Ashley McAllister

Mental illnesses are not an 'ideal type' of disability for disability income support: Perceptions of policymakers in Australia and Canada.

Ashley Mcallister

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Aim: This article aims to explore how policymakers conceptualise a person suitable for disability income support (DIS) and how thi..

The impact of longstanding illness and common mental disorder on competing employment exits routes in older working age: A longitudinal data-linkage study in Sweden

Lisa Harber-Aschan, Wen-Hao Chen, Ashley McAllister, Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Karsten Thielen, Ingelise Andersen, Finn Diderichsen, Ben Barr, Bo Burstrom

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

OBJECTIVES: Comorbidity is prevalent in older working ages and might affect employment exits. This study aimed to 1) assess the as..

Gatekeeping disability income support: A conceptual model

Ashley McAllister

Journal article  |  2019  |  Social Policy & Administration

Too sick to work, too healthy to qualify: a cross-country analysis of the effect of changes to disability benefits.

Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Ingelise Andersen, Karsten Thielen, Ashley McAllister, Bo Burström, Ben Barr, Margaret Whitehead, Finn Diderichsen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

BACKGROUND: Denmark and Sweden have implemented reforms that narrowed disability benefit eligibility criteria. Such reforms in com..

Gendered Working Environments as a Determinant of Mental Health Inequalities: A Protocol for a Systematic Review

Allison Milner, Anna J Scovelle, Tania L King, Claudia H Marck, Ashley McAllister, Anne M Kavanagh, Marissa Shields, Eszter Toeroek, Adrienne O'Neil

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Inequalities in employment rates among older men and women in Canada, Denmark, Sweden and the UK.

Ashley McAllister, Lee Bentley, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Lotta Nylen, Ingelise Andersen, Qing Liao, Theo Bodin, Cameron Mustard, Bo Burström

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMC Public Health

BACKGROUND: In most developed countries, governments are implementing policies encouraging older persons to work past 65 years to ..

How do macro-level structural determinants affect inequalities in mental health? - a systematic review of the literature.

A McAllister, S Fritzell, M Almroth, L Harber-Aschan, S Larsson, B Burström

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal for Equity in Health

BACKGROUND: In Europe and elsewhere there is rising concern about inequality in health and increased prevalence of mental ill-heal..

Distrusting doctors' evidence: a qualitative study of disability income support policy makers.

Ashley McAllister, Stephen R Leeder

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian Health Review

Objective The aim of the present study was to describe how policy makers (bureaucrats and politicians) in Australia and Ontario (C..

Disability income support design and mental illnesses: a review of Australia and Ontario.

Ashley McAllister, Maree L Hackett, Stephen R Leeder

Journal article  |  2017  |  Public Health Research & Practice

AIM: Mental illnesses have many distinctive features that make determining eligibility for disability income support challenging -..

Five Challenges of Designing Disability Income Support for People with Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Case Study of Australia and Ontario

A McAllister

Journal article  |  2017  |  Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

In most disability income support (DIS) programs, mental illnesses is the fastest growing category of illness, but it is unknown h..

Do 'flexicurity' Policies Work for People With Low Education and Health Problems? A Comparison of Labour Market Policies and Employment Rates in Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom 1990-2010.

Ashley McAllister, Lotta Nylén, Mona Backhans, Katarina Boye, Karsten Thielen, Margaret Whitehead, Bo Burström

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Health Services

People with limiting longstanding illness and low education may experience problems in the labor market. Reduced employment protec..