimensional measure of poverty for Australia. Poverty is about having low living standards; but its measurement has traditionally focused only on an individual's income or on other dimensions of living standards that are not appropriate for contemporary Australian society, such as calorie intake. Ther…

  • Economic impacts of illness in older workers

    Open AccessDeborah Schofield, Deborah J Schofield et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Illness related early retirement has significant economic impacts on both the individual and on governments as a result of lost income, lost taxation revenue and increased government support payments. This paper has quantified the extent of these impacts for Australia