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The School of Health and Social Studies is proud to announce the launch of SEVEN Titles:

• Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health: The Sociology and Anthropology of Suffering Edited by Hannah Bradby and Gillian Lewando Hundt 
• Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities Edited by Ravi K Thiara and Aisha K Gill
• Domestic Violence Working with Men: Research, Practice Experiences and Integrated Responses Andrew Day, Patrick O’Leary, Donna Chung and Donna Justo
• Ethnic Minorities and Politics: The British Electoral System Muhammad Anwar
• The Real Cost of Poor Housing Maggie Davidson, Mike Roys, Simon Nicol, David Ormandy, Peter Ambrose
• Gender and Policy in France Gill Allwood and Khursheed Wadia

•  Evidence and Knowledge for Practice Tony Evans and Mark Hardy

AND SEMINAR

Violence Against Refugee Women: A North African Case Study

Seminar led by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Rendering the suffering of the marginalized visible has been an important aspect of feminist sociological studies of health, illness and medicine, with the subjective experience of those without access to institutional power being at the forefront of the research.

This volume analyzes the links between the suffering caused by the intentional violence of war and the unintentional suffering engendered by modern medicinal processes. By establishing a fitting tribute to the academic and campaigning work of Meg Stacey, Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health responds to her challenge of ‘why medical sociology had not yet turned its gaze upon the health consequences of war’.

A selection of international case studies are used to create a volume of significant interest to sociologists and those working in the fields of anthropology, social policy, social work, peace, war and security studies, and international development.

Authors:  M Davidson, M Roys, S Nicol, D Ormandy and P Ambrose

Description

The relationship between poor housing and poor health has been recognised for a long time, but until
recently it has not been possible to estimate the cost to society of poor housing. Although the problems of
disease associated with slum living have largely been eradicated in England, a significant number of health and safety hazards in the home remain. ‘Poor housing’ is defined as housing which fails to meet the statutory minimum standard for housing in England, as assessed by the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.  This report highlights weaknesses in existing models of the housing stock and proposes a new model which overcomes them. The model uses data from the English House Condition Survey to illustrate the effects of various scenarios and repair options. It allows all the hazards measured in the Survey to be compared, and identifies repair solutions which provide direct benefit to the NHS through reduced injury rates and treatment costs. This model allows the total health cost of poor housing in England to be estimated as over £600 million per year. The total cost to society each year may be greater than £1.5 billion.