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Family Demography and Health in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Vicky Hosegood

Professor of Demography and Family

Research interests

  • Vicky Hosegood’s current research studies focus on the demography and health of families in sub-Saharan Africa. With a special interest in South Africa her work:
  • investigates family and household factors and processes that promote health and wellbeing across the life courseimproves the measurement, collection and analysis of family demographic and health data in resource-poor settings informs the design and evaluation of family-based interventions She is a member of several research groups within the University of Southampton including Family Demography in particular that of Families in southern Africa, the ESRC-funded Centre for Population Change.
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Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
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Professor Maria Evandrou FAcSS

PROFESSOR OF GERONTOLOGY

Research interests

  • ESRC: Centre for Population Change (CPC): I am Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Population Change. My collaborative work focuses on a) Increasing longevity and the changing life course, and b) Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange. For more information, please visit the CPC website.
  • ESRC CPC - Connecting Generations: I am also Co-Director of the ESRC CPC-Connecting Generations research programme. The research will investigate areas such as changing intergenerational relationships; intergenerational flows of support in later life; and work-life balance, employment and caring responsibilities in mid-life. More information on the Connecting Generations research programme here.
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Sabu Padmadas

Professor of Demography & Global Health
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Global Health and Policy

GHaP aims to be a central focus of social science related global health research within the School of Social, Economic and Political Sciences and the whole of the University of Southampton.

Global Health (Demography)

The Global Health research group in Social Statistics and Demography is focused on exploring health issues and inequalities around the globe, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Research outputs

Results of a couples-based randomized controlled trial aimed to increase testing for HIV
Lynae A. Darbes, Nuala Mcgrath, Victoria Hosegood, Mallory O. Johnson, Katherine Fritz, Thulani Ngubane & Heidi van Rooyen, 2019, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 80(4), 404-413
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001948
Type: article
The Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA)
Victoria Hosegood, 2017, Gates Open Research, 1(4), 1-16
DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12753.1
Type: article
Obligation to family during times of transition: care, support and the response to HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa
Lucia Knight, Victoria Hosegood & Ian M. Timaeus, 2016, AIDS Care, 1-12
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1195486
Type: article
Measuring the impact of antiretroviral therapy roll-out on population level fertility in three African countries
Milly Marston, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Vicky Hosegood, Tom Lutalo, Baltazar Mtenga & Basia Zaba, 2016, PLoS ONE, 11(3), 1-16
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151877
Type: article
Data resource profile: Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network)
Georges Reniers, Marylene Wamukoya, Mark Urassa, Amek Nyaguara, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Tom Lutalo, Vicky Hosegood, Simon Gregson, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Eveline Geubbels, Amelia C Crampin, Alison Wringe, Laban Waswa, Stephen Tollman, Jim Todd, Emma Slaymaker, David Serwadda, Alison Price, Samuel Oti, Moffat J Nyirenda, Dorean Nabukalu, Constance Nyamukapa, Fred Nalugoda, Owen Mugurungi, Baltazar Mtenga, Lisa Mills, Denna Michael, Estelle McLean, Nuala McGrath, Emmanuel Martin, Milly Marston, Sewe Maquins, Francis Levira, Catherine Kyobutungi, Daniel Kwaro, Ivan Kasamba, Chifundo Kanjala, Kathleen Kahn, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Kobus Herbst, Dickman Gareta, Jeffrey W Eaton, Samuel J Clark, Kathryn Church, Menard Chihana, Clara Calvert, Donatien Beguy, Gershim Asiki, Shamte Amri, Ramadhani Abdul & Basia Zaba, 2016, International Journal of Epidemiology, 45(1), 83-93
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv343
Type: article