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Benjamin Barr
Researcher at University of Liverpool
Publications - 32
Citations - 880
Benjamin Barr is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Welfare. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 32 publications receiving 648 citations.
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Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK.
Rachel Loopstra,Aaron Reeves,David Taylor-Robinson,Benjamin Barr,Martin McKee,David Stuckler +5 more
TL;DR: Doctors are witnessing increasing numbers of patients seeking referrals to food banks in the United Kingdom, and is this due to supply or demand?
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Trends in mental health inequalities in England during a period of recession, austerity and welfare reform 2004 to 2013.
TL;DR: This article used the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLF) to investigate trends in self reported mental health problems by socioeconomic group and employment status in England between 2004 and 2013 and found that the trend in the prevalence of people reporting mental health problem increased significantly more between 2009 and 2013 compared to the previous trends.
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Economic shocks, resilience, and male suicides in the Great Recession: cross-national analysis of 20 EU countries
Aaron Reeves,Michael McKee,David Gunnell,Shu-Sen Chang,Sanjay Basu,Benjamin Barr,David Stuckler +6 more
TL;DR: Job losses were a critical determinant of variations in male suicide risks in Europe's recessions and greater spending on ALMP and levels of social capital appeared to mitigate suicide risks.
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How does vulnerability to COVID-19 vary between communities in England? Developing a Small Area Vulnerability Index (SAVI).
Konstantinos Daras,Alexandros Alexiou,Tanith C. Rose,Iain Buchan,David Taylor-Robinson,Benjamin Barr +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed a cross-sectional ecological analysis across 6789 small areas in England and assessed the association between COVID-19 mortality in each area and five vulnerability measures relating to ethnicity, poverty, prevalence of long-term health conditions, living in care homes and living in overcrowded housing.
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Poverty dynamics and health in late childhood in the UK: evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study
Eric T C Lai,Sophie Wickham,Catherine Law,Margaret Whitehead,Benjamin Barr,David Taylor-Robinson +5 more
TL;DR: Persistent poverty affects one in five children in the UK and any exposure to poverty was associated with worse physical and mental health outcomes, while the opposite is observed for mental health problems and longstanding illness.