August news about Society Culture and Health

2 August 2017

Papers (accepted and published)

Yiengprugsawan, V., Welsh, J. & Kendig, H. (in press). Social Capital dynamics and health in mid to later life: findings from Australia. Quality of Life Research. (Accepted 13 July 2017).

Papier, K, D'Este, C, Bain, C., Banwell C, Seubsman S, Sleigh A, Jordan S, 2017, 'Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and type 2 diabetes incidence in Thai adults: results from an 8-year prospective study.', Nutrition and Diabetes, vol. 7, pp 1-.6. e283; doi:10.1038/nutd.2017.27

Impact and engagement

Jane Dixon and Cathy Banwell presented an invited lecture (by video link) to the SOAS University of London Summer School on Food and Nutrition in Development.  The title was Quest for modernity: ethnographic studies in Thailand’s fresh/wet markets & supermarkets.

Jodie Leu participated in the making of a video for a Grand Challenge.

Cathy and Anna have been awarded an ATLAS.ti in the Classroom Award for their MPH course ‘Qualitative Research Analysis’. In addition to teaching students the fundamentals of qualitative data analysis, Cathy and Anna introduce students to the qualitative analysis software package ATLAS.ti. Using interview transcripts and practice exercises, students learn how to manage and code data as well as create a network visualisation of their analyses. Cathy and Anna have been awarded a full software license along with free semester licenses for all the students enrolled in this semester’s course!

Anna has been appointed a Senior Editor of the journal ‘Drug and Alcohol Review’.