Implications for public health research of models and theories of disability : a scoping study
and evidence synthesis Page 1 This is a repository copy of Implications for public health …

Australian research has demonstrated that students with a disability are more likely to
remain out of the full‐time workforce. These research findings have been the catalyst for a …

'Employability'plays a crucial role in informing labour market policy in the UK, the EU and
beyond. The concept of employability has been deployed to describe the objectives of the …

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the
study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional …

This article engages with debates relating to social policy and disabled people's exclusion
from the British labour market. Drawing on recent developments from within the disabled …

Public policies stress greater inclusion of disabled people in the labour market and suggest
ways to implement accommodative measures to these ends. Often missing from this …

Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions
and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to …

We are told that'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by'individual lifestyles'.
Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemiology, geography and …

Disability studies has become a legitimate area of academic study. It is multi-disciplinary in
its critique of the oppressions that have historically" dumped" disabled people on the …

Parsons' sick role concept has become problematic in the face of the increased significance
of chronic illnesses and the growing emphasis on lifestylecentred health promotion. Both …