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Chinese and Australian Conceptualisations of Healthy Ageing

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Professor Browning is leading an international collaborative study program with colleagues from Monash University, Peking University, China Capital Medical University and Sichuan University to study community conceptualizations of healthy ageing. The purpose of this work is to develop international definitions of healthy ageing and to develop tools to audit policies and programs with respect to whether they are consistent with healthy ageing concepts and principles. This work builds upon earlier work funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services.

Current investigators include:

  • Colette Browning (Professor of Healthy Ageing, Monash University)  
  • Shane Thomas (Professor of Primary Health Care Research, Monash University)
  • Farzad Sharifian (Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University)
  • Hui Yang (Senior Research Fellow in Primary Care Research, Monash University)
  • Professor Qiu Zeqi (邱泽奇Professor and Director, Sociological Research andDevelopment, Peking University China)

Chinese professors involved in the study:

  • Professor Zhou Yun (周云 Professor of Demography and Sociology, Institute of Population Study, Peking University, China)
  • Professor Yan Shengming(鄢盛明, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Peking University, China)
  • Professor Li Jianxin (李建新, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Peking University, China)
  • Professor Zhang Tuohong (张拓红, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, China)

Chinese professors willing to involve:

  • Professor Song Xinmin (宋新明, Associate Professor, Institute of Population Study, Peking University, China)
  • Professor Zheng Xiaoying (郑晓英, Professor and Director, Institute of Popualtion Study, Peking University, China)
  • Professor Chen Hong (陈功, Professor, Institute of Popualtion Study, Peking University, China)
  • Professor Zhang Kaiti (张恺悌, Senior Research Fellow and Director, China Research Centre on Ageing, China)
  • Professor Guo Ping (郭平, Research Fellow, China Research Centre on Ageing, China)
  • Professor Du Peng (杜鹏, Professor and Director, Gerontology, Renmin University, China)
  • Professor Yao Yuan (姚远, Professor and Director, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University)
  • Professor Sun Min (孙敏, Director of Gerontology Centre, Medical College of Sichuan University)
  • Professor Zhang Kaijin (张开金, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Health Economics, Department of Health Insurance, Southeast University, China)