Health and care

Research projects related to this theme

LIVIA-FR: An online unguided self-help intervention for people struggling with interpersonal loss

Led by

Anik Debrot & Valentino Pomini

"Parchemins" Project - Assessing the health and well-being of undocumented migrants

Led by

Claudine Burton-Jeangros and Yves-Laurent Jackson

AGE-INT (Geneva work packages)

Led by

Dimitri Konstantas, Katarzyna Wac & Matthias Kliegel

APOE-related pathological cognitive development and cognitive reserve accumulation pathways: a detailed lifespan perspective

Led by

Andreas Ihle

Cause Commune - Involving residents in the organization of their city

La Covid-19 a exacerbé les inégalités socioéconomiques de manière inédite. Ce projet vise à mieux comprendre comment les politiques sociales se sont redéployées en contexte de crise pour amortir les effets de la pandémie.

Led by

Dario Spini and Alain Plattet

Cognitive reserve accumulation pathways and pathological cognitive development

Led by

Andreas Ihle

Describing the safety of abortion at the population level using network-based survey approaches – a pilot study

Led by

Clémentine Rossier

Effects of measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic on the social conditions and health of vulnerable populations

Led by

Andrea Rea, Racapé Judith, Raynault Marie-France, Yves-Laurent Jackson & Claudine Burton-Jeangros

Family ties and vulnerability processes: Network-wide properties, agency and life-course relational reserves

Led by

Clémentine Rossier and Laura Bernardi

Fit for Crisis? Social Policy in Times of COVID-19: a Longitudinal Mixed-Method Approach

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Led by

Emilie Rosenstein, Aline Duvoisin, Nicolas Pons-Vignon & Matthias Studer

Health & Ageing at Work (HAWK): A Study of Menopause in Switzerland

Led by

Nicky Le Feuvre & Isabelle Zinn

Health in vulnerable groups

Led by

Claudine Burton-Jeangros and Daniela Jopp

Health trajectories and life transitions: A life course approach to health vulnerability

Led by

Claudine Burton-Jeangros

Healthy Ageing in the Face of Death: Preferences, Communication, Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding End of Life and End-of-life Planning Among Older Adults in Switzerland

Led by

Jürgen Mauer

Helpline calls, job finding and interview training in the Covid-19 crisis

Helpline calls, job finding and interview training in the Covid-19 crisis

Led by

Rafael Lalive

How did COVID-19 reframe end-of-life planning of older adults in Switzerland? Preferences, Communication, Knowledge, and Behaviors Regarding End of Life and End-of-life Planning before and during the COVID-19 crisis

Led by

Jürgen Maurer

Impacts of Covid-19 and policy measures on trade, labor demand, and job finding

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Led by

Rafael Lalive & Fabrizio Colella

Life course mechanisms of vulnerability in old age

Led by

Matthias Kliegel and Jürgen Maurer

Metabolic and vascular risk as modifiers of the relationship between age-dependent changes in the brain and cognition

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Led by

Paolo Ghisletta

Modelling the impact of contraception on women’s empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa using recent longitudinal PMA data and sequence analysis

Led by

Clémentine Rossier

Old age

Led by

Matthias Kliegel

Reducing social and life course inequalities in preventive practices

Led by

Stéphane Cullati, Piet Bracke, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Sorana Toma

Social inequalities in cancer prevention care and fundamental social causes: a comparative study of innovative technologies and (in)effective policies

Led by

Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Piet Bracke & Stéphane Cullati

Solidarity in times of crisis: perceptions of deservingness during the pandemic in Switzerland

Led by

Flavia Fossati

Stress and ressource dynamics across life domains

Led by

Laura Bernardi

SWISS100 - Investigating vulnerability and resilience in Swiss centenarians

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Led by

Daniela Jopp, Stefano Cavalli, François Richard Herrmann, Armin von Gunten

The COVID generation: Identifying risks and protective factors for young people's pathways through the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

Led by

Marieke Voorpostel, Núria Sánchez-Mira, Stephanie Steinmetz & Leen Vandecasteele

The Effects of Economic Inequality on Subjective Well-Being

Led by

Nicolas Sommet

Trajectories within contexts

Led by

Felix Bühlmann

Violence in sport in the Canton of Vaud - Focus on young sportspeople (VSV)

Led by

Roberta Antonini Philippe, Fabrice Brodard, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier & Tina Stahel

Wellways

Led by

Laura Bernardi & Marieke Voorpostel

Women facing cancer: Impact of the social support

Led by

Nicolas Favez

Young adults' social networks in Switzerland : Which social capital for their education and professional integration?

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Led by

Eric Widmer, Eva Nada, Marlène Sapin, Gil Viry, Ivan de Carlo & Myriam Girardin