How the other half live
Lay perspectives on health inequalities in an age of austerity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4594945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kayleigh Garthwaite (0000-0002-6554-4143, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Clare Bambra (0000-0002-1294-6851, Newcastle University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 187 |
| Pages | 268-275 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.021 |
| PMID | 28511818 |
| OpenAlex | W2613504306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 36 |
This paper examines how people living in two socially contrasting areas of Stockton on Tees, North East England experience, explain, and understand the stark health inequalities in their town. Participants displayed opinions that fluctuated between a variety of converging and contrasting explanations. Three years of ethnographic observation in both areas (2014-2017) generated explanations which initially focused closely on behavioural and individualised factors, whilst 118 qualitative interviews subsequently revealed more nuanced justifications, which prioritised more structural, material and psychosocial influences. Findings indicate that inequalities in healthcare, including access, the importance of judgemental attitudes, and perceived place stigma, would then be offered as explanations for the stark gap in spatial inequalities in the area. Notions of fatalism, linked to (a lack of) choice, control, and fear of the future, were common reasons given for inequalities across all participants. We conclude by arguing for a prioritisation of listening to, and working to understand, the experiences of communities experiencing the brunt of health inequalities; especially important at a time of austerity
Active listening · Austerity · Ethnography · Fatalism · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Psychosocial · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |