Healthy Ageing in Society
Objectives
Objectives of the research theme Healthy Ageing in Society are to conduct research
- on healthy ageing, where ageing is seen to start at the time of conception
- on health ageing in society, i.e. at
- macro-level (population or region)
- meso-level (institutions such as family or care institutions)
- micro-level (individuals)
- driven by theoretical frameworks on subjective well-being and ageing, the cultural meaning of ageing, family care
- within a comparative framework: projects are conducted in The (northern) Netherlands and Asia (Pakistan)
- applying both quantitative and qualitative research methods such as population register data; surveys; in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observation
- focusing -besides academic output- on translation of research into policy and intervention.
PRC Groningen took the initiative for and is one of the three research collaborators in the research programme Healthy Ageing: Population and Society (HAPS), a collaboration between PRC Groningen, Dept of Epidemiology at UMCG and Dept of Sociology at the UG.
Ongoing projects
Research Title | Principal Researcher |
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Inequalities in healthy ageing: the impact of contextual factors |
Eva Kibele |
Louise Meijering | |
Linden Douma | |
Louise Meijering | |
Louise Meijering | |
Louise Meijering | |
Matias Reus Pons | |
Liesbeth de Wit | |
Comparing current and future ageing in Europe and Asia using a new ageing indicator |
Arun Balachandran |
Louise Meijering | |
Louise Meijering |
Key Publication
- Stolk, Hutter, Wittek. Population ageing research: a family of disciplines. Eur J Epidemiol
Last modified: | 04 October 2023 2.18 p.m. |