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Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment

Author(s) -

Steve Barrow,

Roger Harrison

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdi038

Subject(s) - neighbourhood (mathematics) , medicine , anxiety , mental health , health care , population , depression (economics) , public health , psychiatry , gerontology , environmental health , nursing , mathematical analysis , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth

Previous studies have highlighted the effects of informal caring on mental health, but evidence for its wider impact remains scant. We explored associations between informal care and a range of health (and health-related) measures. We also considered previously neglected differences between informal care 'at home' and care elsewhere, along with neighbourhood attachment as a possible modifier of the associations we found.

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