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Garthwaite, K, Bambra, C, Warren, J, Kasim, A & Greig, G (2014) Shifting the Goalposts: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of the Health of Long-Term Incapacity Benefit Recipients during a Period of Substantial Change to the UK Social Security System. Journal of Social Policy: 43:311
Warren, J. & Garthwaite, K. (2014) Whose side are we on and for whom do we write? Notes on issues and challenges facing those researching and evaluating public policy. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice: 1-13.
Warren, J. & Garthwaite, K. (2014) ‘We are volunteers and that sometimes gets forgotten’: exploring the motivations and needs of volunteers at a healthy living resource centre in the North East of England. Perspectives in Public Health; 1-6.
This article presents qualitative data taken from in-depth interviews with 25 long-term sickness ... more This article presents qualitative data taken from in-depth interviews with 25 long-term sickness benefits recipients in the north east of England, UK. A key theme emerging from the research is the importance of listening to the narratives of long-term sick and disabled benefits recipients, particularly in relation to the formation of policy responses and in terms of practice. The findings also illustrate how stigma associated with claiming benefits can deter people from accessing the support they need, leading to under-claiming and the risk of amplified financial strain and hardship. Further, the importance of evidence that emerges from research which focuses upon the lived experiences of sickness benefits recipients to provide evidence in the framing of disability and welfare policy is crucial. Lastly, the article discusses how the narratives presented have implications for social policy and practice, alongside the potential implications for sick and disabled people themselves.
Background This paper provides important contextual and service implementation data by exploring ... more Background This paper provides important contextual and service implementation data by exploring participant experiences of a pilot case management intervention for long-term incapacity benefit (IB) recipients.
Methods A total of 131 participants receiving the intervention were compared over 9 months with a... more Methods A total of 131 participants receiving the intervention were compared over 9 months with a (non-equivalent) comparison group of 229 receiving Incapacity Benefit payments and usual care. Health was measured using EQ-5D, EQ-VAS, SF-8, HADS and the Nordic Musculoskeletal questionnaire. Socio-demographic and health behaviour data were also collected. Fixed-effects linear models with correlated errors were used to compare health changes between groups over time. A preliminary cost-utility analysis was also conducted.
The rise in solo living has been one of the most significant demographic shifts of recent decades... more The rise in solo living has been one of the most significant demographic shifts of recent decades, with particularly rapid growth amongst younger age groups, yet remains relatively absent from social policy literature. This article argues that practitioners believe young people aged 16-24 living alone in social housing are at greater risk of difficulties in their housing journeys, particularly those who experience cumulative disadvantage. Despite this, those under 25 are rarely recognised as a priority category in policy terms. Drawing on interviews with housing practitioners, this article examines practitioners' responses to the multiple obstacles young people living alone in social housing can face, using a case study of living alone in a semi-rural area of North East England. Findings indicate that practitioners consider young people living alone as facing a multitude of barriers in their solo living transitions that are not being addressed by current policy frameworks.
Objectives To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of... more Objectives To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of the three main English government reports on health inequalities: the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010). Methods Thematic policy and context analysis of the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010) in terms of: (i) underpinning theoretical principles; (ii) policy recommendations; (iii) the political contexts in which each was released; and (iv) their actual or potential influence on research and policy. Results There were great similarities and very few differences in terms of both the theoretical principles guiding the recommendations of these reports and the focus of the recommendations themselves. However, there were clear differences in terms of the political contexts of each report, as well as their subsequent impacts on research and policy.
This report examines how and why people become trapped in a long-term cycle of low-paid jobs and ... more This report examines how and why people become trapped in a long-term cycle of low-paid jobs and unemployment (i.e. the 'low-pay, no-pay' cycle).
This paper draws on data gathered for a qualitative study exploring recurrent poverty in Teesside... more This paper draws on data gathered for a qualitative study exploring recurrent poverty in Teesside, North East England, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 1 . Using an holistic approach to the investigation of recurrent poverty, this study situates the labour market experiences of persons experiencing recurrent poverty within a broader understanding of their lives, thus allowing a wider set of factors to be considered, for example health, education and skills. Detailed, biographical interviews with 60 men and women (aged 30-55 years) who had experienced recurrent poverty provided the basis for this discussion. The association between social class, poverty and ill health is widely recognised; therefore, although health was not the primary focus of the study, health narratives emerged as an integral element of people's employment trajectories and experiences. This paper reflects upon how the researcher-researched relationship can take on various guises and reflexively asks how this impacts upon the research process, from generating a sample to data collection. Employing the theoretical framing of Goffman's dramaturgical perspective first explored in his seminal work 'The
Books by Kayleigh Garthwaite
Shildrick, T., MacDonald, R., Webster, C. and Garthwaite, K. (2012) Poverty and insecurity: life in 'low-pay, no-pay' Britain. Bristol: Policy Press.
Garthwaite, K, Bambra, C, Warren, J, Kasim, A & Greig, G (2014) Shifting the Goalposts: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of the Health of Long-Term Incapacity Benefit Recipients during a Period of Substantial Change to the UK Social Security System. Journal of Social Policy: 43:311
Warren, J. & Garthwaite, K. (2014) Whose side are we on and for whom do we write? Notes on issues and challenges facing those researching and evaluating public policy. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice: 1-13.
Warren, J. & Garthwaite, K. (2014) ‘We are volunteers and that sometimes gets forgotten’: exploring the motivations and needs of volunteers at a healthy living resource centre in the North East of England. Perspectives in Public Health; 1-6.
This article presents qualitative data taken from in-depth interviews with 25 long-term sickness ... more This article presents qualitative data taken from in-depth interviews with 25 long-term sickness benefits recipients in the north east of England, UK. A key theme emerging from the research is the importance of listening to the narratives of long-term sick and disabled benefits recipients, particularly in relation to the formation of policy responses and in terms of practice. The findings also illustrate how stigma associated with claiming benefits can deter people from accessing the support they need, leading to under-claiming and the risk of amplified financial strain and hardship. Further, the importance of evidence that emerges from research which focuses upon the lived experiences of sickness benefits recipients to provide evidence in the framing of disability and welfare policy is crucial. Lastly, the article discusses how the narratives presented have implications for social policy and practice, alongside the potential implications for sick and disabled people themselves.
Background This paper provides important contextual and service implementation data by exploring ... more Background This paper provides important contextual and service implementation data by exploring participant experiences of a pilot case management intervention for long-term incapacity benefit (IB) recipients.
Methods A total of 131 participants receiving the intervention were compared over 9 months with a... more Methods A total of 131 participants receiving the intervention were compared over 9 months with a (non-equivalent) comparison group of 229 receiving Incapacity Benefit payments and usual care. Health was measured using EQ-5D, EQ-VAS, SF-8, HADS and the Nordic Musculoskeletal questionnaire. Socio-demographic and health behaviour data were also collected. Fixed-effects linear models with correlated errors were used to compare health changes between groups over time. A preliminary cost-utility analysis was also conducted.
The rise in solo living has been one of the most significant demographic shifts of recent decades... more The rise in solo living has been one of the most significant demographic shifts of recent decades, with particularly rapid growth amongst younger age groups, yet remains relatively absent from social policy literature. This article argues that practitioners believe young people aged 16-24 living alone in social housing are at greater risk of difficulties in their housing journeys, particularly those who experience cumulative disadvantage. Despite this, those under 25 are rarely recognised as a priority category in policy terms. Drawing on interviews with housing practitioners, this article examines practitioners' responses to the multiple obstacles young people living alone in social housing can face, using a case study of living alone in a semi-rural area of North East England. Findings indicate that practitioners consider young people living alone as facing a multitude of barriers in their solo living transitions that are not being addressed by current policy frameworks.
Objectives To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of... more Objectives To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of the three main English government reports on health inequalities: the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010). Methods Thematic policy and context analysis of the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010) in terms of: (i) underpinning theoretical principles; (ii) policy recommendations; (iii) the political contexts in which each was released; and (iv) their actual or potential influence on research and policy. Results There were great similarities and very few differences in terms of both the theoretical principles guiding the recommendations of these reports and the focus of the recommendations themselves. However, there were clear differences in terms of the political contexts of each report, as well as their subsequent impacts on research and policy.
This report examines how and why people become trapped in a long-term cycle of low-paid jobs and ... more This report examines how and why people become trapped in a long-term cycle of low-paid jobs and unemployment (i.e. the 'low-pay, no-pay' cycle).
This paper draws on data gathered for a qualitative study exploring recurrent poverty in Teesside... more This paper draws on data gathered for a qualitative study exploring recurrent poverty in Teesside, North East England, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 1 . Using an holistic approach to the investigation of recurrent poverty, this study situates the labour market experiences of persons experiencing recurrent poverty within a broader understanding of their lives, thus allowing a wider set of factors to be considered, for example health, education and skills. Detailed, biographical interviews with 60 men and women (aged 30-55 years) who had experienced recurrent poverty provided the basis for this discussion. The association between social class, poverty and ill health is widely recognised; therefore, although health was not the primary focus of the study, health narratives emerged as an integral element of people's employment trajectories and experiences. This paper reflects upon how the researcher-researched relationship can take on various guises and reflexively asks how this impacts upon the research process, from generating a sample to data collection. Employing the theoretical framing of Goffman's dramaturgical perspective first explored in his seminal work 'The
Shildrick, T., MacDonald, R., Webster, C. and Garthwaite, K. (2012) Poverty and insecurity: life in 'low-pay, no-pay' Britain. Bristol: Policy Press.