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Prof. Shereen Hussein
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Shereen Hussein is a Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. Her main research revolves around ageing, family dynamics, migration and long-term care. Shereen collaborates with various international organisations including the World Health Organisation, the United Nations, the Population Council and the World Bank. Her current research focuses on ageing demographics, long-term care demand and migration within the UK and Europe and the implications on policy and practice. Shereen has conducted extensive research on population ageing and implications on long-term care and health policy and practice in the UK, internationally and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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Qualitative research
Published: 04 August 2021 in BMJ Open
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Introduction Older people living in residential and nursing care homes often have complex needs and are at high risk of poor health outcomes and mortality, especially if they contract COVID-19. Care homes use infection prevention and control measures such as social distancing and isolating residents to protect them from COVID-19. The care home sector has stated that implementing social distancing and isolation when caring for residents is a significant challenge. This paper presents the protocol of a mixed-methods study to explore and understand the real-life experiences of implementing social distancing and isolation of residents in care homes for older people from the perspective of residents, families/friends and staff working in and with care homes. The study aims to develop a toolkit of resources for health and care delivery now and for future outbreaks of infectious diseases. Methods and analysis The study will be conducted in three phases. Phase 1 is a rapid review of evidence to collate knowledge on the mechanisms and measures used by care homes and long-term facilities to socially distance and isolate older people or control the spread of other infectious and contagious diseases. The review results will contribute to participant interviews in phase 2 and toolkit development in phase 3. Phase 2 will involve case studies with six care homes in England, involving the conduct of individual interviews with residents, families and friends, and staff, collection of care home policies and protocols related to social distancing and isolation for residents, and routinely collected care home data. A focus group with a purposive sample of external key informants will also be conducted. Phase 3, synthesising findings from phases 1 and 2, will inform the codesign of a toolkit of resources for residents, families/friends and care homes. Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by Coventry and Warwick Research Ethics Committee (20/WM/0318). To maximise impact, we will work closely with the Study Committees and the Patient and Public Involvement group to ensure the findings reach key stakeholders, including residents, families/friends, care homes, commissioners and organisations representing care home providers. We will disseminate the study outputs in peer-reviewed and professional journals, at professional conferences and via other knowledge transfer activities with the care home sector, and resident and carer organisations. The toolkit comprising evidence-informed guidance and resources and a mosaic film will be hosted on a project webpage. Registration details This project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (Project reference NIHR132541). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. PROSPERO registration number CRD42021226734.

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Joanne M Fitzpatrick; Anne Marie Rafferty; Shereen Hussein; Ivanka Ezhova; Sinead Palmer; Richard Adams; Lindsay Rees; Sally Brearley; Sarah Sims; Ruth Harris. Protecting older people living in care homes from COVID-19: a protocol for a mixed-methods study to understand the challenges and solutions to implementing social distancing and isolation. BMJ Open 2021, 11, e050706 .

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Joanne M Fitzpatrick, Anne Marie Rafferty, Shereen Hussein, Ivanka Ezhova, Sinead Palmer, Richard Adams, Lindsay Rees, Sally Brearley, Sarah Sims, Ruth Harris. Protecting older people living in care homes from COVID-19: a protocol for a mixed-methods study to understand the challenges and solutions to implementing social distancing and isolation. BMJ Open. 2021; 11 (8):e050706.

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Joanne M Fitzpatrick; Anne Marie Rafferty; Shereen Hussein; Ivanka Ezhova; Sinead Palmer; Richard Adams; Lindsay Rees; Sally Brearley; Sarah Sims; Ruth Harris. 2021. "Protecting older people living in care homes from COVID-19: a protocol for a mixed-methods study to understand the challenges and solutions to implementing social distancing and isolation." BMJ Open 11, no. 8: e050706.

Original paper
Published: 17 June 2021 in The European Journal of Health Economics
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Policymakers often suggest that expansion of care in community settings may ease increasing pressures on hospital services. Substitution may lower overall health system costs, but complementarity due to previously unidentified needs might raise them. We used new national data on community and primary medical care services in England to undertake system-level analyses of whether activity in the community acts as a complement or a substitute for activity provided in hospitals. We used two-way fixed effects regression to relate monthly counts of community care and primary medical care contacts to emergency department attendances, outpatient visits and admissions for 242 hospitals between November 2017 and September 2019. We then used national unit costs to estimate the effects of increasing community activity on overall system expenditure. The findings show community care contacts to be weak substitutes with all types of hospital activity and primary care contacts are weak substitutes for emergency hospital attendances and admissions. Our estimates ranged from 28 [95% CI 21, 45] to 517 [95% CI 291, 7265] community care contacts and from 34 [95% CI 17, 1283] to 1655 [95% CI − 1995, 70,145] GP appointments to reduce one hospital service visit. Primary care and planned hospital services are complements. Increases in community services and primary care activity are both associated with increased overall system expenditure of £34 [95% CI £156, £54] per visit for community care and £41 [95% CI £78, £74] per appointment in general practice. Expansion of community-based services may not generate reductions in hospital activity and expenditure.

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Yiu-Shing Lau; Gintare Malisauskaite; Nadia Brookes; Shereen Hussein; Matt Sutton. Complements or substitutes? Associations between volumes of care provided in the community and hospitals. The European Journal of Health Economics 2021, 1 -15.

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Yiu-Shing Lau, Gintare Malisauskaite, Nadia Brookes, Shereen Hussein, Matt Sutton. Complements or substitutes? Associations between volumes of care provided in the community and hospitals. The European Journal of Health Economics. 2021; ():1-15.

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Yiu-Shing Lau; Gintare Malisauskaite; Nadia Brookes; Shereen Hussein; Matt Sutton. 2021. "Complements or substitutes? Associations between volumes of care provided in the community and hospitals." The European Journal of Health Economics , no. : 1-15.

Review
Published: 02 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Turkey is transitioning from an ageing to aged population at a fast pace. This process requires immediate policy and practice planning and actionable strategies. Formulating and implementing such policies needs to acknowledge parallel demographic and socio-economic changes to ensure adequate resources and appropriate services are developed to enhance the growing older population’s quality of life and wellbeing. Limited long-term care (LTC) provision, funding mechanisms and reliance on informal support primarily provided by women pose considerable challenges to all stakeholders, including the state, families and older people. This paper provides an evidence review on older people's status and their health and care needs, current LTC policies, provision and funding mechanisms in Turkey. It employs a mixed review methodology, making use of published statistics, indicators and literature. The study also adapts existing LTC funding estimation models to predict LTC cost for Turkey. The review highlights the increasing share of older people in Turkey, the fast pace of population ageing, and escalating health and LTC unmet needs. Older people are reported to have high levels of depression, loneliness and co-morbidity with regional, gender and educational differentials. The Turkish LTC and welfare models rely on the family, particularly women, in meeting increased demand. A hierarchical model with random intercept was implemented and estimated the LTC cost in Turkey to be 0.02% of GDP, acknowledging the high proportion of people at labour participation age range and low female employment levels.

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Mohamed Ismail; Shereen Hussein. An Evidence Review of Ageing, Long-Term Care Provision and Funding Mechanisms in Turkey: Using Existing Evidence to Estimate Long-Term Care Cost. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6306 .

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Mohamed Ismail, Shereen Hussein. An Evidence Review of Ageing, Long-Term Care Provision and Funding Mechanisms in Turkey: Using Existing Evidence to Estimate Long-Term Care Cost. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6306.

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Mohamed Ismail; Shereen Hussein. 2021. "An Evidence Review of Ageing, Long-Term Care Provision and Funding Mechanisms in Turkey: Using Existing Evidence to Estimate Long-Term Care Cost." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6306.

Review
Published: 29 March 2021 in Journal of International Migration and Integration
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Migrant care workers play a significant role in meeting the escalating demand for social care in the UK. Workforce shortages create opportunities for new migrants to enter the social care workforce. This scoping review aims to identify and synthesise available evidence on the contribution of migrant workers to the provision of home care in the UK focusing on care worker and service outcomes as well as sustainability, and identify challenges and gaps in the context of Brexit and changing immigration policies. Twenty-two articles were identified for inclusion in the review and extracted using a structured format. The analysis presents a narrative description and synthesis of the research. Findings from the reviewed articles were grouped into five main themes: migrant, user and employer outcomes, effect on workforce, and sustainability—and 15 sub-themes that were described in detail. Much of the existing research on migrant care work is qualitative and focuses on migrant outcomes. The review identified some important gaps in research, namely, the impact of immigration status on migrant care worker outcomes, the cultural and psychological adaptation of migrant care workers to care practices, and the emerging UK live-in care market. Implications of findings are discussed in the context of post-Brexit immigration system.

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Agnes Turnpenny; Shereen Hussein. Migrant Home Care Workers in the UK: a Scoping Review of Outcomes and Sustainability and Implications in the Context of Brexit. Journal of International Migration and Integration 2021, 1 -20.

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Agnes Turnpenny, Shereen Hussein. Migrant Home Care Workers in the UK: a Scoping Review of Outcomes and Sustainability and Implications in the Context of Brexit. Journal of International Migration and Integration. 2021; ():1-20.

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Agnes Turnpenny; Shereen Hussein. 2021. "Migrant Home Care Workers in the UK: a Scoping Review of Outcomes and Sustainability and Implications in the Context of Brexit." Journal of International Migration and Integration , no. : 1-20.

Correction
Published: 04 January 2020 in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
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In the original version of this paper, Box 1 under the section “Measurement Instruments” was removed because the licence to use the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) obtained by the author does not permit the publication of the full wording of the questions”.

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Shereen Hussein. Correction to: Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2020, 47, 487 -487.

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Shereen Hussein. Correction to: Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 2020; 47 (3):487-487.

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Shereen Hussein. 2020. "Correction to: Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 47, no. 3: 487-487.

Review
Published: 19 June 2019 in BMJ Open
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IntroductionThere are more people living with dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries. Evidence-based interventions to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers are needed, but a systematic mapping of methodologically robust studies in LMICs and synthesis of the effectiveness of dementia interventions in these settings is missing.Methods and analysisA systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to answer the question: Which dementia interventions were shown to be effective in LMICs and how do they compare to each other? Electronic database searches (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, Global Health, WHO Global Index Medicus, Virtual Health Library, Cochrane CENTRAL, Social Care Online, BASE, MODEM Toolkit, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) will be complemented by hand searching of reference lists and local knowledge of existing studies from an international network of researchers in dementia from LMICs. Studies will be eligible for inclusion if they were published between 2008 and 2018, conducted in LMICs and evaluated the effectiveness of a dementia intervention using a study design that supports causal inference of the treatment effect. We will include both randomised and non-randomised studies due to an anticipated low number of well-conducted randomised trials in LMICs and potentially greater external validity of non-randomised studies conducted in routine care settings. In addition to narrative synthesis of the interventions, feasibility of pairwise and network meta-analyses will be explored to obtain pooled effects of relative treatment effects.Ethics and disseminationSecondary analysis of published studies, therefore no ethics approval required. Planned dissemination channels include a peer-reviewed publication as well as a website, DVD and evidence summaries.Prospero registration numberCRD42018106206.

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Maximilian Salcher-Konrad; Huseyin Naci; David McDaid; Suvarna Alladi; Deborah Oliveira; Andra Fry; Shereen Hussein; Martin Knapp; Christine Wayua Musyimi; David Musyimi Ndetei; Mariana Lopez-Ortega; Adelina Comas-Herrera. Effectiveness of interventions for dementia in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2019, 9, e027851 .

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Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Huseyin Naci, David McDaid, Suvarna Alladi, Deborah Oliveira, Andra Fry, Shereen Hussein, Martin Knapp, Christine Wayua Musyimi, David Musyimi Ndetei, Mariana Lopez-Ortega, Adelina Comas-Herrera. Effectiveness of interventions for dementia in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2019; 9 (6):e027851.

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Maximilian Salcher-Konrad; Huseyin Naci; David McDaid; Suvarna Alladi; Deborah Oliveira; Andra Fry; Shereen Hussein; Martin Knapp; Christine Wayua Musyimi; David Musyimi Ndetei; Mariana Lopez-Ortega; Adelina Comas-Herrera. 2019. "Effectiveness of interventions for dementia in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analysis." BMJ Open 9, no. 6: e027851.

Research article
Published: 16 June 2019 in Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
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The article reports research aimed at identifying factors relating to retention in English intellectual disability services, drawing on a study of the social care workforce. The research involved two rounds of interviews with social care managers and staff between 2009 and 2014. The study uses social exchange theory, particularly the idea of ‘reciprocity’ and the mechanism of ‘hope’, as a conceptual framework to aid interpretation of the themes relating to retention identified in the interview analysis: ‘pay’, ‘support’, ‘morale’, and ‘training’ (related to reciprocity) and ‘improving quality of life’ and ‘supporting personal development’ (related to hope). Both groups of themes are identified as being particularly appropriate to intellectual disability services. The study concludes that reciprocity and hope seem to interact in factors related to staff retention, although the study suggests that reciprocity rather than hope is directly connected with retention.

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Martin Stevens; Jo Moriarty; Jill Manthorpe; Jess Harris; Shereen Hussein; Michelle Cornes. What encourages care workers to continue working in intellectual disability services in England? Interview findings. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 2019, 25, 13 -30.

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Martin Stevens, Jo Moriarty, Jill Manthorpe, Jess Harris, Shereen Hussein, Michelle Cornes. What encourages care workers to continue working in intellectual disability services in England? Interview findings. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 2019; 25 (1):13-30.

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Martin Stevens; Jo Moriarty; Jill Manthorpe; Jess Harris; Shereen Hussein; Michelle Cornes. 2019. "What encourages care workers to continue working in intellectual disability services in England? Interview findings." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 25, no. 1: 13-30.

Journal article
Published: 30 May 2019 in The Journal of Adult Protection
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present findings from one element of a study exploring the relationship between personalisation, in the form of personal budgets (PBs) for publicly funded social care and safeguarding. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 people receiving PBs who had recently been the focus of a safeguarding investigation. Participants were recruited from two English local authority areas and data were subject to thematic analysis. Findings The analysis identified three main themes: levels of information and awareness; safeguarding concerns and processes; and choice and control. Many of the participants in this small study described having experienced multiple forms of abuse or neglect concurrently or repeatedly over time. Research limitations/implications This was a small scale, qualitative study, taking place in two local authorities. The small number of participants may have had strong opinions which may or may not have been typical. However, the study provides some rich data on people’s experiences. Practical implications The findings suggest that adults receiving PBs may need information on an ongoing and repeated basis together with advice on how to identify and address poor quality care that they are arranging for themselves. Practitioners need to be aware of the influence of the level of information received and the interaction of organisational or legal requirements when responding to safeguarding concerns when care being supplied tries to reflect the benefits of choice and control. Originality/value This paper reports original research asking adults with care and support needs about the interaction between two key policies of safeguarding and personalisation.

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Fiona Aspinal; Martin Stevens; Jill Manthorpe; John Woolham; Kritika Samsi; Kate Baxter; Shereen Hussein; Mohamed Ismail. Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk. The Journal of Adult Protection 2019, 21, 157 -168.

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Fiona Aspinal, Martin Stevens, Jill Manthorpe, John Woolham, Kritika Samsi, Kate Baxter, Shereen Hussein, Mohamed Ismail. Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk. The Journal of Adult Protection. 2019; 21 (3):157-168.

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Fiona Aspinal; Martin Stevens; Jill Manthorpe; John Woolham; Kritika Samsi; Kate Baxter; Shereen Hussein; Mohamed Ismail. 2019. "Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk." The Journal of Adult Protection 21, no. 3: 157-168.

Journal article
Published: 11 March 2019 in Working with Older People
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of personalisation policy on the providers of social care services in England, mainly to older people, within the context of austerity and different conceptions of personalisation. The paper draws on part of a longitudinal study of the care workforce, which involved 188 interviews with managers and staff, undertaken in two rounds. Four themes were identified: changing understandings and awareness of personalisation; adapting services to fit new requirements; differences in contracting; and the impact on business viability. The paper reflects a second look at the data focussing on a particular theme, which was not the focus of the research study. Furthermore, the data were gathered from self-selecting participants working in services in four contrasting areas, rather than a representative sample. The research raises questions about the impact of a commercial model of “personalised care”, involving personal budgets (PBs) and spot contracts, on the stability of social care markets. Without a pluralistic, well-funded and vibrant social care market, it is hard to increase the consumer choice of services from a range of possible providers and, therefore, fulfil the government’s purposes for personalisation, particularly in a context of falling revenues from local authorities. The research presents an analysis of interviews with care providers and care workers mainly working with older people. Their views on personalisation have not often been considered in contrast to the sizeable literature on PBs recipients and social workers.

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Martin Stevens; Jo Moriarty; Jess Harris; Jill Manthorpe; Shereen Hussein; Michelle Cornes. Social care managers and care workers’ understandings of personalisation in older people’s services. Working with Older People 2019, 23, 37 -45.

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Martin Stevens, Jo Moriarty, Jess Harris, Jill Manthorpe, Shereen Hussein, Michelle Cornes. Social care managers and care workers’ understandings of personalisation in older people’s services. Working with Older People. 2019; 23 (1):37-45.

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Martin Stevens; Jo Moriarty; Jess Harris; Jill Manthorpe; Shereen Hussein; Michelle Cornes. 2019. "Social care managers and care workers’ understandings of personalisation in older people’s services." Working with Older People 23, no. 1: 37-45.

Articles
Published: 29 October 2018 in European Journal of Social Work
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Social workers are increasingly globally mobile, pursuing employment opportunities that combine professional and lifestyle projects. Social work skills and practice are embedded in cultural, linguistic and nation-specific legislative competencies. The current article engages with the interplay of a fast-moving social work and immigration policy context and the role of inter-European social workers, using England as a case study of destination. Based on registration data of non-UK qualified social workers (2003–2017), a survey of 97 stakeholders from 27 European Union countries and focus group discussions, it investigates trends and challenges of transnational social workers (TSWs) in England. The findings highlight a dynamic process of social work education and immigration policy reforms during the past decade that was associated with a significant change in the volume and profile of TSWs registered to work in England. Data from European stakeholders further highlight two key findings: first, there is evidence of an increased role of inter-European social workers in most of Western European countries; second, the process of social work qualifications’ recognition within Europe remains considerably variable. The implications of the findings are discussed within the context of continued inter-European policy and political changes.

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Shereen Hussein. Inter-European social workers’ mobility within a dynamic social work and immigration policy context: a case study of England. European Journal of Social Work 2018, 23, 566 -579.

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Shereen Hussein. Inter-European social workers’ mobility within a dynamic social work and immigration policy context: a case study of England. European Journal of Social Work. 2018; 23 (4):566-579.

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Shereen Hussein. 2018. "Inter-European social workers’ mobility within a dynamic social work and immigration policy context: a case study of England." European Journal of Social Work 23, no. 4: 566-579.

Original articles
Published: 01 June 2018 in Journal of Aging & Social Policy
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Population aging is a phenomenon occurring across the globe including in countries traditionally exhibiting population dividends and “youth bulges.” The Gulf Corporation Council countries are no exception as they currently experience a process of population aging, albeit at a different stage from many developed countries. However, due to historically high fertility rates and fast-paced epidemiological transition, some of these countries will experience population aging at a higher pace than what has been observed in Europe and the United States. This article reviews recent developments in long-term care policies in the Gulf region with a focus on Oman as an example of a high-income Arab country that is experiencing population aging while still being governed by traditional family aged-care norms. Utilizing existing data and published research complemented by policy analysis and field visits, we analyze the process of population aging in Oman and neighboring countries and its policy implications.

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Mohamed Ismail; Shereen Hussein. Population aging and long-term care policies in the Gulf region: a case study of Oman. Journal of Aging & Social Policy 2018, 31, 338 -357.

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Mohamed Ismail, Shereen Hussein. Population aging and long-term care policies in the Gulf region: a case study of Oman. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2018; 31 (4):338-357.

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Mohamed Ismail; Shereen Hussein. 2018. "Population aging and long-term care policies in the Gulf region: a case study of Oman." Journal of Aging & Social Policy 31, no. 4: 338-357.

Comparative study
Published: 26 April 2018 in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
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Social workers (SWs) provide emotional and practical support to vulnerable service users who are likely to suffer from emotional trauma and mental health conditions. Stress and burnout levels are reported to be high among SWs, however, little is known about their relationships with different characteristics. The current article utilises unique and large dataset (n = 3786) on SWs working in adults and children’s services to examine factors associated with burnout. Employing job-demand/resources model and structural equations modelling, we highlight the varying significant impact of work-engagement, administrative support and work experience as moderating factors to burnout across adult and children service specialism in this sample.

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Shereen Hussein. Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2018, 45, 911 -923.

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Shereen Hussein. Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 2018; 45 (6):911-923.

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Shereen Hussein. 2018. "Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 45, no. 6: 911-923.

Journal article
Published: 23 March 2018 in International Journal of Care and Caring
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Long-term care work is known for its difficult working conditions, with potential implications for workers' well being. In England, long-term care policies are moving progressively towards marketisation, while public social care funding is under considerable strain. Little evidence exists on the job demand and control of long-term care workers who provide personal and direct care to adults and older people. The article uses survey data from long-term care workers in England (n = 991) to examine the levels of, and differentials in, job strain among long-term care workers. The findings highlight the vulnerability of certain groups of workers, with potential negative impacts on their well being.

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Shereen Hussein. Job demand, control and unresolved stress within the emotional work of long-term care in England. International Journal of Care and Caring 2018, 2, 89 -107.

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Shereen Hussein. Job demand, control and unresolved stress within the emotional work of long-term care in England. International Journal of Care and Caring. 2018; 2 (1):89-107.

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Shereen Hussein. 2018. "Job demand, control and unresolved stress within the emotional work of long-term care in England." International Journal of Care and Caring 2, no. 1: 89-107.

Book chapter
Published: 07 February 2018 in Transnational Social Work
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Social workers are increasingly becoming global professionals, both in utilising their professional qualifications as a means to achieve international mobility, and in the expectation of gaining an internationally transferable set of skills. However, there is a continued dilemma in defining such professional international identity due to contradictory processes of ‘indigenisation’, or the extent to which social work practice fits local contexts; ‘universalism’, finding commonalities across divergent contexts; and ‘imperialism’ where western world-views are privileged over local and Indigenous cultural perspectives (Gray, 2005). Many regard social work to be especially context-sensitive in that a good understanding of language and cultural clues is an essential element in the ability of workers to perform their work effectively. In that sense, while global professional mobility facilitates transnational social work (Hanna and Lyons, 2014), social work is not yet a global ‘common project’ and clear differences remain at the level of training, qualifications and practice (Weiss-Gal and Welbourne, 2008; Hussein, 2011, 2014).

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Shereen Hussein. In search of better opportunities: transnational social workers in the UK navigating the maze of global and social mobility. Transnational Social Work 2018, 1 .

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Shereen Hussein. In search of better opportunities: transnational social workers in the UK navigating the maze of global and social mobility. Transnational Social Work. 2018; ():1.

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Shereen Hussein. 2018. "In search of better opportunities: transnational social workers in the UK navigating the maze of global and social mobility." Transnational Social Work , no. : 1.

Article
Published: 24 August 2017 in Ageing International
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Population ageing is a phenomenon affecting the whole world. The countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are no exception but transitions in population ageing are still in the early stages of the process. With current demographic dividends experienced by the GCC and the rest of the Middle-East, the pace of population ageing will be faster than that experienced by many European countries. The purpose of this paper is to explore the population ageing experience of different GCC countries while situating this within a context of social policies that still at the very early stages of acknowledging such change. We utilise data from sources such as the United Nations and the World Bank, complemented by policy analysis of current age-related social security measures in the GCC. Given the importance of the family aged care system in the region, we consider the implications of changes in family structures, living conditions, and care needs for the elderly. The findings confirm the declining trend in fertility combined with increased life expectancy in all the six GCC countries. However, they highlight that social policy measures focused on the older generations and their care needs are still relatively at the early stages of each country’s policy agenda. The implications of such changes are serious in term of both the demand for and supply of care. Policy-makers need to adapt cohesive social policy strategies that strengthen the complementing relationships between the state, family and wider community as stakeholders in the provision of aged care.

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Hafiz T. A. Khan; Shereen Hussein; John Deane. Nexus Between Demographic Change and Elderly Care Need in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: Some Policy Implications. Ageing International 2017, 42, 466 -487.

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Hafiz T. A. Khan, Shereen Hussein, John Deane. Nexus Between Demographic Change and Elderly Care Need in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: Some Policy Implications. Ageing International. 2017; 42 (4):466-487.

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Hafiz T. A. Khan; Shereen Hussein; John Deane. 2017. "Nexus Between Demographic Change and Elderly Care Need in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: Some Policy Implications." Ageing International 42, no. 4: 466-487.

Journal article
Published: 21 July 2017 in Work, Employment and Society
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This article aims to explain the labour market penalties among Muslim women in Britain. It draws on theories of intersectionality and colour/cultural racism to argue that the labour market experience of British-Muslim women is multiply determined via criteria of ascription such as ethnicity, migration status, race and religion rather than criteria of achievement. The study uses data from the Labour Force Survey (2002–2013) with a large sample (N=245,391) of women aged 19–65 years. The overarching finding suggests that most Muslim women, regardless of their multiple ascriptive identities, generation and levels of qualifications, still face significant penalties compared with their White-British Christian counterparts. The penalties for some groups, such as Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Black-Muslim women, are harsher than for Indian and White-Muslim women, demonstrating how different social markers and multiple identities have contingent relationships to multiple determinants and outcomes.

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Nabil Khattab; Shereen Hussein. Can Religious Affiliation Explain the Disadvantage of Muslim Women in the British Labour Market? Work, Employment and Society 2017, 32, 1011 -1028.

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Nabil Khattab, Shereen Hussein. Can Religious Affiliation Explain the Disadvantage of Muslim Women in the British Labour Market? Work, Employment and Society. 2017; 32 (6):1011-1028.

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Nabil Khattab; Shereen Hussein. 2017. "Can Religious Affiliation Explain the Disadvantage of Muslim Women in the British Labour Market?" Work, Employment and Society 32, no. 6: 1011-1028.

Journal article
Published: 12 June 2017 in Health & Social Care in the Community
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Demographic trends escalate the demands for formal long-term care (LTC) in the majority of the developed world. The LTC workforce is characterised by its very low wages, the actual scale of which is less well known. This article investigates the scale of poverty-pay in the feminised LTC sector and attempts to understand the perceived reasons behind persisting low wages in the sector. The analysis makes use of large national workforce pay data and a longitudinal survey of care workers, as well as interviews with key stakeholders in the sector. The analysis suggests that there are at least between 10 and 13% of care workers who are effectively being paid under the National Minimum Wage in England. Thematic qualitative analysis of 300 interviews with employers, care workers and service users highlight three key explanatory factors of low pay: the intrinsic nature of LTC work, the value of caring for older people, and marketisation and outsourcing of services.

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Shereen Ahmed Hussein. “We don't do it for the money” … The scale and reasons of poverty-pay among frontline long-term care workers in England. Health & Social Care in the Community 2017, 25, 1817 -1826.

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Shereen Ahmed Hussein. “We don't do it for the money” … The scale and reasons of poverty-pay among frontline long-term care workers in England. Health & Social Care in the Community. 2017; 25 (6):1817-1826.

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Shereen Ahmed Hussein. 2017. "“We don't do it for the money” … The scale and reasons of poverty-pay among frontline long-term care workers in England." Health & Social Care in the Community 25, no. 6: 1817-1826.

Original investigation
Published: 28 November 2016 in European Journal of Ageing
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Escalating demands for formal long-term care (LTC) result in the reliance on migrant workers in many developed countries. Within Europe, this is currently framed by progressive European immigration policies favouring inter-European mobility. Using the UK and Norway as case studies, this article has two main aims: (1) to document changes in the contribution of European Union (EU) migrants to the LTC sectors in Western Europe, and (2) to gain further understanding of migrants' decision-processes relating to destination and work choices. The UK and Norway provide examples of two European countries with different immigration histories, welfare regimes, labour market characteristics and cultural values, offering a rich comparison platform. The analysis utilizes national workforce datasets and data obtained from migrants working in the LTC sector in the UK and Norway (n = 248) and other stakeholders (n = 136). The analysis establishes a significant increase in the contribution of EU migrants (particularly from Eastern Europe) to the LTC sector in both the UK and Norway despite their different welfare regimes. The findings also highlight how migrant care workers develop rational decision-processes influenced by subjective perspectives of investments and returns within a context of wider structural migration barriers. The latter includes welfare and social care policies framing the conditions for migrants' individual actions.

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Karen Christensen; Shereen Hussein; Mohamed Ismail. Migrants' decision-process shaping work destination choice: the case of long-term care work in the United Kingdom and Norway. European Journal of Ageing 2016, 14, 219 -232.

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Karen Christensen, Shereen Hussein, Mohamed Ismail. Migrants' decision-process shaping work destination choice: the case of long-term care work in the United Kingdom and Norway. European Journal of Ageing. 2016; 14 (3):219-232.

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Karen Christensen; Shereen Hussein; Mohamed Ismail. 2016. "Migrants' decision-process shaping work destination choice: the case of long-term care work in the United Kingdom and Norway." European Journal of Ageing 14, no. 3: 219-232.

Journal article
Published: 09 September 2016 in Journal of Social Policy
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With the continued implementation of the personalisation policy, Personal Budgets (PBs) have moved to the mainstream in adult social care in England. The relationship between the policy goals of personalisation and safeguarding is contentious. Some have argued that PBs have the potential to empower recipients, while others believe PBs, especially Direct Payments, might increase the risk of abuse.This paper provides empirical evidence about levels of uptake of PBs and safeguarding referrals in England based on in-depth analysis of national data at aggregate, local council level in England, covering 152 Councils. This is complemented by analysis of 2,209 individual referral records obtained from three purposively selected study sites. The aim is to explore whether available data could provide evidence of association between the uptake of PBs and safeguarding referrals. Analysis of the national dataset found no significant relationships between PB uptake and the level and type of alleged abuse. However, analysis of individual-level referral data, from the three selected sites did find some significant associations particularly with financial abuse; and found the main perpetrators of the alleged abuse to be home-care employees. The findings are discussed within the context of current policy and practice.

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Mohamed Ismail; Shereen Hussein; Martin Stevens; John Woolham; Jill Manthorpe; Fiona Aspinal; Catherine Rachel Baxter; Kritika Samsi. Do Personal Budgets Increase the Risk of Abuse? Evidence from English National Data. Journal of Social Policy 2016, 46, 291 -311.

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Mohamed Ismail, Shereen Hussein, Martin Stevens, John Woolham, Jill Manthorpe, Fiona Aspinal, Catherine Rachel Baxter, Kritika Samsi. Do Personal Budgets Increase the Risk of Abuse? Evidence from English National Data. Journal of Social Policy. 2016; 46 (2):291-311.

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Mohamed Ismail; Shereen Hussein; Martin Stevens; John Woolham; Jill Manthorpe; Fiona Aspinal; Catherine Rachel Baxter; Kritika Samsi. 2016. "Do Personal Budgets Increase the Risk of Abuse? Evidence from English National Data." Journal of Social Policy 46, no. 2: 291-311.

Articles
Published: 04 July 2016 in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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The literature on workers in gender atypical occupations has been dominated by a focus on women doing men’s work. Much less attention has been paid to men in women’s work, and even less to the impact of migration. Based on 28 in-depth interviews with migrant men having experiences of working in hands-on social care in England, this article is a contribution to the understanding of migrant men’s entry dynamics into a female-dominated occupation. Focusing on migrant life experiences, it discusses how they actively engage in three entry dynamics: (1) facing barriers and negotiating them, (2) ‘stumbling upon’ women’s work, then developing compensating strategies and (3) migratory/temporary settling into the sector. The article suggests a theory about lifelong ‘travelling’ when entering women’s work: a continuing process of negotiating work options within a specific historical sector context, the intersection of gender and migration being part of this.

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Shereen Hussein; Karen Christensen. Migration, gender and low-paid work: on migrant men’s entry dynamics into the feminised social care work in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2016, 43, 749 -765.

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Shereen Hussein, Karen Christensen. Migration, gender and low-paid work: on migrant men’s entry dynamics into the feminised social care work in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2016; 43 (5):749-765.

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Shereen Hussein; Karen Christensen. 2016. "Migration, gender and low-paid work: on migrant men’s entry dynamics into the feminised social care work in the UK." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 43, no. 5: 749-765.