Ashley McAllister

Health service use of Australian unemployment and disability benefit recipients: a national, cross-sectional study

Alex Collie, Luke Sheehan, Ashley McAllister

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Healthcare is funded and delivered separately from income support programs such as unemployment and disability benefit..

Gendered working environments as a determinant of mental health inequalities: a systematic review of 27 studies

Allison Milner, Anna Joy Scovelle, Tania King, Claudia Marck, Ashley McAllister, Anne Kavanagh, Marissa Shields, Eszter Torok, Humaira Maheen, Adrienne O'Neil

Journal article  |  2021  |  OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: 'Gendered working environments' describes the ways in which (1) differential selection into work, (2) variations in em..

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Attribution Questionnaire for stigma towards disability pension applicants for use among psychiatrists and general practitioners in Sweden.

Ashley McAllister, Bo Burström, Patrick Corrigan

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC Psychol

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to culturally translate the Attribution Questionnaire (AQ) to the Swedish language and examine the re..

Physicians' attitudes to disability pension - impact of diagnosis: an experimental study

Ashley McAllister, Allison Milner, Monika Engblom, Patrick Corrigan, Bo Burstrom

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of physicians' attitudes towards disability pension applicants,..

Poverty and Sources of Income Support among Older People with Disabilities and out of Work: Comparison of Canada and the United Kingdom

WH Chen, LEE Bentley, M Whitehead, A McAllister, B Barr

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Social Policy

The debate about extending working lives in response to population ageing often overlooks the lack of employment opportunity for o..

Inequalities in extending working lives beyond age 60 in Canada, Denmark, Sweden and England-By gender, level of education and health

Ashley McAllister, Theo Bodin, Henrik Bronnum-Hansen, Lisa Harber-Aschan, Ben Barr, Lee Bentley, Qing Liao, Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Ingelise Andersen, Wen-Hao Chen, Karsten Thielen, Cameron Mustard, Finn Diderichsen, Margaret Whitehead, Bo Burstrom

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: Keeping older workers in employment is critical for societies facing the challenge of an ageing population. This study..

The impact of the disability support pension on mental health: evidence from 14 years of an Australian cohort

Allison Milner, Anne Kavanagh, Ashley McAllister, Zoe Aitken

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the Australian Disability Support Pension (DSP) on the symptomology of depression and anxiety o..

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  |  Scand J 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..

Reducing stigma and discrimination towards people with mental illness. Targeted consultations: Interim report for the Department of Health

Nicola Reavley, Angela Nicholas, Judith Wright, Anna Ross, Anthony Jorm, Eva Alisic, Georgina Sutherland, Karen Block, Ashley McAllister, Claudia Marck, Jane Pirkis, Lisa Brophy, Catherine Minshall, Deborah Warr

Report  |  2020