Historical Data for Health Inequalities Research

A Research Note

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2321301
AutoresSara Mallinson (0000-0002-6786-9814, autor correspondente), Jennie Popay (0000-0001-9234-908X), Eva Elliott (0000-0003-1583-2603), Sharon Bennett (0000-0003-4314-2749), Lisa Bostock (0000-0002-2714-9687), Anthony Gatrell, Anthony C Gatrell (0000-0001-7017-1014), Carol Thomas (0000-0003-4188-9224), Gareth Williams (0000-0002-2805-7426, Lancaster University)
Ano2003
Volume37
Fascículo4
Páginas771-780
Data de publicação2003-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00380385030374008
OpenAlexW2046928976
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas14

In 1999-2000, a pilot study was conducted to assess the feasibility of using local historical archives and oral histories to map historical factors that may be important in understanding contemporary variations in health. Focusing on housing clearances in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the pilot study drew on a wide range of materials (documentary and oral) to explore how changes to local housing impacted upon the local social and psychological landscape. This research note considers methodological issues relevant to the use of documentary and oral history resources and illustrates the value of the historical resources we identified. We suggest that, on the basis of this pilot research, future explorations of the link between places and inequalities in health should incorporate an historical analysis

Archaeology · Comparative historical research · Inequality · Local History · Oral history · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Anthropology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History