The effect of individual- and neighborhood- socioeconomic status on older adult’s health: a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study in Hong Kong
Grant Data
Project Title
The effect of individual- and neighborhood- socioeconomic status on older adult’s health: a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Professor Yip, Paul Siu Fai
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Lum Terry Yat Sang
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Chan Chee Hon
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
36
Start Date
2017-01-01
Amount
404567
Conference Title
The effect of individual- and neighborhood- socioeconomic status on older adult’s health: a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study in Hong Kong
Keywords
cross-sectional analyses, longitudinal analyses, mortaltiy, older adults health status, spatial analysis
Discipline
Population HealthPublic Health
Panel
Biology and Medicine (M)
HKU Project Code
17117816
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2016
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 Evaluate the impact of individual-level SES and neighborhood-SES and its interaction on depressive symptoms among Chinese elderly population; 2 Examine individual-SES, after controlling the effect neighborhood-SES, contributes to older adults', how depressive symptoms and vice versa; 3 Investigate possible mitigation effect of neighborhood SES on older adults' depressive symptoms; 4 Explore individual-SES interact with neighborhood SES characteristics in affecting older adult’s how depressive symptoms; 5 Prospectively evaluate how individual- and neighborhood-SES and their interactions affecting all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk among Chinese elderly population 6 Identify pathways for how SES characteristics affect older adults’ mortality.