Research Interests
HIV and Ageing / ARV and Ageing
Caregiving and Ageing
Health services and older people
Countries Studied
Papua New Guinea, South Asia, Sub Saharan Africa, West Asia.
Projects
The Direct and Indirect Effects of HIV/ AIDS on the Health and Wellbeing of Older People.
Related Publications & Presentations
Mugisha, Joseph, Francien Scholten, Sebastian Owilla, Nirmala Naidoo, Janet Seeley, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, and Ties Boerma et al. 2013. “Caregiving responsibilities and burden among older people by HIV status and other determinants in Uganda.” AIDS Care Published online: 11 Feb 2013. [DOI]
Nyirenda, Makandwe, Marie-Louise Newell Newell, Joseph Mugisha, Portia Mutevedzi, Janet Seeley, Francien Scholten, and Paul Kowal et al. 2013. “Health, wellbeing, and disability among older people infected or affected by HIV in Uganda and South Africa.” Global Health Action 6:19201. [DOI]
Kuteesa, Monica, Janet Seeley, Robert G Cumming, and Joel Negin. 2012. “Older people living with HIV in Uganda: understanding their experience and needs.” African Journal of AIDS Research 11(4):295-305. [DOI]
Wright, Stuart, Flavia Zalwango, Janet Seeley, Joseph Mugisha, and Francien Scholten. Forthcoming. 2012. “Despondency Among HIV-Positive Older Men and Women in Uganda.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
Seeley, Janet, and Kenneth Ekoru. 2009. “Which factors mitigate the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the families and households of older people in rural Uganda? Are there lessons for social protection?” African Journal of Population Studies 24(1).
Seeley, Janet, Brent Wolff, Elizabeth Kabunga, Grace Tumwekwase, and Heiner Grosskurth. 2009. “This is where we’ve buried our sons: People of advanced old age coping with the impact of the AIDS epidemic in a resource-poor setting in rural Uganda.” Ageing and Society 29(1):115-134.
Seeley, Janet, Grace Tumwekwase, and Heiner Grosskurth. 2009. “Fishing for a living and catching HIV: AIDS and changing patterns of the organisation of work in fisheries in Uganda.” Anthropology of Work Review 30(2):66-76.
Seeley, Janet. 2008. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty during the AIDS Epidemic in Uganda.” Chronic Poverty Research Centre. [Full Text]
Seeley, Janet, Elizabeth Kabunga, Grace Tumwekwase, Brent Wolff, and Heiner Grosskurth. 2008. “The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the lives of older people in rural Uganda.” School of Development Studies. [Full Text]
Contact & Links
School of International Development
University of East Anglia
Norwich, NR4 7TJ