Sasha Scambler
Biographic Data
| ID | 307257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sasha Scambler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sasha |
| FAMILY NAME | Scambler |
| SIGNATURE | SCAMBLER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7232-3277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Whither sociological theory in the health field
The application of sociological theory to the study of health and health care has a long if chequered career, and there is considerable international variation in the manner of its development and in current practice. In this paper our focus is on the current situation in the UK, although its analysis and arguments clearly have a somewhat broader applicability. We draw loosely on Bourdieu’s notion of a ‘field’ to discuss post-WW2 developments in …
Oral health system strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected states: A systematic review
A typology of internationally qualified dentists in the United Kingdom
The typology of internationally qualified dentists has congruency with other health professionals' typology in categories previously described and demonstrates that each of these categories are complex, fluid and change in response to policy changes. The new category of education-tourist migrant along with oral health dimensions of commuter and undocumented migrants adds to the existing typology in health professional migration
The mouth and oral health in the field of dementia
An ageing population, an estimated 47 million people currently living with dementia, and predictions of a threefold increase in people living with a diagnosis by 2050 have led the WHO to declare dementia a public health priority. Emerging research also suggests that dementia is linked to poor oral health and that oral health declines alongside cognitive decline. Drawing on Bourdieu's concepts of field and capital, this paper presents an analysis …
Introduction to special issue: New dialogues between medical sociology and disability studies
This special issue explores the intersections, boundaries, and collaborative opportunities between the disciplines of medical sociology and disability studies. Both disciplines co-exist, yet, outside of important exceptions (Barnes & Mercer, 1996; Scambler & Scambler, 2010; Thomas, 2004a; Thomas, 2007; Thomas, 2010), and especially in the UK, there is a long legacy of disconnection and territory-protection with little recognition of, and attempt …
Family functioning and dental caries among preschool children
This study showed that unhealthy family functioning was associated with dental caries among young children. Family functioning partly explained the relationship between family SES and childhood dental caries
Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from Covid‐19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice
BACKGROUND: Comparative optimism, the belief that negative events are more likely to happen to others rather than to oneself, is well established in health risk research. It is unknown, however, whether comparative optimism also permeates people's health expectations and potentially behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES: Data were collected through an international survey (N = 6485) exploring people's thoughts and psychosocial behavi…
Threats to embodied well-being: An exploration of how disabled people negotiate barriers in hospital settings
Taking a social model of disability approach, this article explores how disabled people negotiate barriers in the large, modern hospital settings typically found in complex healthcare systems. While there is evidence of intractable barriers in the United Kingdom's National Health Service, little is known about the actions disabled people take in the face of barriers and the immediate effects of doing so. Analysis of data from a qualitative study …
Marx, financial capitalism and the fractured society: Using Bhaskar's dialectical critical realism to frame a transformatory sociological programme of action for resistance and change
This article begins by considering the relevance and limitations of Marx's writings for understanding post-1970s financial capitalism. Two specific propositions are outlined and developed. The first is that twenty-first-century financial capitalism is conspicuously vulnerable to implosion or collapse, notably via a Habermasian 'legitimation crisis'. The second traces its progressive 'fracturing', with references to neoliberal austerity and post-w…
Cleft lip and palate in context: Learning from, and adding to, the sociological literature on long-term conditions
Cleft lip and palate is a common congenital anomaly affecting males and females. While there is psychological research on cleft lip and palate, there is relatively little research exploring the social context of cleft lip and palate and the experiences of living with the condition on a daily basis. Drawing on common themes emerging from sociological work which have explored the experiences of people living with long-term conditions (uncertainty, …
Made to hear: Cochlear implants and raising deaf children
Drawing on the accounts of (compliant) parents of deaf children with cochlear implants and professionals working within the field, this book provides a critical account of the ways in which parents
Patient‐centred care – what is it and how is it practised in the dental surgery
OBJECTIVES: This paper explores the understanding and practice of patient-centred care (PCC) within dentistry. The aim of the research was to explore the nature of PCC, how PCC is taught and how it is practiced within a dental setting. METHODS: The results of a qualitative, interview-based study of dental professionals working across clinical and teaching positions within a dental school are presented. RESULTS: Results suggest that a shared under…
Theorizing health inequalities: The untapped potential of dialectical critical realism
Illness Experience
The phrase “illness experience” refers to the ways in which people define and adjust to perceived interruptions in their health. It is conventional in medical sociology to distinguish between illness and disease. “Illness” refers to people's lay or subjective definitions of health problems, while “disease” refers to professional or objective definitions of health problems, which are based on signs and symptoms. The value of this distinction is th…
The context of empowerment and self-care within the field of diabetes
There is a growing emphasis within the diabetes literature on the importance of empowerment as a way of encouraging people to take control of and responsibility for the successful management of their disease. Patients are actively encouraged to become active participants in their care, and there is an expectation that health-care professionals will facilitate this process. This article uses Bourdieu's concept of field, as a bounded social space i…
Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century
Marx, Critical Realism, and Health Inequalities
Capital transactions, disruptions and the emergence of personal capital in a lifeworld under attack
Older People's Experiences of Loneliness in the UK: Does Gender Matter
The extent and nature of loneliness in later life does not show a consistent relationship with gender. Our study investigates whether there are differences in the nature and extent of loneliness amongst older men and women in contemporary Britain. Loneliness was measured using a self-report four-point scale in a nationally representative survey of people aged 65+ living in the community. Survey response rate was 77 per cent and the sample of 999 …
Exposing the Limitations of Disability Theory: The Case of Juvenile Batten Disease
Disability – Key Concepts Series
The prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: A survey of older people in Great Britain
This study examines the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people in Great Britain, and makes comparisons with the findings of studies undertaken during the last five decades. In addition, the risk factors for loneliness are examined using a conceptual model of vulnerability and protective factors derived from a model of depression. Loneliness was measured using a self-rating scale, and measures of socio-demographic status and health/social r…
Has loneliness amongst older people increased? An investigation into variations between cohorts
Loneliness has been consistently identified as one of the specific ‘social problems’ which accompanies old age and growing older: 90 per cent of the general population of Britain feel that loneliness is a problem associated with old age. There is a widespread presumption that loneliness and isolation have become more prevalent in Britain in the period since the Second World War as a result of the decline in multi-generation households and changes…
Being alone in later life: Loneliness, social isolation and living alone
Introduction The context for the review of loneliness and social isolation in later life is that of ‘successful aging’ and ‘quality of life’. The term ‘quality of life‘ includes a broad range of areas of life and there is little agreement about the definition of the term. Models of quality of life range from identification of ‘life satisfaction’ or ‘social wellbeing’ to models based upon concepts of independence, control, and social and cognitive…
The prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: A survey of older people in Great Britain
This study examines the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people in Great Britain, and makes comparisons with the findings of studies undertaken during the last five decades. In addition, the risk factors for loneliness are examined using a conceptual model of vulnerability and protective factors derived from a model of depression. Loneliness was measured using a self-rating scale, and measures of socio-demographic status and health/social r…
Has loneliness amongst older people increased? An investigation into variations between cohorts
Loneliness has been consistently identified as one of the specific ‘social problems’ which accompanies old age and growing older: 90 per cent of the general population of Britain feel that loneliness is a problem associated with old age. There is a widespread presumption that loneliness and isolation have become more prevalent in Britain in the period since the Second World War as a result of the decline in multi-generation households and changes…
Older People's Experiences of Loneliness in the UK: Does Gender Matter
The extent and nature of loneliness in later life does not show a consistent relationship with gender. Our study investigates whether there are differences in the nature and extent of loneliness amongst older men and women in contemporary Britain. Loneliness was measured using a self-report four-point scale in a nationally representative survey of people aged 65+ living in the community. Survey response rate was 77 per cent and the sample of 999 …
Theorizing health inequalities: The untapped potential of dialectical critical realism
The context of empowerment and self-care within the field of diabetes
There is a growing emphasis within the diabetes literature on the importance of empowerment as a way of encouraging people to take control of and responsibility for the successful management of their disease. Patients are actively encouraged to become active participants in their care, and there is an expectation that health-care professionals will facilitate this process. This article uses Bourdieu's concept of field, as a bounded social space i…
Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century
Capital transactions, disruptions and the emergence of personal capital in a lifeworld under attack
Introduction to special issue: New dialogues between medical sociology and disability studies
This special issue explores the intersections, boundaries, and collaborative opportunities between the disciplines of medical sociology and disability studies. Both disciplines co-exist, yet, outside of important exceptions (Barnes & Mercer, 1996; Scambler & Scambler, 2010; Thomas, 2004a; Thomas, 2007; Thomas, 2010), and especially in the UK, there is a long legacy of disconnection and territory-protection with little recognition of, and attempt …
Marx, financial capitalism and the fractured society: Using Bhaskar's dialectical critical realism to frame a transformatory sociological programme of action for resistance and change
This article begins by considering the relevance and limitations of Marx's writings for understanding post-1970s financial capitalism. Two specific propositions are outlined and developed. The first is that twenty-first-century financial capitalism is conspicuously vulnerable to implosion or collapse, notably via a Habermasian 'legitimation crisis'. The second traces its progressive 'fracturing', with references to neoliberal austerity and post-w…
Being alone in later life: Loneliness, social isolation and living alone
Introduction The context for the review of loneliness and social isolation in later life is that of ‘successful aging’ and ‘quality of life’. The term ‘quality of life‘ includes a broad range of areas of life and there is little agreement about the definition of the term. Models of quality of life range from identification of ‘life satisfaction’ or ‘social wellbeing’ to models based upon concepts of independence, control, and social and cognitive…
Has loneliness amongst older people increased? An investigation into variations between cohorts
Loneliness has been consistently identified as one of the specific ‘social problems’ which accompanies old age and growing older: 90 per cent of the general population of Britain feel that loneliness is a problem associated with old age. There is a widespread presumption that loneliness and isolation have become more prevalent in Britain in the period since the Second World War as a result of the decline in multi-generation households and changes…
Exposing the Limitations of Disability Theory: The Case of Juvenile Batten Disease
Disability – Key Concepts Series
The prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: A survey of older people in Great Britain
This study examines the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people in Great Britain, and makes comparisons with the findings of studies undertaken during the last five decades. In addition, the risk factors for loneliness are examined using a conceptual model of vulnerability and protective factors derived from a model of depression. Loneliness was measured using a self-rating scale, and measures of socio-demographic status and health/social r…
Older People's Experiences of Loneliness in the UK: Does Gender Matter
The extent and nature of loneliness in later life does not show a consistent relationship with gender. Our study investigates whether there are differences in the nature and extent of loneliness amongst older men and women in contemporary Britain. Loneliness was measured using a self-report four-point scale in a nationally representative survey of people aged 65+ living in the community. Survey response rate was 77 per cent and the sample of 999 …
Capital transactions, disruptions and the emergence of personal capital in a lifeworld under attack
Marx, Critical Realism, and Health Inequalities
The context of empowerment and self-care within the field of diabetes
There is a growing emphasis within the diabetes literature on the importance of empowerment as a way of encouraging people to take control of and responsibility for the successful management of their disease. Patients are actively encouraged to become active participants in their care, and there is an expectation that health-care professionals will facilitate this process. This article uses Bourdieu's concept of field, as a bounded social space i…
Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century
Patient‐centred care – what is it and how is it practised in the dental surgery
OBJECTIVES: This paper explores the understanding and practice of patient-centred care (PCC) within dentistry. The aim of the research was to explore the nature of PCC, how PCC is taught and how it is practiced within a dental setting. METHODS: The results of a qualitative, interview-based study of dental professionals working across clinical and teaching positions within a dental school are presented. RESULTS: Results suggest that a shared under…
Theorizing health inequalities: The untapped potential of dialectical critical realism
Illness Experience
The phrase “illness experience” refers to the ways in which people define and adjust to perceived interruptions in their health. It is conventional in medical sociology to distinguish between illness and disease. “Illness” refers to people's lay or subjective definitions of health problems, while “disease” refers to professional or objective definitions of health problems, which are based on signs and symptoms. The value of this distinction is th…
Made to hear: Cochlear implants and raising deaf children
Drawing on the accounts of (compliant) parents of deaf children with cochlear implants and professionals working within the field, this book provides a critical account of the ways in which parents
Cleft lip and palate in context: Learning from, and adding to, the sociological literature on long-term conditions
Cleft lip and palate is a common congenital anomaly affecting males and females. While there is psychological research on cleft lip and palate, there is relatively little research exploring the social context of cleft lip and palate and the experiences of living with the condition on a daily basis. Drawing on common themes emerging from sociological work which have explored the experiences of people living with long-term conditions (uncertainty, …
Marx, financial capitalism and the fractured society: Using Bhaskar's dialectical critical realism to frame a transformatory sociological programme of action for resistance and change
This article begins by considering the relevance and limitations of Marx's writings for understanding post-1970s financial capitalism. Two specific propositions are outlined and developed. The first is that twenty-first-century financial capitalism is conspicuously vulnerable to implosion or collapse, notably via a Habermasian 'legitimation crisis'. The second traces its progressive 'fracturing', with references to neoliberal austerity and post-w…
Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from Covid‐19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice
BACKGROUND: Comparative optimism, the belief that negative events are more likely to happen to others rather than to oneself, is well established in health risk research. It is unknown, however, whether comparative optimism also permeates people's health expectations and potentially behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES: Data were collected through an international survey (N = 6485) exploring people's thoughts and psychosocial behavi…
Threats to embodied well-being: An exploration of how disabled people negotiate barriers in hospital settings
Taking a social model of disability approach, this article explores how disabled people negotiate barriers in the large, modern hospital settings typically found in complex healthcare systems. While there is evidence of intractable barriers in the United Kingdom's National Health Service, little is known about the actions disabled people take in the face of barriers and the immediate effects of doing so. Analysis of data from a qualitative study …
Family functioning and dental caries among preschool children
This study showed that unhealthy family functioning was associated with dental caries among young children. Family functioning partly explained the relationship between family SES and childhood dental caries
The mouth and oral health in the field of dementia
An ageing population, an estimated 47 million people currently living with dementia, and predictions of a threefold increase in people living with a diagnosis by 2050 have led the WHO to declare dementia a public health priority. Emerging research also suggests that dementia is linked to poor oral health and that oral health declines alongside cognitive decline. Drawing on Bourdieu's concepts of field and capital, this paper presents an analysis …
Introduction to special issue: New dialogues between medical sociology and disability studies
This special issue explores the intersections, boundaries, and collaborative opportunities between the disciplines of medical sociology and disability studies. Both disciplines co-exist, yet, outside of important exceptions (Barnes & Mercer, 1996; Scambler & Scambler, 2010; Thomas, 2004a; Thomas, 2007; Thomas, 2010), and especially in the UK, there is a long legacy of disconnection and territory-protection with little recognition of, and attempt …
Oral health system strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected states: A systematic review
A typology of internationally qualified dentists in the United Kingdom
The typology of internationally qualified dentists has congruency with other health professionals' typology in categories previously described and demonstrates that each of these categories are complex, fluid and change in response to policy changes. The new category of education-tourist migrant along with oral health dimensions of commuter and undocumented migrants adds to the existing typology in health professional migration
Whither sociological theory in the health field
The application of sociological theory to the study of health and health care has a long if chequered career, and there is considerable international variation in the manner of its development and in current practice. In this paper our focus is on the current situation in the UK, although its analysis and arguments clearly have a somewhat broader applicability. We draw loosely on Bourdieu’s notion of a ‘field’ to discuss post-WW2 developments in …
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