There has been debate regarding whether increases in longevity results in longer and healthier lives or more disease and suffering. To shed some light on the issue this paper, “Are We Adding Pain-Free Years to Life? A Test of Compression Versus Expansion of Morbidity,” by Zachary Zimmer, Feinuo Sun, Amber Duynisveld, published June 15, 2024, in … Continue reading Does Living Longer Mean a Life of Pain?
Poster Presented at recent PAA conference At the recent Population Association of America (PAA) conference Dr. Zachary Zimmer presented a poster called, Inequality within inequalities: a multi-country comparative study of the effect that wealth has on pain prevalence. The poster was created with help from Kathryn Fraser, Daniel Powers, Anna Zajacova and Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk. PAA … Continue reading
Paper highlights pain should have a central role in sociological investigations of health
A new paper by Anna Zajacova, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk and Zachary Zimmer titled “Sociology of Chronic Pain,” was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, on July 20, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465211025962
Education and Duration of Life
"Education, wealth, and duration of life expected in various degrees of frailty," by Zachary Zimmer, Yasuhiko Saito, Olga Theou, Clove Haviva & Kenneth Rockwood was published April 8, 2021 in theEuropean Journal of Ageing (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-020-00587-2
Can Pain Change Over Time?
"Disparities in Pain: How are they changing over time?" This presentation was given by GACI affiliate Anna Zajacova, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Western University at the 2020 TRENDS Annual Meeting.
Research Reveals Rising Trends in Pain Prevalence for Adults aged 50+ across Europe
New research at GACI documents a troubling rising trend in pain prevalence across a number of European countries." Read the article HERE
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