Ken Judge
Biographic Data
| ID | 259532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ken Judge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ken |
| FAMILY NAME | Judge |
| SIGNATURE | JUDGE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 308 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Did the English strategy reduce inequalities in health? A difference-in-difference analysis comparing England with three other European countries
In this rigorous analysis comparing trends in health inequalities in England both over time and between countries, we could not detect a favourable effect of the English strategy. Our analysis illustrates the usefulness of a modified difference-in-difference approach for assessing the impact of policies on population-level health inequalities
Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations
International children's accelerometry database (Icad): Design and methods
Pooling raw accelerometer data and accompanying phenotypic data from a number of studies has the potential to: a) increase statistical power due to a large sample size, b) create a more heterogeneous and potentially more representative sample, c) standardize and optimize the analytical methods used in the generation of outcome variables, and d) provide a means to study the causes of inter-study variability in physical activity. Methodological cha…
Inequalities in infant mortality: Patterns, trends, policy responses and emerging issues in Canada, Chile, Sweden and the United Kingdom
This paper investigates variations in policy responses to perceptions of social inequities in infant mortality in Canada, Chile, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It outlines patterns and trends in inequalities in infant mortality and some other birth outcomes, distinguishing between the use of routine data in some settings and research evidence in others. It suggests that some distinctive approaches about policies to reduce inequalities can be iden…
Class-related health inequalities are not larger in the East: A comparison of four European regions using the new European socioeconomic classification
BACKGROUND: The article investigates whether people in Eastern Europe have larger health inequalities than their counterparts in three West European regions (North, Central and the South). METHODS: Data were obtained for 63,754 individuals in 23 countries from the first (2002) and second (2004) waves of the European Social Survey. The health outcomes were self-reported limiting longstanding illness and fair/poor general health. Occupational class…
Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis
The aim of this study was to determine the degree to which welfare state regime characteristics explained the proportional variation of self-perceived health between European countries, when individual and regional variation was accounted for, by undertaking a multilevel analysis of the European Social Survey (2002 and 2004). A total of 65,065 individuals, from 218 regions and 21 countries, aged 25 years and above were included in the analysis. T…
Assessing the impact of smoking cessation services on reducing health inequalities in England: Observational study
NHS stop smoking services have probably made a modest contribution to reducing inequalities in smoking prevalence. To achieve government targets, however, requires both the development of more innovative cessation interventions for the most addicted smokers and action to ensure that other aspects of tobacco control policy make a larger contribution to inequality goals
Evaluating “Starting Well,” the Scottish National Demonstration Project for Child Health: Outcomes at Six Months
Tackling the Wider Determinants of Health Disparities in England: A Model for Evaluating the New Deal for Communities Regeneration Initiative
The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal (NSNR) is a central component of British policy to reduce health disparities. This program seeks to improve local socioeconomic and physical environments through the intensive regeneration of disadvantaged communities. We describe the challenges facing evaluators tasked with assessing the impacts of 1 component of the NSNR—the New Deal for Communities initiative—and explore techniques that may be ad…
Promoting Social Change: The Experience of Health Action Zones in England
When New Labour came to power in the UK in 1997 it brought with it a strong commitment to reducing inequality and social exclusion. One strand of its strategy involved a focus on area-based initiatives to reduce the effects of persistent disadvantage. Health Action Zones (HAZs) were the first example of this type of intervention, and their focus on community-based initiatives to tackle the wider social determinants of health inequalities excited …
In the eye of the beholder: Perceptions of local impact in English Health Action Zones
Impact of UK National Health Service smoking cessation services: Variations in outcomes in England
Well developed, evidence based NHS smoking cessation services, reflecting good practice, are yielding positive outcomes in England. However, most of the data are based on self reported smoking status at four weeks. It will be important to obtain validated data about continuous cessation over one year or more in order to assess longer term impact
Strong theory, flexible methods: Evaluating complex community-based initiatives
A growing number of countries are beginning to move from acknowledging the existence of health inequalities to developing policies to reduce them. Many of these policies consist of complex interventions, operating at a number of levels, which aim to make a positive contribution to health improvement in deprived communities. Evaluating the efficacy of such initiatives poses particular challenges for evaluation. This paper argues that there is real…
Satisfaction with the care-managed support of older people: An empirical analysis
Modernising Social Services requires the use of satisfaction surveys in monitoring some key aspects of quality of provision, including user/carer perceptions and experiences of services and involvement of users/carers in assessment and review. Using data from the study Evaluating Community Care for Elderly People (ECCEP), of physically and/or mentally frail community-based older people in England and Wales receiving community care services, this …
Understanding the Relationship between Income and Health: How Much Can be Gleaned from Cross‐sectional Data
The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the relationship between income and health using a cross‐sectional survey of the general British population. It is divided into two parts. First, it examines a number of methodological inconsistencies in the existing literature and assesses their consequences for the inferences that can be drawn about the income–health association. These issues include: the measurement of income and it…
Income and health: The Time Dimension
Measuring satisfaction with social care amongst older service users: Issues from the literature
Issues of quality and accountability in social care for older people are of increasing importance. A key factor in determining quality is the extent to which older people themselves are satisfied with both the assessment of their needs and the services provided. The 1997 White Paper, Modernising Social Services, stated that local authorities will need to establish authority-wide objectives and performance measures to improve the quality and effic…
Income inequality and population health
Public Opinion and the National Health Service: Patterns and Perspectives in Consumer Satisfaction
This paper examines the nature of public opinion concerning the National Health Service. Data from two series of national surveys covering the period 1983-92 are used to analyse trends in opinion. OPCS data for 1991-2 are examined in more detail to investigate the determinants of satisfaction with health services. A range of demographic, socio-economic and health status characteristics, as well as media coverage of health-related issues, are foun…
Purchase of Service in England
Purchase of service contracting (POSC) is a characteristic feature of service delivery systems in the American social services. It is also a continuing feature of the post-Seebohm provision of personal social services in England. This common experience prompts questions about why government agencies choose to purchase services rather than provide them directly. The purpose of this article is to examine the rationale for POSC from the British pers…
Public Opinion and the Privatization of Welfare: Some Theoretical Implications
The social policy of the Thatcher government is characterized by an abrupt shift in the direction of the private sector. To what extent does this reflect what people want? The Institute of Economic Affairs conclude from the only suitable national opinion survey that such a move is strongly supported. Our reanalysis of their data shows that this strand in public opinion can coexist with, and need not contradict, an equal public enthusiasm for stat…
The Public Purchase of Social Care: British Confirmation of the American Experience
This article identifies certain characteristic features of purchase of service contracting (POSC) in the English personal social service and compares them with the experience of the USA. It begins with a brief examination of the financial data about POSC and suggests a simple typology for categorising it. Next, the substantive part of the article discusses the practice of POSC in England and the USA. This section focuses upon three particular top…
Is There a ‘Crisis’ in the Welfare State
Most contemporary British social policies have developed within an institutional and intellectual framework which is commonly referred to as the welfare state, and which first became firmly established in Britain after the second world war at the beginning of a period of historically high rates of economic growth. The embodiment of social policies within a particular set of public institutions required, and received, an increasing flow of resourc…
Retrenchment and Rationality in the Personal Social Services
One of the most important aspects of the development of public policy during the 1970s was the extent to which instruments of public sector planning and resource allocation both proliferated and became more sophisticated. The history of this period is littered with the emergence of acronyms (such as HIPs, JASP and RAWP) reflecting the progress that was made, particularly in the field of social planning. The successful implementation of many of th…
The personal social services
Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis
The aim of this study was to determine the degree to which welfare state regime characteristics explained the proportional variation of self-perceived health between European countries, when individual and regional variation was accounted for, by undertaking a multilevel analysis of the European Social Survey (2002 and 2004). A total of 65,065 individuals, from 218 regions and 21 countries, aged 25 years and above were included in the analysis. T…
Income and health: The Time Dimension
Income inequality and population health
Measuring satisfaction with social care amongst older service users: Issues from the literature
Issues of quality and accountability in social care for older people are of increasing importance. A key factor in determining quality is the extent to which older people themselves are satisfied with both the assessment of their needs and the services provided. The 1997 White Paper, Modernising Social Services, stated that local authorities will need to establish authority-wide objectives and performance measures to improve the quality and effic…
Understanding the Relationship between Income and Health: How Much Can be Gleaned from Cross‐sectional Data
The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the relationship between income and health using a cross‐sectional survey of the general British population. It is divided into two parts. First, it examines a number of methodological inconsistencies in the existing literature and assesses their consequences for the inferences that can be drawn about the income–health association. These issues include: the measurement of income and it…
Promoting Social Change: The Experience of Health Action Zones in England
When New Labour came to power in the UK in 1997 it brought with it a strong commitment to reducing inequality and social exclusion. One strand of its strategy involved a focus on area-based initiatives to reduce the effects of persistent disadvantage. Health Action Zones (HAZs) were the first example of this type of intervention, and their focus on community-based initiatives to tackle the wider social determinants of health inequalities excited …
In the eye of the beholder: Perceptions of local impact in English Health Action Zones
Satisfaction with the care-managed support of older people: An empirical analysis
Modernising Social Services requires the use of satisfaction surveys in monitoring some key aspects of quality of provision, including user/carer perceptions and experiences of services and involvement of users/carers in assessment and review. Using data from the study Evaluating Community Care for Elderly People (ECCEP), of physically and/or mentally frail community-based older people in England and Wales receiving community care services, this …
The Public Purchase of Social Care: British Confirmation of the American Experience
This article identifies certain characteristic features of purchase of service contracting (POSC) in the English personal social service and compares them with the experience of the USA. It begins with a brief examination of the financial data about POSC and suggests a simple typology for categorising it. Next, the substantive part of the article discusses the practice of POSC in England and the USA. This section focuses upon three particular top…
Retrenchment and Rationality in the Personal Social Services
One of the most important aspects of the development of public policy during the 1970s was the extent to which instruments of public sector planning and resource allocation both proliferated and became more sophisticated. The history of this period is littered with the emergence of acronyms (such as HIPs, JASP and RAWP) reflecting the progress that was made, particularly in the field of social planning. The successful implementation of many of th…
Class-related health inequalities are not larger in the East: A comparison of four European regions using the new European socioeconomic classification
BACKGROUND: The article investigates whether people in Eastern Europe have larger health inequalities than their counterparts in three West European regions (North, Central and the South). METHODS: Data were obtained for 63,754 individuals in 23 countries from the first (2002) and second (2004) waves of the European Social Survey. The health outcomes were self-reported limiting longstanding illness and fair/poor general health. Occupational class…
Public Opinion and the Privatization of Welfare: Some Theoretical Implications
The social policy of the Thatcher government is characterized by an abrupt shift in the direction of the private sector. To what extent does this reflect what people want? The Institute of Economic Affairs conclude from the only suitable national opinion survey that such a move is strongly supported. Our reanalysis of their data shows that this strand in public opinion can coexist with, and need not contradict, an equal public enthusiasm for stat…
Public Opinion and the National Health Service: Patterns and Perspectives in Consumer Satisfaction
This paper examines the nature of public opinion concerning the National Health Service. Data from two series of national surveys covering the period 1983-92 are used to analyse trends in opinion. OPCS data for 1991-2 are examined in more detail to investigate the determinants of satisfaction with health services. A range of demographic, socio-economic and health status characteristics, as well as media coverage of health-related issues, are foun…
Purchase of Service in England
Purchase of service contracting (POSC) is a characteristic feature of service delivery systems in the American social services. It is also a continuing feature of the post-Seebohm provision of personal social services in England. This common experience prompts questions about why government agencies choose to purchase services rather than provide them directly. The purpose of this article is to examine the rationale for POSC from the British pers…
Is There a ‘Crisis’ in the Welfare State
Most contemporary British social policies have developed within an institutional and intellectual framework which is commonly referred to as the welfare state, and which first became firmly established in Britain after the second world war at the beginning of a period of historically high rates of economic growth. The embodiment of social policies within a particular set of public institutions required, and received, an increasing flow of resourc…
Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations
State Pensions and the Growth of Social Welfare Expenditure
The enormous growth of state expenditure in advanced industrial societies during the thirty years after the second world war is widely acknowledged and many attempts have been made to account for the phenomenon. Most of these explanations, however, either isolate specific factors or are applicable at a very high level of generality and so make it difficult to develop a wider understanding of the growth of the modern welfare state. This article is…
Territorial Justice and Local Autonomy: Loan Sanctions in the Personal Social Services
The allocation of publicly-provided goods and services between competing claims is a familiar problem in the economics of public finance. Yet, despite the scarcity of resources in relation to the demand for them in the social services, it is a topic which has attracted less attention from specialists in social policy than it merits. This paper is intended to fill one of the gaps by considering the distribution of key sector capital expenditure be…
Territorial Justice and Local Autonomy: Loan Sanctions in the Personal Social Services
The allocation of publicly-provided goods and services between competing claims is a familiar problem in the economics of public finance. Yet, despite the scarcity of resources in relation to the demand for them in the social services, it is a topic which has attracted less attention from specialists in social policy than it merits. This paper is intended to fill one of the gaps by considering the distribution of key sector capital expenditure be…
Resource Allocation in the Welfare State: Bureaucrats or Prices
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Pricing the Social Services
Studies in Social Policy' is an important new series of textbooks intended for students of social administration and social welfare at all levels.The books will be directly related to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students in universities, polytechnics and similar institutions as well as vocational students preparing for careers in a variety of social and other public services.
Is There a ‘Crisis’ in the Welfare State
Most contemporary British social policies have developed within an institutional and intellectual framework which is commonly referred to as the welfare state, and which first became firmly established in Britain after the second world war at the beginning of a period of historically high rates of economic growth. The embodiment of social policies within a particular set of public institutions required, and received, an increasing flow of resourc…
Retrenchment and Rationality in the Personal Social Services
One of the most important aspects of the development of public policy during the 1970s was the extent to which instruments of public sector planning and resource allocation both proliferated and became more sophisticated. The history of this period is littered with the emergence of acronyms (such as HIPs, JASP and RAWP) reflecting the progress that was made, particularly in the field of social planning. The successful implementation of many of th…
The personal social services
State Pensions and the Growth of Social Welfare Expenditure
The enormous growth of state expenditure in advanced industrial societies during the thirty years after the second world war is widely acknowledged and many attempts have been made to account for the phenomenon. Most of these explanations, however, either isolate specific factors or are applicable at a very high level of generality and so make it difficult to develop a wider understanding of the growth of the modern welfare state. This article is…
The Public Purchase of Social Care: British Confirmation of the American Experience
This article identifies certain characteristic features of purchase of service contracting (POSC) in the English personal social service and compares them with the experience of the USA. It begins with a brief examination of the financial data about POSC and suggests a simple typology for categorising it. Next, the substantive part of the article discusses the practice of POSC in England and the USA. This section focuses upon three particular top…
Purchase of Service in England
Purchase of service contracting (POSC) is a characteristic feature of service delivery systems in the American social services. It is also a continuing feature of the post-Seebohm provision of personal social services in England. This common experience prompts questions about why government agencies choose to purchase services rather than provide them directly. The purpose of this article is to examine the rationale for POSC from the British pers…
Public Opinion and the Privatization of Welfare: Some Theoretical Implications
The social policy of the Thatcher government is characterized by an abrupt shift in the direction of the private sector. To what extent does this reflect what people want? The Institute of Economic Affairs conclude from the only suitable national opinion survey that such a move is strongly supported. Our reanalysis of their data shows that this strand in public opinion can coexist with, and need not contradict, an equal public enthusiasm for stat…
Public Opinion and the National Health Service: Patterns and Perspectives in Consumer Satisfaction
This paper examines the nature of public opinion concerning the National Health Service. Data from two series of national surveys covering the period 1983-92 are used to analyse trends in opinion. OPCS data for 1991-2 are examined in more detail to investigate the determinants of satisfaction with health services. A range of demographic, socio-economic and health status characteristics, as well as media coverage of health-related issues, are foun…
Income inequality and population health
Measuring satisfaction with social care amongst older service users: Issues from the literature
Issues of quality and accountability in social care for older people are of increasing importance. A key factor in determining quality is the extent to which older people themselves are satisfied with both the assessment of their needs and the services provided. The 1997 White Paper, Modernising Social Services, stated that local authorities will need to establish authority-wide objectives and performance measures to improve the quality and effic…
Strong theory, flexible methods: Evaluating complex community-based initiatives
A growing number of countries are beginning to move from acknowledging the existence of health inequalities to developing policies to reduce them. Many of these policies consist of complex interventions, operating at a number of levels, which aim to make a positive contribution to health improvement in deprived communities. Evaluating the efficacy of such initiatives poses particular challenges for evaluation. This paper argues that there is real…
Satisfaction with the care-managed support of older people: An empirical analysis
Modernising Social Services requires the use of satisfaction surveys in monitoring some key aspects of quality of provision, including user/carer perceptions and experiences of services and involvement of users/carers in assessment and review. Using data from the study Evaluating Community Care for Elderly People (ECCEP), of physically and/or mentally frail community-based older people in England and Wales receiving community care services, this …
Understanding the Relationship between Income and Health: How Much Can be Gleaned from Cross‐sectional Data
The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the relationship between income and health using a cross‐sectional survey of the general British population. It is divided into two parts. First, it examines a number of methodological inconsistencies in the existing literature and assesses their consequences for the inferences that can be drawn about the income–health association. These issues include: the measurement of income and it…
Income and health: The Time Dimension
Impact of UK National Health Service smoking cessation services: Variations in outcomes in England
Well developed, evidence based NHS smoking cessation services, reflecting good practice, are yielding positive outcomes in England. However, most of the data are based on self reported smoking status at four weeks. It will be important to obtain validated data about continuous cessation over one year or more in order to assess longer term impact
In the eye of the beholder: Perceptions of local impact in English Health Action Zones
Evaluating “Starting Well,” the Scottish National Demonstration Project for Child Health: Outcomes at Six Months
Tackling the Wider Determinants of Health Disparities in England: A Model for Evaluating the New Deal for Communities Regeneration Initiative
The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal (NSNR) is a central component of British policy to reduce health disparities. This program seeks to improve local socioeconomic and physical environments through the intensive regeneration of disadvantaged communities. We describe the challenges facing evaluators tasked with assessing the impacts of 1 component of the NSNR—the New Deal for Communities initiative—and explore techniques that may be ad…
Promoting Social Change: The Experience of Health Action Zones in England
When New Labour came to power in the UK in 1997 it brought with it a strong commitment to reducing inequality and social exclusion. One strand of its strategy involved a focus on area-based initiatives to reduce the effects of persistent disadvantage. Health Action Zones (HAZs) were the first example of this type of intervention, and their focus on community-based initiatives to tackle the wider social determinants of health inequalities excited …
Assessing the impact of smoking cessation services on reducing health inequalities in England: Observational study
NHS stop smoking services have probably made a modest contribution to reducing inequalities in smoking prevalence. To achieve government targets, however, requires both the development of more innovative cessation interventions for the most addicted smokers and action to ensure that other aspects of tobacco control policy make a larger contribution to inequality goals
Class-related health inequalities are not larger in the East: A comparison of four European regions using the new European socioeconomic classification
BACKGROUND: The article investigates whether people in Eastern Europe have larger health inequalities than their counterparts in three West European regions (North, Central and the South). METHODS: Data were obtained for 63,754 individuals in 23 countries from the first (2002) and second (2004) waves of the European Social Survey. The health outcomes were self-reported limiting longstanding illness and fair/poor general health. Occupational class…
Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis
The aim of this study was to determine the degree to which welfare state regime characteristics explained the proportional variation of self-perceived health between European countries, when individual and regional variation was accounted for, by undertaking a multilevel analysis of the European Social Survey (2002 and 2004). A total of 65,065 individuals, from 218 regions and 21 countries, aged 25 years and above were included in the analysis. T…
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