The expansion of food banks across the United Kingdom is associated with cuts in spending on local services, welfare benefits and higher unemployment rates, conclude researchers in The BMJ this week.
Apr 8, 2015
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The psychological damage caused by unemployment is greater than previously thought, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Stirling.
Feb 16, 2015
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Will the number of lives saved as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions be outweighed by the deaths from an economic recession?
May 8, 2020
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A US$1 increase in the minimum wage is linked to a fall in the suicide rate of between 3.5 and 6% among people with high school education or less, reveals a 26-year study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Socioeconomic status is a key indicator of health outcomes, including access to, and quality of health care.
Apr 1, 2022
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Unemployment poses a significant burden on the public no matter what the cause. But for those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness, chronic unemployment is often coupled with significant health care costs. A ...
Dec 11, 2012
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Every year, around 45,000 people take their own lives because they are out of work or someone close to them is affected by unemployment, as a study by the University of Zurich now reveals. It includes data of 63 countries ...
Feb 10, 2015
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Concern has been growing over rising rates of self-harm in teenagers. In the UK and Ireland, increases began around the time of the 2008 economic crash and show no sign of slowing. One study of the UK found rates among teenage ...
Nov 1, 2019
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(Medical Xpress) -- An estimated 9.3 million American adults lost health insurance coverage as a result of increased unemployment during the recession of 2007-09, according to a newly published study by researchers at Cornell, ...
Dec 9, 2011
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COVID19 is hitting the North hardest with its effects likely to last longest in the region particularly in deprived urban areas according to University of Manchester and Newcastle experts.
May 26, 2020
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