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SHARP survey findings: mental health and well-being outcomes
- Authors:
- KEARNS Ade, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Health, Housing and Regeneration Project (SHARP) study is a longitudinal study of the health and social effects on tenants of moving into new-build socially rented housing. Three waves of household surveys were conducted. Waves 1 and 3 involved face-to-face interviews with 334 households who had been rehoused (the intervention group) and 389 households who were not rehoused (the control group). Wave 2 was a postal survey involving only the intervention group. This report presents the results relating to mental health and well-being outcomes. On both measures of people’s self-reported general health and health change over the previous year, the gap between the intervention and control groups in terms of the numbers giving positive assessments of their health grew over time in favour of those who had been rehoused, though the results were not significant. Where people had been rehoused from flats to houses they were more likely to report better self-rated general health, though this finding was not statistically significant.
SHARP survey findings: changes in residential circumstances
- Authors:
- KEARNS Ade, MASON Phil, PETTICREW Mark
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Health, Housing and Regeneration Project (SHARP) study is a longitudinal study of the health and social impacts on tenants of moving into newbuild socially rented housing. The primary aim was to investigate the impacts of being rehoused in new-build socially rented property on housing conditions, neighbourhood and social outcomes, and the health and well-being of tenants. Three waves of household surveys were conducted. Waves 1 and 3 involved face-to-face interviews with 334 households who had been rehoused (the intervention group) and 389 households who were not rehoused (the control group). Wave 2 was a postal survey involving only the intervention group. This report presents the results relating to mental health and well-being outcomes.
Understanding the prevalence and drivers of food bank use: evidence from deprived communities in Glasgow
- Authors:
- MACLEOD Mary Anne, CURL Angela L., KEARNS Ade
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 18(1), 2019, pp.67-86.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article provides quantitative analysis of a self-reported measure of food bank use in the UK, adding to a sparse evidence base. Evidence from fifteen deprived communities in Glasgow is used to examine the scale of food bank use and to consider its relationship with socio-demographic, health, and financial variables. Being affected by welfare reforms was found to increase the likelihood of food bank use. Young men and those with mental health problems were found to be more likely than others to have used a food bank. Food banks appear to be used by groups who are being under-served by the welfare state and suffering the most acute impacts of austerity. The very low prevalence of food bank use among those who struggle to afford food points to their inadequacy as a response to food insecurity. (Edited publisher abstract)
The SHARP study: findings of a controlled study of the effects of housing and neighbourhood change on health and well-being
- Authors:
- KEARNS Ade, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The SHARP (Scottish Health, Housing and Regeneration Research Project) study was carried out to investigate the links between housing and regeneration, and health and well-being. It involved interviewing a national sample of social sector tenants who were rehoused into newly built, general purpose housing developed and let by Registered Social Landlords across Scotland (the intervention group). Participants were interviewed before they moved, and again 2 years after they moved. Data were also collected by postal survey one year after the move, and in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted at 2 points in time. The tenants who moved were compared to a control group of people living in the same area as the new house, but who were not themselves due to be rehoused from their existing home. Data were collected on housing and neighbourhood conditions, physical and mental health, use of health and other services, and a range of social and community outcomes, including community cohesion. SHARP also examined whether rehousing within a regeneration area (Social Inclusion Partnership) provided additional residential or health gains. Key findings are presented.