PhD Opportunity: An Atlas of Health and Social Inequalities

 

Excited to announce that we have funding for a +3 studentship in the UCL Department of Geography for the project “An Atlas of Health and Social Inequalities”. The research will be carried out in association with the Health Foundation and will comprise the creation of a range of innovative datasets presented through a series of ground-breaking maps and graphics. The project will centre on the Health Foundation’s Social and Economic Value of Health: Place programme, which is designed to generate new knowledge about the ways in which the physical and mental health of a population shapes their social and economic outcomes. The Health Foundation have funded a number of research projects already that focus on understanding the relationship between a given population’s health and the health of individuals within that population.

The PhD will benefit from insights from these projects and focus on the creation of a nationwide atlas to demonstrate the social and economic value of health. It will produce a series of research-led maps created from innovative and granular datasets to demonstrate the new ways that health data can be visualised. These will convey a range of variables including health metrics such as mortality, self-reported health, prevalence of specific health conditions, and social and economic outcomes including employment, pay, structural changes to industrial sector composition and social fragmentation.

The work will be supervised by myself (James.Cheshire AT ucl.ac.uk) and Dr Anwar Musah (a.musah AT ucl.ac.uk), to whom enquiries may be directed. The successful applicant will hold a First or Upper Second Class honours degree in a quantitative social science or computer science discipline and/or similar Masters qualification.

For further details on eligibility etc please see here.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY (Deadline 4th April)

My source: Spirit of 1848

Descartes' asunder c/o Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine

 I THINK therefore I AM       

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Original image: MindBody

© Pain Scale for Chronic Patients ‘MindBody’ by Sal Marx Fall 2021

In Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
Copyright ©2022  ISSN 2766-628X

Previously: 'Cartesian'

IRMS Conference 2022 - RESILIENCE RECOVERY RENEWAL

  

Information & Records Management Society (IRMS)
RESILIENCE RECOVERY RENEWAL

15th-17th May 2022, Glasgow - Doubletree by Hilton

The annual IRMS Conference is *the* go-to event in the information management calendar, bringing together 400 practitioners, compliance managers, senior executives and others from a range of organisations across all industry sectors in the UK and beyond.

Our theme for 2022 is Resilience, Recovery, Renewal, recognising the phases of individuals' and organisations' response to the effects of the global pandemic, and the critical role of information and records management in enabling and supporting business continuity.

More details ... 

 

n.b. See you on the 17th? PJ

Flee Memory Box Europa

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MEMORY BOX

Einav, D. The human face of war and migration, Life&Arts, FTWeekend, 5-6 February 2022, p.15.

Hubris syndrome: Daedalus Project [Psycho-Political]

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Hubris Syndrome "Democratic politicians as diverse as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Pompidou, Mitterrand, Blair, George W. Bush, Chirac, and Sharon all lied about their health. ...

... Between 1906 and 2008 seven Presidents are judged to have been mentally ill while in office: Theodore Roosevelt (bipolar disorder), Taft (breathing-related sleep disorder), Wilson (major depressive disorder), Coolidge (major depressive disorder), Hoover (major depressive disorder), Johnson (bipolar disorder), and Nixon (alcohol abuse). Many despots-such as Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Robert Mugabe-have been branded by the press and public opinion as suffering mental illnesses. Lord Owen argues neither Hitler nor Stalin were mad in any sense the medical profession recognizes (whereas Mussolini and Mao had depression, possibly bipolar disorder)."

'Faith' in leadership? 'Choice'?

In Sickness and in Power by Owen David

I remember Lord Owen's book being published, over a decade ago and heard radio interviews at the time (BBC Radio 4, Start the Week?). Not sure why I didn't pick this up as the disciplinary bridges are stark and clear (now!): PSYCHO-POLITICAL and GEO-PSYCHIATRIC. The importance of the issues the Daedalus Project addresses, now within Maudsley Philosophy Group is not just suddenly 'self' evident*, but is of importance for the world's population- impacting upon global safety and security.

Even since Lord Owen's book the rise of AI adds complexity (as ever).

 *irony intended.

Text: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3205306-in-sickness-and-in-power

Owen, D. (2009) In Sickness and in Power: Illnesses in Heads of Government during the Last 100 Years, London: Methuen Ltd.  ISBN: 978-0-413-77689-1

Plus via twitter: 

Thanks!

This is great talk from David Owen on Hubris syndrome we organised at @The_BNPA meeting a few years backhttps://t.co/73qGD42oQY

— Tim Nicholson (@Tim_R_Nicholson) March 6, 2022

Danse des petits cygnes - "NO TO WAR"

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BBC Radio 4 PM close, 4th March 2022: Dozhd (TV Rain) 

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/russian-tv-station-mass-walk-out-live-new-law-punishes-fake-news-imprisonment-1497828

"Information Disorder:" c/o Wardle and Derakhshan (2017) The transmission of ritual ...

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	“The transmission view of communication is the commonest in our culture — perhaps in all industrial cultures... It is defined by terms such as ‘imparting,’ ‘sending,’ ‘transmitting,’ or ‘giving information to others.’ ...
... The ‘ritual view of communication’, by contrast, is not about “the act of imparting information but the representation of shared beliefs.” pp.14-15.

 

Wardle, Claire, and Hossein Derakhshan. 2017. “Information Disorder: Toward an Interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policy Making.” 162317GBR. Council of Europe. https://edoc.coe.int/en/media/7495-information-disorder-toward-an-interdisciplinary-framework-for-research-and-policy-making.html.

Previously:

WHO: Infodemic Management News Flash Thursday 4 November 2021 #25

 

Draft figure: Selected processes and sources that can contribute/influence the content of Hodges' model

This draft figure is intended to ultimately show how the final application of Hodges' model, that is, the selection and placement of concepts in the care (knowledge) domains is not determined by a specific rule, 'law', or theory. The user of the model as a reflective, problem solving agent must justify their 'completed' matrix - addressing the four care domains. This could be a combined effort, with a colleague, fellow student, patient, or carer. 

Being situated the figure should highlight how the final result, output is not only dynamic, changing over time, but it is dependent upon context. Contrast using the model in a seminar, with a nurse and student reflecting on a forthcoming or post a best interests or safeguarding meeting.

The most important point here, across all healthcare, education and other use-cases, is that when applied the user of the model begins with a blank 'sheet' ... template 

Any thoughts welcome. [image updated 18 March 2022].

Draft figure: Selected processes and sources that can contribute/influence the content of Hodges' model