Protocol for a mixed-methods longitudinal study to identify factors influencing return to work in the over 50s participating in the UK Work Programme: Supporting Older People into Employment (SOPIE)

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Judith ^a   Neary, Joanne ^a   Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ^a   Thomson, Hilary ^a   McQuaid, Ronald W ^b   Leyland, Alastair H ^a   Frank, John ^c   Jeavons, Luke ^d   De Pellette, Paul ^d   Kiran, Sibel ^a   Macdonald, Ewan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Ingeus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE; EMPLOYMENT; FIELD WORK; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIOLOGY; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; WELFARE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETURN TO WORK; SCOTLAND; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960393202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010525     Document Type: Article

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