Long-Term Ill Health, Poverty and Ethnicity: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into the Experiences of Living with Chronic Health Conditions in the UK Book

List of tables, figures and boxes Acknowledgements Summary

1. Background and methodology
Summary points Background to the study and research aims Conceptualising poverty, long-term ill health and ethnicity Methods Overview of the report
2. Family, community and society: placing long-term health conditions in context
Summary points Introduction Family and household Community Society and state Conclusions
3. Individual experiences of long-term ill health: barriers and supports to 'resilience'
Summary points Introduction Adjusting to the situation of finding meaning Achieving feelings of self-wroth Gaining control Conclusions
4. Long-term health conditions and employment
Summary points Introduction Illness trajectories and attitudes to employment Ill health, economic activity and employment Ill health, ethnicity or other factors?
Barriers to employment Exploring the possibility of differential effects of ill health The financial rewards of work Conclusions
5. Long-term health conditions and welfare benefits
Summary points Introduction Patterns of benefit take-up deciding to claim sickness benefits Experiences of the claiming process: battling with the system Implications of receiving ill-health-related benefits Conclusions
6. Long-term health conditions and social participation
Summary points Introduction Social participation: networks and activities The impacts of long-term health conditions on social participation The nature, use and effectiveness of social support Conclusions
7. Relevance of findings for national policy
Introduction Benefit entitlement and take-up The appropriateness of work for those with long-term health conditions The appropriateness of work for those caring for someone with a long-term health condition Managing long-term ill health Tackling minority ethnic disadvantage

References Appendix A: Qualitative fieldwork Appendix B: Rates of ill health and caring Appendix C: Summary of DWP measures aimed at reducing the number of sickness benefit claimants