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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Jane Falkingham is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research is situated primarily within the social sciences, with significant work also conducted in psychology. The main subfields of their research include sociology and political science, demography, general health professions, health, and political science and international relations.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum, emphasizing intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, health disparities and outcomes, migration, aging and tourism studies, social policy and reform studies, employment and welfare studies, COVID-19 and mental health, as well as healthcare innovation and challenges.

Among recent publications authored by Jane Falkingham are:

  • "Changing living arrangements and stress during Covid-19 lockdown: Evidence from four birth cohorts in the UK" (2021), published in SSM - Population Health
  • "Menopausal transition and change in employment: Evidence from the National Child Development Study" (2020), published in Maturitas
  • "The Impact of Changing Social Support on Older Persons' Onset of Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom" (2022), published in The Gerontologist
  • "Prospective longitudinal study of 'Sleepless in Lockdown': unpacking differences in sleep loss during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK" (2022), published in BMJ Open
  • "The impact of Brexit on international students' return intentions" (2021), published in Manchester School

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jane Falkingham include:

  • Maria Evandrou
  • Athina Vlachantoni
  • Min Qin
  • Ning Wang
  • Maodi Xu

Their work has been featured repeatedly in key publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • Maturitas
  • Ageing and Society
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Social Policy and Society

Jane Falkingham holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, reflecting their engagement with the broader academic social sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Health care systems in transition

    Judith Healy;Jane Falkingham;Martin McKee

  • Marital status, health and mortality

    James Robards;Maria Evandrou;Jane Falkingham;Athina Vlachantoni

  • Poverty, out of pocket payments and access to health care: evidence from Tajikistan

    Jane Falkingham

  • Gender, turning points, and boomerangs: returning home in young adulthood in Great Britain.

    Juliet Stone;Ann Berrington;Jane Falkingham

  • Measuring health and poverty: a review of approaches to identifying the poor

    Jane Falkingham;Ceema Namazie

  • Overview of migration, poverty and health dynamics in Nairobi City's slum settlements.

    Eliya M. Zulu;Donatien Beguy;Alex C. Ezeh;Philippe Bocquier

  • Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood

    Peter W Gething;Fiifi Amoako Johnson;Faustina Frempong-Ainguah;Faustina Frempong-Ainguah;Philomena Nyarko;Philomena Nyarko

  • Ageing and economic welfare

    Paul A. Johnson;Jane Falkingham

  • The changing determinants of UK young adults' living arrangements

    Juliet Stone;Ann Berrington;Jane Falkingham

  • Ethnic inequalities in limiting health and self-reported health in later life revisited

    Maria Evandrou;Jane Falkingham;Zhixin Feng;Athina Vlachantoni

  • Inequality and changes in women's use of maternal health-care services in Tajikistan.

    Jane Falkingham

  • The dynamic of welfare: the welfare state and the life cycle

    Jane Falkingham;John Hills

  • Onwards or Homewards? Complex Graduate Migration Pathways, Well‐being, and the ‘Parental Safety Net’

    Joanna Sage;Maria Evandrou;Jane Falkingham

  • Measuring unmet need for social care amongst older people

    Athina Vlachantoni;Richard Shaw;Rosalind Willis;Maria Evandrou

  • Infrastructural challenges to better health in maternity facilities in rural Kenya: community and healthworker perceptions

    Hildah Essendi;Fiifi Amoako Johnson;Nyovani Madise;Zoe Matthews

  • An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa

    Makandwe Nyirenda;Makandwe Nyirenda;Somnath Chatterji;Jane Falkingham;Portia Mutevedzi

  • Hunger and food insecurity in Nairobi's slums: an assessment using IRT models.

    Ousmane Faye;Angela Baschieri;Jane Falkingham;Kanyiva Muindi

  • The determinants of receiving social care in later life in England.

    Athina Vlachantoni;Richard Shaw;Maria Evandrou;Jane Falkingham

  • Health Care in Central Asia

    Martin McKee;Judith Healy;Jane Falkingham

  • Looking back to look forward: lessons from four birth cohorts for ageing in the 21st century.

    Maria Evandrou;Jane Falkingham

  • Trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-2007.

    Jane Falkingham;Baktygul Akkazieva;Angela Baschieri

  • Older and ‘staying at home’ during lockdown: informal care receipt during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst people aged 70 and over in the UK

    Maria Evandrou;Jane Falkingham;Min Qin;Athina Vlachantoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria Hosegood
Victoria Hosegood University of Southampton
Zoe Matthews
Zoe Matthews University of Southampton
Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marie-Louise Newell
Marie-Louise Newell University of Southampton
Nyovani Madise
Nyovani Madise University of Southampton
Alex Ezeh
Alex Ezeh Drexel University
Dina Balabanova
Dina Balabanova London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Emily Grundy
Emily Grundy University of Essex
Peter M. Atkinson
Peter M. Atkinson Lancaster University
Christopher D. F. Rogers
Christopher D. F. Rogers University of Birmingham

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