Ann Patricia Bowling Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Ann Patricia Bowling
Birth Date:1951 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Surrey, England
Nationality:British, Irish
Citizenship:British
Irish
Occupation:Research professor
Period:1978 to present
Known For:Research on quality of life for older people
Professor
Boards:Ageing Research and Health Expectations (formerly), International Journal of Ageing and Human Development (formerly)
Awards:BMA Medical Book Awards – Highly Commended on Basis of Medicine 1998, 2015
Fellowship of Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians (2006)
Website:U. of Southampton webpage
Education:Lowestoft Grammar School
Alma Mater:Universities of London and Wales
Thesis Title:Delegation in General Practice
Thesis Year:1981
School Tradition:Sociology and Anthropology
Doctoral Advisor:Professor Roy Mapes
Discipline:Sociologist
Sub Discipline:Public Health Sociology, Social Gerontology
Workplaces:University of Southampton
Main Interests:Ageing, quality of life, inequalities in access to health care

Ann Patricia Bowling (born 7 May 1951) is a British and Irish sociologist and academic, specializing in research on ageing, quality of life, and research methods. Bowling developed the internationally recognized[1] [2] [3] Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL).[4] [5] [6] Bowling was most recently Professor of Health Sciences, University of Southampton (2012–17),[7] [8] [9] where she is now visiting professor.

Work

Previously Bowling was Professor of Ageing at St George's, University of London (2010–11),[10] [11] [12] Professor of Health Services Research at University College London (1995–2010),[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Senior Lecturer promoted to Reader at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (1986–1995)[18] [19] [20] and joint Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1988–91),[21] following several research posts.[22]

Bowling's main work has focused on research and policy regarding quality of life in older age, and research methods in public health. She authored widely cited textbooks on research methods in public health Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales[23] and Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services.[24] [25] [26] [27] [28] Both have gone through four editions.

Bowling has been a member of various editorial boards, including the International Journal of Aging and Human Development.[29]

Honours

In July 2006, Bowling was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Measuring Health won Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine section in the 1998 British Medical Association Medical Book Competition. Research Methods in Health won Highly Commended in Basis of Medicine section in the 2015 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards.[30] [31]

Academic works

Books (selected)

Journal articles (selected)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Mares . Jiri . Cigler . Hynek . Vachkova . Eva . 18 June 2016 . Czech version of OPQOL-35 questionnaire: the evaluation of the psychometric properties . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes . En . 14 . 1 . 93 . 10.1186/s12955-016-0494-7 . 1477-7525 . 4912803 . 27317441 . free .
  2. Kaambwa . Billingsley . Gill . Liz . McCaffrey . Nicola . Lancsar . Emily . Cameron . Ian D. . Crotty . Maria . Gray . Len . Ratcliffe . Julie . 30 September 2015 . An empirical comparison of the OPQoL-Brief, EQ-5D-3 L and ASCOT in a community dwelling population of older people . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes . En . 13 . 1 . 164 . 10.1186/s12955-015-0357-7 . 1477-7525 . 4588872 . 26420314 . free .
  3. Chen . Yu . Hicks . Allan . While . Alison E . 1 October 2013 . Validity and reliability of the modified Chinese version of the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL) in older people living alone in China . International Journal of Older People Nursing . en . 9 . 4 . 306–316 . 10.1111/opn.12042 . 24118843 . 1748-3735.
  4. Bowling . Ann . Hankins . Matthew . Windle . Gill . Bilotta . Claudio . Grant . Robert . 1 January 2013 . A short measure of quality of life in older age: The performance of the brief Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief) . Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics . en . 19 September 2012 . 56 . 1 . 181–187 . 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.012 . 22999305 . 0167-4943.
  5. Web site: OPQOL - Older People's Quality of Life. eprovide.mapi-trust.org. en. 26 July 2018.
  6. Bowling . Ann . 2009 . The Psychometric Properties of the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire, Compared with the CASP-19 and the WHOQOL-OLD . Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research . en . 2009 . 298950 . 10.1155/2009/298950 . 1687-7063 . 2819744 . 20168974. free .
  7. Web site: Cancer, Palliative and End of Life Care Research Projects 2012. 2012. southampton.ac.uk.
  8. Page . Thomas E. . Farina . Nicolas . Brown . Anna . Daley . Stephanie . Bowling . Ann . Basset . Thurstine . Livingston . Gill . Gill Livingston . Knapp . Martin . Murray . Joanna . 1 March 2017 . Instruments measuring the disease-specific quality of life of family carers of people with neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review . BMJ Open . en . 7 . 3 . e013611 . 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013611 . 2044-6055 . 5372121 . 28360239.
  9. News: Voluntary work keeps your brain sharper . Chris . Smyth . 2 December 2016 . The Times. en-GB . 0140-0460.
  10. Book: Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services (About the Author) . 2009. 9780335233649 . Bowling . Ann . McGraw-Hill Education .
  11. Web site: Research reveals keys to quality of life in old age. www.kingston.ac.uk. en. 31 July 2018.
  12. Web site: Leading expert joins Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences . 25 November 2010 . Kingston University – London . 3 August 2018.
  13. Bowling . Ann . September 1997 . Colleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer. Life Beyond 85 Years: The Aura of Survivorship. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 1997, 267 pp., $33.95, ISBN 0 826 19540 7 . Ageing & Society . en . 17 . 5 . 615–626 . 1469-1779. 10.1017/S0144686X97246623 . 145787992 .
  14. Bowling . Ann . 6 July 2009 . Rocio Fernández-Ballesteros, Active Aging: The Contribution of Psychology, Hogrefe and Huber, Gottingen, Germany, 2008, 194 pp., pbk €29.95 . 978-0-88937-360-0 . Ageing and Society . en . 29 . 6 . 998–999 . 10.1017/s0144686x09008757 . 143063893 . 0144-686X.
  15. Web site: Ann Bowling's research while affiliated with University College London and other places . 3 August 2018 . ResearchGate.
  16. News: Are the elderly less deserving of the best medical care? . 14 February 2007 . The Telegraph. en-GB . 0307-1235.
  17. News: Shock as doctors admit to ageism . Hall . Celia . 14 February 2007 . The Telegraph. en-GB . 0307-1235.
  18. Bowling . Ann . Farquhar . Morag . September 1991 . Psychiatric Morbidity and Service Use Among Elderly People . Ageing & Society . en . 11 . 3 . 275–297 . 10.1017/S0144686X00004177 . 71401793 . 1469-1779.
  19. Bowling . Ann . Farquhar . Morag . June 1993 . The Health and Well-being of Jewish People Aged 65 to 85 Years Living at Home in the East End of London . Ageing & Society . en . 13 . 2 . 213–244 . 10.1017/S0144686X00000866 . 72430657 . 1469-1779.
  20. Saul . Helen . 25 December 1993 . Dying swans?: Audiences expect their ballet dancers to be wraith-like graceful creatures. But the price may be too high . New Scientist . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804011910/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14019053-900-dying-swans-audiences-expect-their-ballet-dancers-to-be-wraith-like-graceful-creatures-but-the-price-may-be-too-high/ . 4 August 2018 . 3 August 2018 . A survey by Ann Bowling at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London found that almost half of all professional dancers have a chronic injury..
  21. Clark . Patricia . Bowling . Ann . June 1989 . Observational Study of Quality of Life in NHS Nursing Homes and a Long-stay Ward for the Elderly . Ageing & Society . en . 9 . 2 . 123–148 . 10.1017/S0144686X00013520 . 145072545 . 1469-1779 .
  22. Web site: Professor Ann Bowling Health Sciences University of Southampton . University of Southampton . www.southampton.ac.uk . en . 26 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901052212/https://www.southampton.ac.uk/healthsciences/about/staff/ab15g11.page . 1 September 2018 . live.
  23. Book: Bowling . Ann . Measuring Health: a review of subjective health, well-being and quality of life measurement scales . 2017 . McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press . Maidenhead . 9780335261949 . 4th .
  24. Book: Bowling . Ann . Research Methods in health . McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press . Maidenhead . 9780335262755 . 4th . 1 July 2014 .
  25. Web site: Ann Bowling - Google Scholar Page . 31 July 2018.
  26. Nyklícek . Ivan . 17 November 2006 . 2000 . Research Methods in Health (Review) . Journal of Psychophysiology . 14 . 2 . 126–128 . 10.1027//0269-8803.14.2.126.
  27. Robinson . Jill . 28 July 2009 . 1998 . Book review - Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services . Disability and Rehabilitation . 20 . 11 . 434 . 10.3109/09638289809166107 .
  28. Foldspang . Anders . 16 February 2001 . Book Review - Research Methods in Health. Investigating Health and Health Services . Statistics in Medicine . 20 . 5 . 819 . 10.1002/sim.755 .
  29. 1 September 2014. Message from the Editor. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. en. 79. 2. 103–107. 10.2190/AG.79.2.a. 0091-4150. 44637402.
  30. Web site: Congratulations go to... Health Sciences University of Southampton. www.southampton.ac.uk. en. 31 July 2018.
  31. Book: BMA Medical Book Awards 2015 Programme and Awards Winners. British Medical Association. 2015. 15.

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