Income and health: the time dimension

M Benzeval, K Judge - Social science & medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
It is widely recognised that poverty is associated with poor health even in advanced
industrial societies. But most existing studies of the relationship between the availability of …

Trends in smoking behaviour between 1985 and 2000 in nine European countries by education

K Giskes, AE Kunst, J Benach, C Borrell… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2005 - jech.bmj.com
Objective: To examine whether trends in smoking behaviour in Western Europe between
1985 and 2000 differed by education group. Design: Data of smoking behaviour and …

The English smoking treatment services: one‐year outcomes

J Ferguson, L Bauld, J Chesterman, K Judge - Addiction, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To assess the impact of English treatment services on CO‐validated quit rates at 52‐
week follow‐up, to explore the relationship between service‐related characteristics and …

Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: a multilevel analysis

TA Eikemo, C Bambra, K Judge, K Ringdal - Social science & medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the degree to which welfare state regime
characteristics explained the proportional variation of self-perceived health between …

Income inequality and population health

K Judge, JA Mulligan, M Benzeval - Social Science & Medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
A number of studies have suggested that inequalities in the distribution of income may be an
important cause of variations in the average level of population health among rich industrial …

Income distribution and life expectancy: a critical appraisal

K Judge - Bmj, 1995 - bmj.com
In a series of papers published during the past decade Richard Wilkinson has advanced the
view that income inequality is the key determinant of variations in average life expectancy at …

Applying an equity lens to tobacco-control policies and their uptake in six Western-European countries

K Giskes, AE Kunst, C Ariza, J Benach, C Borrell… - Journal of public health …, 2007 - Springer
We identified policies that may be effective in reducing smoking among socioeconomically
disadvantaged groups, and examined trends in their level of application between 1985 and …

[HTML][HTML] International children's accelerometry database (ICAD): design and methods

LB Sherar, P Griew, DW Esliger, AR Cooper… - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Over the past decade, accelerometers have increased in popularity as an
objective measure of physical activity in free-living individuals. Evidence suggests that …

Social inequalities in quitting smoking: what factors mediate the relationship between socioeconomic position and smoking cessation?

R Hiscock, K Judge, L Bauld - Journal of Public Health, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Smokers from lower socio-economic groups are less likely to be successful in a
quit attempt than more affluent smokers, even when they access smoking cessation …

Strong theory, flexible methods: evaluating complex community-based initiatives

K Judge, L Bauld - Critical Public Health, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
A growing number of countries are beginning to move from acknowledging the existence of
health inequalities to developing policies to reduce them. Many of these policies consist of …