[Air-L] Western Political Science Association Roundtable

[jose marichal]

Colleagues,

Anyone in Political Science who happens to be going to the Western
Political Science Association in Seattle next month and would like to be
part of a methods roundtable on "collecting on-line data," please notify me
off list at:

marichal at callutheran.edu

Thanks,
Jose



On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Liz Sillence <lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University
>
>
> "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and
> exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert
> reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)"
>
> Deadline March 31st 2014
>
> The Internet is well established as a major source of
> health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content
> is
> changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of
> information and
> advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients
> are
> turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed
> patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health
> decisions. In addition patients are increasingly 'life logging' - tracking
> and
> monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data
> on
> weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective
> reports of
> mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this
> information
> (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which
> people combine all this information and use it to better understand their
> own
> condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing.
>
> Using a mixed method approach and different patient
> groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active
> management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand
> how
> the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via
> mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The
> project will explore the following questions:
> * How does increased awareness and monitoring of health
> variables affect peoples' attitudes towards their health condition and
> sense of
> wellbeing?
> * How are different sources of information
> (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer
> term?
> * What are the pathways by which this type of information
> influences decision making?
> * Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - 'no
> decision about me without me', how do people want to be able to share,
> view and
> monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision
> making
> process.
>
> Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr
> Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk
>
> Applicants should hold a first or upper second class
> honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education
> institution,
> or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply,
> provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an
> IELTS
> score of at least 6.5.
>
> To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate
> application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to
> hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk
>
> or by using the application link on the findaphd page
> http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455
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