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Loneliness and Social Capital among older women: An ethnographic exploration in a Northern UK City (2024)
Thesis
Matassini, S. Loneliness and Social Capital among older women: An ethnographic exploration in a Northern UK City. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866265

This ethnographic study explores the experiences of loneliness in older women in a Northern UK City, drawing on the theoretical frameworks of capital. Loneliness is a complex emotional state characterised by sadness, emptiness, and a lack of companio... Read More about Loneliness and Social Capital among older women: An ethnographic exploration in a Northern UK City.

What Choice Risk And Responsibilisation In Cvd Policy (2019)
Journal Article
Hutchison, J., & Holdsworth, J. (in press). What Choice Risk And Responsibilisation In Cvd Policy. Health,

Employing a policy-as-discourse approach, we explore how the language of choice, risk and responsibilisation influences cardiovascular disease policy. We analyse four key pieces of public health literature produced in the UK between 1999 and 2013 tha... Read More about What Choice Risk And Responsibilisation In Cvd Policy.

Gendering women: Identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse (2014)
Book
Clisby, S., & Holdsworth, J. (2014). Gendering women: Identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse. Policy Press

© Policy Press 2014. Gendering Women is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women’s mental wellbeing through the life course. Led by women’s life history accounts of growing up and growing older... Read More about Gendering women: Identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse.