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Ann Patricia Bowling From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Patricia Bowling, Doctor of Philosophy, (born 7 May 1951) is a British sociologist and academic, previously trained and qualified in Benesh Movement Notation . Dual British and Irish nationality.

Bowling specialises in research on ageing, quality of life, and research methods, for example:

She developed the Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL) [1]. She was Professor of Health Sciences, University of Southampton (2012-17), where she is now Visiting Professor. Previously Bowling was Professor of Ageing at St George's, University of London (2010-11), Professor of Health Services Research at University College London (1995-2010), Senior Lecturer promoted to Reader at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (1986-1995) and joint Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1988-91), following several research posts.

Honours

In July 2006, Bowling was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Her book, Measuring Health, with the Open University Press, won Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine section, British Medical Association Medical Book Competition (1998) and is now in its 4th edition [2]. Bowling’s book Research Methods in Health, 4th edition, with Mc-Graw Hill Education, Open University Press, won Highly Commended in Basis of Medicine section at the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards (2015) [3].

References

[1] OPQOL. accessed 26th July 2018

Selected referenced works

Ann Bowling, Paul Dieppe. What is successful ageing and who should define it? British Medical Journal, 2005, 331: 1548-1551.

Ann Bowling, Sharon See-tai S, Richard Morris, Shah Ebrahim. Quality of life among older people with poor functioning. The influence of perceived control over life. Age and Ageing, 2007, 36:310-315.

Ann Bowling, Emily Grundy. Differentials in mortality up to 20 years after baseline interview among older people in East London and Essex. Age and Ageing, 2009, 38: 51-55.]]

Ann Bowling, A. Predictors of mortality among a national sample of elderly widowed people: analysis of 28-year mortality rates. Age and Ageing, 2009, 38: 527-530.

Ann Bowling, Paul Stenner. Which measure of quality of life performs best in older age? A comparison of the OPQOL, CASP-19 and WHOQOL-OLD. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2011, 65:273-280.

Ann Bowling, Brian Dodgeon, Jitka Pikhartova. (2016). Is mid-life engagement in civic activities protective of cognitive function at age 50? Longitudinal analyses of the National Child Development Study. Longitudinal analyses of the National Child Development Study. BMC Psychology. 2016, 4:58.

Links

Links to downloadable pdf files about OPQOL

www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_161.pdf www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_161.pdf www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_180.pdf www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/OPQOL_brief_questionnaire.pdf

Links accessed 26th July 2018

Dear Furicorn 4th July 2018 20.34 Thanks for messages. This is where the requested information from TALK starts to the end of this page, it is a copy and paste from WORD and it said it converted here to Wikitext, are the url's live when you read it or shall I redo them as Cite/auto etc > Thank you. I have lost count of the number of colons to preface messages. Thank you.

Evidence live links and contribution, OPQOL etc, all links accessed again 3rd August 2018, as requested:

Publications in order of highest citations are viewable on Google scholar:

https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=zjfb30QAAAAJ&hl=en

National/international press reports which have INDEPENDENTLY described and reported on Ann Bowling’s work and stated university affiliation at the time:

Main feature in New Scientist 1993 included her research on dancers’ injuries (the research can be accessed at  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.298.6675.731) and stated affiliation then at St Bartholomew’s Hospital:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14019053-900-dying-swans-audiences-expect-their-ballet-dancers-to-be-wraith-like-graceful-creatures-but-the-price-may-be-too-high/

National press reports on her research projects and publications on ageing and ageism in health care, include these which also cite then affiliation at University College London:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1542660/Are-the-elderly-less-deserving-of-the-best-medical-care.html

and its linked news report (front page):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542630/Shock-as-doctors-admit-to-ageism.html

and another:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-435991/Half-doctors-65s-low-priority.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1542660/Are-the-elderly-less-deserving-of-the-best-medical-care.html

And on her research on cognitive decline, citing affiliation with University of Southampton:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/voluntary-work-keeps-your-brain-sharper-xkhfkg667https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1542660/Are-the-elderly-less-deserving-of-the-best-medical-care.html

Main contribution

Ann Bowling’s main research and policy contribution is on quality of life in older age. Her work led to her invited Annex on conceptual definitions on quality of life and well-being in the U.K. Chief Medical Officer annual report 2013: public mental health:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officer-cmo-annual-report-public-mental-health

It has been widely cited in policy reports aiming to promote well-being, including the Scottish Executive’s policy document on well-being, which stated the importance of her research on older people’s views of quality of life, see Chapter 1.6, sections 6.37 to  6.40,  Figure 6.4 and end references https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2006/01/13110743/6

Ann Bowling used this research to develop the Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL):

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cggr/2009/298950/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494312001835

Full length and short versions are available and can be used at no cost and without permission

http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/publications/publication_details/good_neighbours_measuring_quality_of_life_in_old_age

The OPQOL is used internationally in independent studies, including in Czechoslovakia https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-016-0494-7 ; Australia https://hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12955-015-0357-7 ; China https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24118843.

Finally:

These are the live Wiki links in blue to my places of  qualifications and awards, inserted after their citation as my square brackets for web links, following Wiki guidance before,  didn’t work. Please note my Selected work references 1,2,3 are in my original upload and sandbox copy, as are selected publications with their url links in Sandbox which I hope still work, otherwise I’ll re-find and re-enliven them. I was going to put the below in Sandbox but it might be too confusing. OK?

Ann Patricia Bowling,  Doctor of Philosophy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy

(born 7 May 1951) is a British sociologist and academic, previously trained in Benesh Movement Notation   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benesh_Movement_Notation

Dual British and Irish nationality.

Bowling specialises in research on ageing, quality of life, and research methods., and developed the Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL) [1]. She was Professor of Health Sciences, University of Southampton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southampton

(2012-17), where she is now Visiting Professor. Previously Bowling was Professor of Ageing at St George's, University of London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George%27s,_University_of_London (2010-11), Professor of Health Services Research at University College London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London

(1995-2010), Senior Lecturer promoted to Reader at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London

(1986-1995) and joint Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Hygiene_%26_Tropical_Medicine

(1988-91), following several research posts. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1542660/Are-the-elderly-less-deserving-of-the-best-medical-care.html

Honourshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1542660/Are-the-elderly-less-deserving-of-the-best-medical-care.html

In July 2006, Bowling was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal College of Physicians  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_College_of_Physicians Her book, Measuring Health, with the Open University Press, won Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine section, British Medical Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Medical_Association

Medical Book Competition (1998) and is now in its 4^th edition [2]. Bowling’s book Research Methods in Health, 4^th edition, with Mc-Graw Hill Education, Open University Press, won Highly Commended in Basis of Medicine section at the British Medical Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Medical_Association Medical Book Awards (2015) [3].

Thanks A AnnQoLAge (talk) 19:42, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn

1. Below the email minus his name and my email address from the BMA confirming my 1998 award: From : @bma.org.uk

Date : 06/08/2018 - 11:20 (GMTDT)

To : a.bowling

Subject : RE: Query about 1998 Book Competition award

Dear Professor Bowling

Thank you for your email

Our online archive does not back beyond 202 but I can confirm that Measuring health was awarded a Highly Commended prize in  Basis of Medicine in 1998

Best wishes

R

Director BMA Medical Book Awards  

Library

British Medical Association

Tavistock Square

London

WC1H 9JP

email:    info.bkawards@bma.org.uk Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 10:28 AM

To: BMA-Library <[[1]]>

Subject: Query about 1998 Book Competition award

A AnnQoLAge (talk) 10:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

2. Here is the url to my BMA Medical Book Award in 2015

but it is a pdf but if you type BMA medical book awards 2015 it comes up just click get the pdf if link unhappy here:

Awards 2015 - BMA

British Medical Association bma.org.uk. BMA Medical Book. Awards 2015. Programme and Awards Winners. Thursday 3 September 2015. BMA House, London ... I am named on page 15 e.g. Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services 4th ed. Ann Bowling – McGraw-Hill Education / Open University Press

3. And here is the Royal College of Physiciand Faculty of Public Health email minus name and my email address - so please just use the RCP general url I inserted before, thanks for all.

Forwarded Message --------

Subject:

RE: 2006 FPH fellowship

Date:

Mon, 6 Aug 2018 11:38:24 +0000

From:

    @fph.org.uk>

To:

'a.bowling

Dear Ann,

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately we do not have a list of fellows on our website. If it helps I can send you a pdf certificate as proof or your fellowship?

Best wishes,

Membership Officer

Best wishes A 21:52, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

And for the record the FPH emailed with a pdf of my fellowship certificate from 2006 for verification just between us here

Subject:	RE: 2006 FPH fellowship
Date:	Wed, 8 Aug 2018 09:07:28 +0000
From:	<       @fph.org.uk>
To:	'a.bowling@ .com' <a.bowling@ .com>

Dear Ann,

Please find attached a PDF certificate for your Fellowship awarded 27/09/06.

Please let me know if you require further assistance.

Best wishes,

Membership Officer

Thanks A AnnQoLAge (talk) 09:33, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Please note that NONE of these original documents are of interest to Wikipedia. We only summarise what reliable, independent published sources have to say about a subject, if there are no such sources then we cannot have an article. Theroadislong (talk) 15:26, 8 August 2018 (UTC)