Diana Worts

TL;DR: An argument is developed that supplements the critique of medicalized childbirth by focusing on the social context in which women give birth, and why many women are favorable toward medical intervention but also the decisions women make during hospital births.

TL;DR: In this article, a multichannel sequence analysis is used to characterise the domains of work, partnership and parenthood in combination across the adult life courses of three birth cohorts of British men and women between the ages of 16 and 42.

TL;DR: Average national trajectories of self-rated health over a 7-year period were described, but disadvantaged individuals had much poorer health trajectories than ‘average’ individuals and the differences were greatest in the countries with lower levels of public transfers.

TL;DR: The finding of three distinctive types of health processes (stable good health, stable poor health, and a "mover" health trajectory) represents a more differentiated profile of long-term health than previously shown and leads to a more nuanced understanding of comparative health.

TL;DR: Potential health benefits of working beyond SPA need to be considered in the light of the fact that those who report good health and are more socioeconomically advantaged are more likely to be working Beyond SPA to begin with.