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Jacques Wels

@jacqueswels.bsky.social

PhD Social epidemiology, Public health and Sociology. UHealth PI

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UCL Social Research Institute@sriucl.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨New preprint alert! 🚨 @jacqueswels.bsky.social and some SRI collaborators used 15 years of cohort study data to demonstrate that rising NEET rates among UK youth are driven largely by more young people having physical and psychological ill health. Read it here: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Rising rates of young people Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) explained by higher prevalence of physical and psychological ill health: a 15-year UK study

Background: Rising rates of young people Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) in the UK have recently coincided with declining youth physical and mental health but no study has asked wheth...

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Health & Society Research Unit @healthsociety.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A 2-year psotdoc postion to work on work accidents, climate and occupational health at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social with @jacqueswels.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/451038

2-year postdoc in social epidemiology at the Health & Society Research Unit, Université libre de Bruxelles

The Health & Society Unit (HSRU) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is recruiting a 24-month Postdoc Position to work on two projects:

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Health & Society Research Unit @healthsociety.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New paper on the prevalence of multimorbidity clusters in assisted dying/euthanasia practise in Belgium with @healthsociety.bsky.social team at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social published in Age & Ageing academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

Prevalence and trends of multimorbidity clusters in Belgian assisted dying practice: a health registry study

AbstractBackground. Population ageing is accompanied by a rise in complex multimorbidity, i.e. the co-occurrence of two or more chronic or acute conditions

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Jacques Wels@jacqueswels.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Very interesting strategy from Demography journal: when they disagree with you, your submission is reviewed by 5 reviewers (who say the same things, as AI would do) against the usual 2 or 3. The power of publishers and editors needs to stop.

Jasmine Lee@jasminelee.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Preprint of first PhD paper out now! 👇 Religious minority status is an important social determinant of mental health, but vastly overlooked in the literature. We summarise studies on religious disparities in mental health & propose a conceptual framework for future research. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Jacques Wels@jacqueswels.bsky.social · 7mo ago

@jasminelee.bsky.social 's great work: Religious disparities in mental health: a systematic review and conceptual framework osf.io/preprints/ps...

Jacques Wels@jacqueswels.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Have a look at our new discussion paper on trade unions in Japan with very surprising results: union membership seems to have increased over the past 15 years! with @alexbryson.bsky.social.

Alex Bryson@alexbryson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Why is it that union membership density is rising in Japan? Find out here in our new Hitotsubashi Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publi... @sriucl.bsky.social @hitotsubashiu.bsky.social

Jacques Wels@jacqueswels.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Dear all, You're tired of costly scientific journals that don't treat well your work? I am considering submitting a project for a new free open access journal in social epidemiology with @scipost.bsky.social. Let's act! If you are interested joining me in this project, please let me know!

Health & Society Research Unit @healthsociety.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New article in @plosmedicine.bsky.social: "Trends in assisted dying among patients with psychiatric disorders and dementia in Belgium: A health registry study" journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Trends in assisted dying among patients with psychiatric disorders and dementia in Belgium: A health registry study

In this registry study, Jacques Wels and Natasia Hamarat use data on all cases of euthanasia in Belgium between 2002-2023 to assess trends in assisted dying for patients with psychiatric disorders and...

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Jacques Wels@jacqueswels.bsky.social · last yr.

Interesting to compare UK/French readership of our article on euthanasia. Of course, many variables play a role but more readers in France. The UK seems quite not keen at looking at other countries when it comes to implementing assisting dying.

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Jacques Wels@jacqueswels.bsky.social · last yr.

Another article, this time in The Conversation France on the rising number of euthanasia cases in Belgium. Augmentation du nombre d’euthanasies en Belgique, que révèle cette statistique ? theconversation.com/augmentation...

Augmentation du nombre d’euthanasies en Belgique, que révèle cette statistique ?

Selon une étude publiée dans une revue de référence, l’augmentation de l’euthanasie observée en Belgique depuis sa légalisation s’explique essentiellement par le vieillissement de la population.

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Health & Society Research Unit @healthsociety.bsky.social · last yr.

Check our new article in @jama.com network open if you want to know more about full trends (!) of Euthanasia in Belgium since the implementation of the law back in 2002. In short: nothing alarming. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Incidence and Prevalence of Reported Euthanasia Cases in Belgium, 2002 to 2023

This cross-sectional study examines patterns in euthanasia incidence and prevalence in Belgium since its legalization in 2002.

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Dylan Williams@dylwil.bsky.social · last yr.

One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total..... www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky

The proportion of Alzheimer's disease attributable to apolipoprotein E

Objective To estimate the proportions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and all-cause dementia burden attributable to the common risk alleles ε3 and ε4 in the APOE gene Design Genetic association analyses i...

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Richard Shaw@richardshaw.bsky.social · last yr.

"New" Paper : Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records. doi.org/10.1371/jour... Using @ukllc.bsky.social data

Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records

Introduction Following the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of people became economically inactive in the UK. We investigated the association between coronavirus infection and sub...

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