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Dr Andrew King | Social Policy | 24 April 2013
This series involves six themed seminars followed by a final conference, aimed at exploring gaps in knowledge and research about lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (lgbt) ageing. The series will identify ways to address those gaps. Seminars are planned ...
Professor James Nazroo | 08 April 2013
Centre on dynamics of ethnicity (code) will transform understanding of the patterning of ethnic inequalities, investigate how inequalities relate to the ways in which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced, and provide the knowle ...
Professor Andrew Steptoe | Psychology | 04 March 2013
There are major demographic shifts throughout the world and the absolute number and proportion of older adults is increasing rapidly not only in the uk and europe but also in middle income nations such as india and china. Promoting the well-being of ...
Professor Clare Holdsworth | 01 March 2013
Relatively little is known about the patterns of drinking in later life, the risk factors associated with excessive drinking at older ages and the relationship between drinking and other health conditions. This study with explore the stability of dri ...
Ms Jennifer Head | 01 February 2013
retirement is a major turning point in life, when financial and social circumstances may change substantially. These changes may have a large impact on the health of older people. The effects of retirement are likely to be different depending ...
Dr Paul Lambert | Sociology | 01 January 2013
This project measures, and investigates trends in, ‘social distance’ in the uk. using secondary survey datasets that feature information of social connections held by people (eg the uk’s british household panel survey and und ...
Professor Peter Lloyd-Sherlock | Social Policy | 01 January 2013
There is an urgent need to identify policies that are effective in promoting the health, economic security and quality of life of older people in poorer countries. The world health organisation sage surveys look at these issues in china, ghana, india ...
Dr Emily Cross | Psychology | 31 December 2012
As humans, our ability to survive within a social world is facilitated by observing others. As such, when learning tasks as simple as tying one's shoes or as complex as performing heart surgery, we learn by watching others, from childhood through to ...
Ms Sharon Collard | Social Policy | 31 December 2012
The aim of this project is to generate new knowledge and understanding of the financial dimensions of well-being among older people in the uk. The objectives are:
to understand the dominant patterns of expenditure among older people
to explore how p ...
Dr Athina Vlachantoni | Social Policy | 31 December 2012
Pension protection for black and minority ethnic (bme) groups is a key policy issue as existing research shows a relative disadvantage for such groups compared to the white majority, with bangladeshi and pakistani individuals particularly worse off. ...
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Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
Research on the association between diet and depression has focused primarily on nutrients such as fatty acids and nutrients involved in the homocysteine pathway, e. G. Vitamin b6, b9 and b12, but the results have been inconclusive. Recent years have ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
This paper and related correspondence involves our ipd-work collaboration set up to examine the effects of work-related stress on morbidity and mortality across working populations in 8 european countries. Published work assessing job strain as a ris ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
The change in incidence and prevalence of common mental disorders with age is a central issue in health care provision. Some studies have reported an improvement in mental health in old age, but this is not a universal finding. We assessed age trajec ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
This paper is part of our ipd-work collaboration set up to examine the effects of work-related stress on morbidity and mortality across working populations in 8 european countries. Work related stress is associated with many adverse health outcomes, ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
Unfavourable work characteristics, such as low job control and too high or too low job demands, have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, but this has not been verified in large-scale studies. As part ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
The association between functioning of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (hpa) axis and physical performance at older ages remains poorly understood. We carried out meta-analyses to test the hypothesis that dysregulation of the hpa axis, as indexed ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
Background: although basic research on neuroimmune interactions suggests that inflammatory processes may play a role in the development of fatigue, population-based evidence on this association is limited. This study examined whether plasma c-reactiv ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
Recent genetic association studies have made progress in uncovering components of the genetic architecture of the body mass index (bmi). We used the itmat-broad-candidate gene association resource (care) (ibc) array comprising up to 49 320 single nuc ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
Increases in life expectancy make remaining free of disease and in good functional health for as long as possible an important objective for the present and future generations. Most research in this domain has focused on risk factors for single healt ...
Mika Kivimaki | 14 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
In this project we examine the effects of work-related stress on morbidity and mortality across working populations in 8 european countries, the ipd-work consortium. To obtain precise estimates, we pool individual-level data from 200,000 participants ...
Case Studies
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Case Study | 02 November 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Researchers at loughborough university have shown that self-help sleep management, based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt), can improve sleep quality and duration. The research team are now delivering cbt training for insomnia t ...
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Findings from professor thomas scharf's research into older people and social exclusion has informed a charity campaign and encouraged co-operation between charity and community groups in manchester and liverpool.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Research from the new dynamics of ageing programme is highlighting the means india's older population have to support themselves.
Features
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Feature | 03 May 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Building on waves 1 and 2 of the main understanding society survey, the first release of health assessment data is now available.
Feature | 19 March 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
When life spans increase, people become more concerned with their rights, pushing societies towards democracy, argues tim dyson of the london school of economics. While this demographic transition has taken 200 years in europe, china might be through ...
Feature | 15 March 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
A house of lords inquiry examining the pressures facing the health service drew heavily on research evidence from the esrc-supported institute for fiscal studies.
Feature | 14 March 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
New research on mummies challenges the conventional belief that fatty arteries are caused by unhealthy lifestyles. The study came about through the digging into data challenge, a research initiative co-funded by the esrc.
Feature | 21 February 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
The dispensing of mood-altering drugs to older people in northern ireland increase after they move into care homes, according to research at the centre of excellence for public health northern ireland, co-funded by the esrc.
Feature | 30 November 2012 | General public, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
A report launched today by the institute for fiscal studies and co-funded by the esrc reveals that a third of those approaching retirement report that they find it impossible even to guess how much income they will receive from their private pensions ...
Feature | 05 October 2012 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Stable, nurturing relationships may help you stay fit and healthy, according to new esrc-funded research. The study found that being in supportive relationships with low levels of conflicts and stress may help some individuals keep slim and physicall ...
Feature | 30 July 2012 | Academic, General public, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
The great british public toilet map has been developed as part of an esrc-funded research project tackling ageing continence through theory tools and technology (tact3), automatically tracking councils' open data on public toilet facilities and displ ...
Feature | 12 July 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
The government's white paper on care and support, published wednesday, presents a number of 'key actions' to meet care needs for the elderly over the next decade. The esrc-supported institute for fiscal studies has examined different scenarios for th ...
Feature | 08 September 2011 | General public, International, Press/media, Voluntary sector
After the break-up of the soviet union and the transition to a market-led economy, many older people in central asia and the caucasus live in poverty and experience economic hardship, disruption to family life and reduced state services.
Press Releases
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Press Release | 18 June 2012 | Academic, General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
Over the next 20 years the proportion of older people living within the bangladeshi and pakistani communities in the uk will increase significantly according to new research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc).
Press Release | 03 February 2012 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse
Press Release | 03 November 2011 | Academic, General public, Higher education, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools, Voluntary sector
Not many ten-year-olds may have considered what it’s like to be old. But two forthcoming workshops for year 6 children aim to develop childhood understandings of later life and discuss the differences and similarities between people at various ages. ...
Press Release | 03 October 2011 | Academic, International, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Contrary to belief, older people in south africa and brazil become happier as they age. New research suggests that, with the right policies in place, a developing country can significantly improve the wellbeing of its older citizens.
Press Release | 29 September 2011 | Academic, Business, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
People with dementia can still make decisions in their everyday lives and with support from partners can continue to do so as their condition advances. This is one of the preliminary findings of a two-year research project funded by the economic and ...
Press Release | 27 July 2011 | Academic, Further education, Policymakers, Postgraduate, Press/media
€4. 2m of funding has been made available to european researchers, with the aim of increasing healthy life expectancy by two years within the european union by 2020.
Press Release | 22 March 2011 | Business, General public, Press/media
Findings from the project entitled 'look at me! images of women and ageing' have revealed the complexity of women's feelings about the images of ageing. These findings are presented in various exhibitions in sheffield, which runs from 9 march to 15 a ...
Press Release | 17 December 2010 | Press/media
Urban planning needs to consider how older people use walking routes as well as public areas, concludes a research council uk-funded research project from the new dynamics of ageing programme. Planning should include a smooth transition between walki ...
Press Release | 16 December 2010 | Press/media
An innovative software tool presents the mechanics of movement, enabling older people to improve their quality of life when carrying out everyday activities.
