Annotated Bibliography

Question 1

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Who did the study on Rural New Brunswick

Answer 1

Holland 2022

Question 2

Who did the paper on scaling up and what approach did it take

Answer 2

Bambra et al 2019 and a political economy approach

Question 3

Who did the study on Fife Scotland on CHD

Answer 3

McGarrol 2020

Question 4

stigma

Who did the study on mental health in the Scottish Highlands

Answer 4

Parr and Philo 2010

Question 5

Who did the paper on old towns and new towns

Answer 5

Milton et al 2019

Question 6

How did Milton et al (2019) conceptualise health

Answer 6

They saw it as societal aiming to reduce inequalities through the provision of a different kind of environment e.g a garden city

Question 7

ATT

What did the Parr and Philo (2010) study show

Answer 7

Shows that geographical distance, social proximity, stoic cultures and rural gossip networks all have a part to plan in how caring occurs in such places

Question 8

What do Parr and Philo (2010) argue

Answer 8

• They are fostering argument that highlights how care in specifically rural places can be argued to be more than just a ‘medical interaction’
• Aim is to develop situated understandings - how aspects of sociality of rural places contribute to configurations of care

Question 9

Think Bambra

What approach does McGarrol (2020) take

Answer 9

Contextual - argues that these can influence health to be health promoting or health damaging

Question 10

Thinking about Bambra’s quote - poor people produce poor places - what is a quote from McGarrol that is relevant here

Answer 10

*‘Unhealthy’ places were viewed as ostensibly creating ‘unhealthy’ populations. Especially former mining areas - described as having distinct health cultures
* “health tends to go to affluence”

Question 11

What is Bambra et al argument

Answer 11

• They are saying that prior work has marginalised and minimise the influences of macro political and economic structures on both place and health

So Bambra is saying we need to scale up our analysis looking at wider structural factors - like political levers

can’t just focus on individuals
and that population health is shaped by the “social, political and economic structures and relations” that may be, and often are, outside the control of the individuals they affect (Krieger, 2003;Bambra et al.,2005).

Question 12

levels

How does Bambra et al carry out their argument

Answer 12

Looking at 3 different places : USA mortality disadvantage, Regional health divides in England and Germany and Excess mortality in Glasgow

Question 13

Health divide

Bambra et al - fact about Germany and England

Answer 13

The gap between former W and E germany is now less than N and S of England

Question 14

Glasgow

Bambra et al - fact about excess mortality

Answer 14

• Glasgow has an excess of 30% for premature mortality and 15% for deaths across all age groups
  Half of those under 65 are related to drugs and alcohol

• Can see looking at compositional and contextual factors alone is inadequate for explaining the health differences in this case study
  Need to look at the combo and scale it up to look at political determinants to help explain why these differences exist
  • Firstly, local government responses to UK government economic policy in the 1980s differed from Manchester and Liverpool, with decision- makers for Glasgow attaching greater priority to inner-city gentrification and commercial development, which may have exacerbated negative health outcomes for Glasgow’s more vulnerable populations
  • Glasgow also implemented larger scale post war slum clearances and moved residents out of these areas to larger scale poor quality housing estates - and there was a low investment for housing repairs and maintenance
    Thirdly, around the same time, the Scottish Office pursued the socially selective ‘New Town’ programme, which involved relocating industry and those sections of the population most able to work to New Towns, away from what were perceived to be ‘declining’ cities, with policymakers in Glasgow prioritising and extending this policy approach despite being aware of the negative consequences

Question 15

Home repair

In Holland what was a case study of a program put in place

Answer 15

• Another one was the minor home repairs grant - recommended free in-home assessments by a contractor to help identify areas of concern and potential reno - offered up to $1500 for one time safety upgrades - was means tested so only available to those receiving other types of government assistance
  
  • Therefore these supports - are either unavailable due to restrictions in eligibility or shifting government priorities at a time when population ageing threatens to increase caregiver burden