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David R Phillips (BScEcon, PhD, Wales) has been Professor of Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, since 1997 and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2004. He was Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy from 1999 to 2004 and Founder Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS). Research | Top
His research and teaching interests are in health, health care and social epidemiology, with particular emphasis on social gerontology in which he focuses on service and long-term care issues related to demographic ageing. He researches widely on issues related to health, ageing and the environment, health and stress management aspects of work-life balance and quality of life. He established the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies at Lingnan in 1997 and is founder Co-ordinator of the Asian Ageing Research Network of the Asian Development Research Forum, which was sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Previously, from 1990-1994, he was at the University of Exeter as Director of the Institute of Population Studies and of its World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in Human Reproduction and Reader in Health Studies. He was also a Non-Executive Director of the Devon Family Health Services Authority. From 1994 to 1997, he was Professor of Human Geography at the University of Nottingham and Head of Department, 1996-97, and Director of its WHO Collaborating Centre for Spatial Health Modelling. He has extensive research experience in many countries of Asia and especially the Asia-Pacific, and also Africa and the Caribbean. David Phillips has held visiting appointments or external examinerships at a number of universities, including the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore, the University of the West Indies and the University of Ulster. He was elected Fellow of the Academia Europaea in 1995 and a Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Belgium, in 2008. He has received research support from a wide range of sources including the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong's Quality Education Fund and Occupational Safety and Health Council, Lingnan University, Canada’s IDRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, the European Community and WHO. He has frequently been an adviser and resource person for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and also for other UN bodies. He is a Special Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK, and an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Teaching and Postgraduate SupervisionHis current undergraduate teaching includes social gerontology (SOC203), the social epidemiology of ageing (SOC319), health, illness and behaviour (SOC333) and he has contributed to various research methods courses. He has extensive postgraduate supervision experience of masters and doctoral students in Hong Kong and elsewhere. Editorial Appointments and Publications | Top He is regional advisor to Health and Place and he was until 2006 an advisory editor to Social Science and Medicine. He is on the editorial boards of Ageing International, the Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics and Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, amongst other journals. He is an Executive Editor of the Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. He has published over one hundred papers and many chapters and occasional papers. His books over the last two decades include Accessibility and utilization: geographical perspectives on health care delivery (Harper and Row, 1984), Rural Britain (Blackwell, 1984), Health, race and ethnicity (Croom Helm, co-editor, 1986), New towns in East and Southeast Asia (Oxford University Press, co-editor, 1987), Private homes for elderly people: home from home (University of Sheffield, 1988), The epidemiological transition in Hong Kong: changes in health and disease since the nineteenth century (Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1988), Health and health care in the Third World (Longman, 1990), Ageing in East and Southeast Asia (Edward Arnold, editor, 1992), Health and development (Routledge, co-editor, 1994); Environment and ageing (CUPEM, University of Hong Kong, co-editor, 1999), Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region (Routledge, editor, 2000), Ageing and long-term care: national policies in the Asia-Pacific (ISEAS, Singapore, co-editor, 2002) and Ageing and place (Routledge, co-editor, 2005). Selected Recent Publications | Top Books and Monographs, 1994-2008Ageing and Place: Perspectives, Policy, Practice, London and New York: Routledge, 2005, xvi + 252 pp. (with G. J. Andrews, eds.) Ageing and Long-term Care: National Policies in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Ottawa International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2002, xviii + 242pp. (with Alfred C M Chan, eds.) Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region (editor), London: Routledge, 2000, xviii+382 pp. Environment and Ageing, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, 1999, xvi+196 pp. (with A. Yeh, eds.) Spatial Health Research in Africa: A Review of the Recent Literature, WHO/RPS/98.5, Geneva: World Health Organization, 1998. (with G. Andrews) Paid to Volunteer: the Extent of Paying Volunteers in the 1990s, Volunteer Center, Voluntary Action Research Third Series, Paper 2, June, 1994, 56 pp. (with S. Blacksell) Health and Development, Routledge, London, 1994, xvi+336 pp. (with Yola Verhasselt, eds.) Papers in Refereed Journals since 1995 "Older Consumers in Malaysia", International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2,1, 2007, pp. 83-115. (with Fon-Sim Ong) "Informal Social Support and Older Persons' Psychological Well-Being in Hong Kong", Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23, 2007, pp. 39-55. (with Siu, O. L., Yeh, A. G. O. and Cheng, K. H. C.) "Geographical Gerontology: the Constitution of a Discipline", Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 65, No. 1, July 2007. (with G. Andrews, M. Cutchin, K. McCracken and J. Wiles) "The Impacts of Dwelling Conditions on Older Persons' Psychological Well-being in Hong Kong: The Mediating Role of Residential Satisfaction", Social Science & Medicine, 60, 12, June 2005, pp. 2785-2797. (with Siu, O.L., Yeh, A.G.O. and Cheng, K.H.C.) "Global Aging: the Challenge of Success", Population Bulletin, 60, 1, March 2005, pp. 1-40 (whole issue). (with K. Kinsella) "Petit bourgeois health care? The big small-business of private complementary medical practice", Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 11, 2005, pp. 87-104. (with Gavin J. Andrews) "Constructing a Quality of Life Scale for Older Chinese People in Hong Kong (HKQOLOCP)", Social Indicators Research, Vol. 69, 2004, pp. 279-301. (with Alfred C M Chan, Sheung-Tak Cheng, Iris Chi and Suzanne S Y Ho) "Quality of Life in Old Age: An Investigation of Well Older Persons in Hong Kong", Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 3, May 2004, pp. 309-326. (with Cheng, S.T. and Chan, A.C.M.) "Factors Influencing Older Persons' Residential Satisfaction in Big and Densely Populated Cities in Asia: A Case Study in Hong Kong", Ageing International, Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter 2004, pp. 46-70. (with Siu Oi-ling, Anthony G.O. Yeh and Kevin H. C. Cheng) "Stress, Resources, and Life Satisfaction among Older Adults in Malaysia", Hallym International Journal of Aging, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003, pp. 111-129. (with Ong, Fon Sim) "Age Differences in Safety Attitudes and Safety Performance in Hong Kong Construction Workers", Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2003, pp. 199-205. (with Leung T. W. and Siu Oi-ling) "Exploring Situation-sensitive and Stable Attributes of Quality of Life for the Elderly People in Hong Kong", Journal of the Ageing Family System, Vol. 1, Winter 2002, pp. 62-71. (with Chan C.M.A.) "A Study of Family Support, Friendship, and Psychological Well-being Among Older Women in Hong Kong", International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Vol. 55, No. 4, 2002, pp. 299-319. (with Siu Oi-ling) "Changing Local Geographies of Private Residential Care for Older People 1983-1999: Lessons for Social Policy in England and Wales", Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 55, No. 1, 2002, pp. 63-78. (with Gavin J. Andrews) “Persistence and Challenges to Filial Piety and Informal Support of Older Persons in a Modern Chinese Society: A Case Study of Tuen Mun, Hong Kong”, Journal of Aging Studies, Vol. 16, 2002, pp. 1-20. (with Anita Ng and Lee Keng-mun, William) "Exploring Situation-sensitive and Stable Attributes of Quality of Life for the Elderly People in Hong Kong", Journal of the Ageing Family System, Vol. 1, 2002, pp. 62-71. (with Alfred Chan C.M.) "Family Support for Older Persons in the Asia-Pacific Region: Demise or Durability?", in Sustainable Social Structures in a Society for All Ages, Economic & Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, 2001, pp. 42-47. "Age Differences in Safety Attitudes and Safety Performance in Hong Kong Construction Workers", Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2000, pp. 199-205. (with Siu Oi-ling, Leung Tat-wing) "Is There a Geographical Variation in Eczema Prevalence in the UK? Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study", British Journal of Dermatology, Vol. 142, 2000, pp. 712-720. (with N. McNally, H.C. Williams and D.P. Strachan) "Long-term Care", in Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery (eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition, New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000, pp. 1652-1663. "Moral Dilemmas and the Management of Private Residential Homes: The Impact of Care in the Community Reforms in the UK", Ageing and Society, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2000, pp. 599-622. (with G.J. Andrews) "Private Residential Care for Older Persons: the Local Impacts of Care in the Community Reforms in England and Wales", Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2000, pp. 206-222. (with G. Andrews) “Researching the Geography of Health Care: Connecting with the Third World”, GeoJournal, Vol. 50, 2000, pp. 369-378. (with Mark W Rosenberg) "Ageing in rural China: Impacts of increasing diversity in family and community resources", Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 1999, Vol. 14, pp. 153-168. (with A. Joseph) "Late stages of epidemiological transition's health status in the developed world", Health and Place, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1999, pp. 209-222. (with M. Smallman-Raynor) "Inequalities in mortality and illness in Trent NHS Region", Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999, pp. 81-87. (with Huff, N., C. Macleod, D. Ebdon, L. Davies and A. Nicholson) "A qualitative study of the professional relationship between family physicians and hospital specialists", Professional Geographer, Vol. 51, No. 2, 1999, pp. 274-282. (with M. N. Marshall) "Atopic eczema and water hardness", The Lancet, Vol. 352, August 15, 1998, pp. 527-531. (with N.J. McNally, H.C. Williams et al) "Markets and private residential homes: Promoting efficiency or chaos?", Generations Review, Journal of the British Society of Gerontology, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1998, pp. 9-13. (with G. Andrews) "Design and implementation of a Program Quality Assessment Tool: Three case-studies of primary health research in developing countries", International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 14, No. 8/9, 1998, pp. 791-811. (with P. Raghavan-Gilbert and L. Gilbert) "Health, environment and development: Issues in developing and transitional countries", GeoJournal, Vol. 44, No. 2, 1998, pp. 97-102. (with P. Groenewegen and Y. Verhasselt)(and co-editor of the Special Issue) "The problem of atopic eczema: Aetiological clues from the environment and lifestyles", Social Science and Medicine, 46, 6, 1998, pp. 729-741. (with McNally, N.J. and H.C. Williams) "Ageing in aged care in the People Republic of China: National issues and local perspectives", Health and Place, 3, 3, 1997, pp. 149-159. (with Bartlett, H.) "GP fundholding & prescribing in UK general practice: Evidence from two rural, English FHSAs", Public Health, 111, 1997, pp. 321-325. (with Baines, D., and P. Brigham, et.al.) "Ageing trends: Singapore", Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 10, 1995, pp. 349-356. (with Bartlett, H.) "Managing private residential care: The impacts of care in the community reforms in the UK and suggestions for private homes policy in Hong Kong", Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology, 10, 2, 1996, pp. 21-28. (with Andrews, G.) "Policy issues in the private health sector: Examples from long-term care in the UK", Social Science and Medicine, 43, 5, 1996, pp. 731-737. (with Bartlett, H.) "Aging trends: Hong Kong", Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 10, 3, 1995, pp. 257-265. (with Bartlett, H.) "Aging in the United Kingdom: A review of demographic trends, recent policy developments and care provision", Korea Journal of Population and Development, 24, 2, 1995, pp. 181-195. (with Bartlett, H.) "Family planning services in Devon, UK: Awareness, experience and attitudes of pregnant teenagers", British Journal of Family Planning, 21, 1995, pp. 45-49. (with Pearson, V., M.R. Owen, D.J. Pereira-Gray and M.N. Marshall) "Implications of epidemiological transition for health and health care", Geografiska Annaler, 76B, 2, 1995, pp. 71-89. "Island health", Special issue of Health and Place, 1, 4, December 1995, 64, pp. and author, pp. 195-7. (Editor) "Pregnant teenagers' knowledge and use of emergency contraception", British Medical Journal, Vol. 310, 24 June 1995, pp. 1644. (with Vearson, M.R. Owen, D.J. Pereira-Gray and M.N. Marshall) "Regulating residential aged care homes in Hong Kong: Issues for the Asia-Pacific region", Asian Journal of Public Administration, 17, 2, 1995, pp. 231-247. (with Bartlett, H.) "The IGU commission on health, environment and development: Aims and activities", Health and Place, 1, 1, 1995, pp. 65-67. Book Chapters including Proceedings since 1995 "Ageing in Malaysia: progress and prospects", in Ageing in East Asia: Challenges and Policies for the 21st Century, (publ. early 2009) ed. T.H. Fu and R. Hughes, Routledge: London (with Fon-Sim Ong and H. Tengku-Aizan) "Epidemiological transition", in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier: Oxford, in press, 2008. (with K. McCracken) "The geography of health care systems", in Medical Sciences, ed. P. Mansourian, WHO, Honorary Theme Editor, with Yola Verhasselt, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK [http://www.eolss.net], 2007. (with K. Wilson and M.W. Rosenberg) "Geographical Studies in Ageing: Progress and Connections to Social Gerontology", in Gavin J Andrews and David R Phillips (eds), Ageing and Place: Perspectives, Policy, Practice, London & New York: Routledge, 2005, pp.7-12. (with Gavin J Andrews) "International Demographic Transitions", in Gavin J Andrews and David R Phillips (eds), Ageing and Place: Perspectives, Policy, Practice, London and New York: Routledge, 2005, pp. 36-60. (with Kevin McCracken) "Ageing and the Urban Environment", in Gavin J Andrews and David R Phillips (eds), Ageing and Place: Perspective, Policy, Practice, London and New York: Routledge, 2005, pp. 147-163. (with Oi Ling Siu, Anthony G O Yeh and Kevin H C Cheng) "Potential Consequences of Population Ageing for Social Development in China", in Lloyd-Sherlock, P. (ed.), Living Longer: Ageing, Development and Social Protection, UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development), Geneva and Zed Books, London, 2004, pp. 97-116. (with Du Peng) "Social Services for Older Persons in Asia and the Pacific: Trends and Issues", National Policies and Programmes of Ageing in Asia and the Pacific: An Overview and Lessons Learned, Social Policy Paper No. 9, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations: New York, 2002, pp. 85-110. (with Chan C.M.A.) "Ageing in Asia and the Pacific: Critical Issues in National Policies and Programmes", National Policies and Programmes of Ageing in Asia and the Pacific: An Overview and Lessons Learned, Social Policy Paper No. 9, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations: New York, 2002, pp. 1-42. (with Chan C.M.A.) Access to Social Services by the Poor and Disadvantaged in Asia and the Pacific: Major Trends and Issues, Social Policy Paper No. 11, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations: New York, 2002. (with Chan C.M.A.) "National policies on ageing and long-term care in the Asia-Pacific issues and challenges", in D R Phillips and AC M Chan (eds.), Ageing and Long-term Care National Policies in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Ottawa International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2002, pp. 1-22. (with A C M Chan) "Policies on ageing and long-term care in Hong Kong", in D R Phillips and AC M Chan (eds), Ageing and Long-term Care National Policies in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Ottawa International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2002, pp. 23-67. (with A C M Chan) "The United Kingdom: Demographic Trends, Recent Policy Developments, and Care Provision", in Bengtson, V.L., Kim, K-D., Myers, G.C. and Eun, K-S. (eds.), Aging in East and West: Families, States and the Elderly, Springer, New York, 2000, pp. 168-189. (with Helen Bartlett) "Geographical Studies of Atopic Dermatitis", in Hywel C. Williams (ed.), Atopic Dermatitis, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 71-84. (with N. McNally) "Social Factors and Atopic Dermatitis", in Hywel C. Williams (ed.), Atopic Dermatitis, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 139-147. (with N. McNally) "Socio-spatial Variations in Health", in M. Pacione (ed.), Applied Geography, Routledge, London, 1999, pp. 425-437. (with M. Smallman-Raynor) "Shared Accommodation for Single Persons in Hong Kong Public Housing Estates", in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference for the International Year of Older Persons, Social Welfare Department and HK Council of Social Services, Vol. 2, 1999, pp. 286-294. (with Luk K.L. and Chan, C.M.) "Developing Services for Older Persons in the Asia-Pacific Region Today: Issues and Constraints", Keynote Paper in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference for the International Year of Older Persons, Social Welfare Department and HK Council of Social Services, Vol. 2, 1999, pp. 3-17. "An Ageing Society in Hong Kong", in Proceedings of International Symposium on Ageing and Health in Kobe, 10-13 November 1998, WHO Kobe Centre, 1999, pp. 347-352. "Education, Training and Research for Policy for Ageing Populations", in Proceedings of International Symposium on Ageing and Health in Kobe, 10-13 November 1998, WHO Kobe Centre, 1999, pp. 443-446. "A methodology for the Assessment of Critical Ecological Situations, Public Health and Environmental Pollution: a Russian Case-study", in P. Santana (ed.), Health and Health Care in Transition, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999, pp. 85-94. (with Svetlana M. Malkazova, Vladimir S. Tikunov and Yola Verhasselt) "Developing services for older persons in the Asia-Pacific Region today: Issues and constraints", in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference for the International Year of Older Persons, Hong Kong: Social Welfare Department and Hong Kong Council of Social Services, 1999, Vol. 2, pp. 3-17. "The local environment and the lives of urban elderly people: Issues and examples from Hong Kong", in P. Santana (ed.), Health and Health Care in Transition, Proceedings of an International Meeting; University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999, pp. 95-104. "The geography of atopic dematitis", The Epidemiology of Atopic Dermatitis, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. (with McNally, N., in H.C. Williams, eds.) "The place and utility of focus groups in social and health research: Conceptual and practical considerations", in C. Palagiano, G. De Santis and D. Castagnoli (eds.), Atti del Sesto Seminario Internazionale di Geografia medica, Perugia, Ed. Rux, 1998, pp. 31-38. "Age", in M. Pacione (ed.), Britain Cities, London: Routledge, 1997, pp. 277-299. (with Bartlett, H.) "Attitudes to family planning services in practices and clinics", Royal College of General Practitioners Members' Reference Book 1995, London: Sterling Publications, 1995, pp. 403-409. (with Pearson, V.) Papers in other Journals, Special Publications since 1995 "Researching the Geography of Health and Health Care: Connecting with the Third World", GeoJournal, Vol. 50, 2000, pp. 369-378. (with Mark W Rosenberg) "Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region: the Impact of the Ageing and Development Report", Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1999, pp. 44-55. "Delhi: an Indian mega-city", Geography Review, 11, 3, 1998, pp. 2-7. (with Royle, S.) "China's population policy and its consequences", Geography Review, 11, 1, 1997, pp. 2-7. (with Royle, S.) "Hong Kong and 1997: Business as usual?" Geographical Magazine, January 1997, pp. 12-14. "Public health and environmental pollution in Russia: A methodology for the assessment of critical ecological situations", Bulletin of the IGU, 47, 1, 1997, pp. 5-16. (with S. Malkhazova, Tikunov, V., and Verhasselt, Y.) "Issues in inspection", in E.M. F. Leung et.al. (ed.), Total care of the elderly: A multi-disciplinary approach, Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology, 10, Supplement, 1996, pp. 281-284. "Regulating quality of care of older people's accommodation in the private sector: Issues from Hong Kong and the UK's experience", in V. Kumar (ed.), Aging: Indian Perspective and Global Scenario, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1996, pp. 263-269. (with Bartlett, H.P.) "A nation of pensioners", China Now, No. 152, 1995, pp. 8-9. "Ageing and aged care in Guangzhou, China", Bold, 5, 4, 1995, pp. 20-23. (with Bartlett, H.P.) Working Papers, Research Reports since 2000 Practical Booklet on Healthy Lifestyle and Stress Management in Police Work, Hong Kong Police College and Lingnan University, 2008. (in English and Chinese) (with Siu Oi-ling) Research on Family-friendly Employment Policies and Practices (FEPPs) in Hong Kong. Report and Executive Summary for the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission and the Women's Commission, November 2006. (with Siu Oi-ling) Work Stress Management DIY Kit, A Bilingual Guide in English and Chinese for Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Council, 2006, 100 pp. and CD. (with Siu Oi-ling, Cheung, C. K. T. and Shiu, Y. F. W.) "An Exploratory Study on the Significance of Outbound Travelling for the Older Persons in Hong Kong", Monograph Series, No.8 (January 2005), Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University. (with Chan, C. M. A., Fong, M. S. F. and Wong, H. Y. E.) "An Exploratory Study of Older Persons' Computer and Internet Usage in Hong Kong", Monograph Series, No.3 (2003), Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University, 2003. (with Chan C. M. A. and Fong M. S. F.) To Enhance Secondary School Students' Social Competency, Self-esteem, and Psychological Well-being Through Doing Social Services for Elderly People, Quality Education Fund Project, 2002. (with Kwok Hong-kin and Siu Oi-ling) “A Study of Family Support, Friendship, and Psychological Well-being Among Older Women in Hong Kong”, Working Paper Series, No.8 (8/00), Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University, 2000. (with Siu Oi-ling) “Safety Climate and Employee Health Among Blue Collar Workers in Hong Kong and China: Age and Gender Differences”, Working Paper Series, No. 104 (7/00), Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, 2000. (with Ian Donald, Siu Oi-ling and Billy She) Strangers Sharing Space and Lives: A Qualitative Study of the Attitudes of Single Elderly Persons to Living in Shared Accommodation in Hong Kong Public Housing Estates, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University, 2000. (with K.L. Luk and A.C.M. Chan) Teaching Subjects | Top
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