Affiliation
Reader in Demography,University of Southampton

Address

University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
UK

Contact

v.hosegood@soton.ac.uk

+ 02380 593 997

 

Biosketch

Victoria is a Reader in Demography in the Division of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton. Dr. Hosegood have a joint appointment with the Africa Centre for Health & Population Studies/UKZN where whom she have worked since 1997. Her primary research interests relate to the demography and health of families in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on South Africa, HIV and AIDS. Also, she is involved in research on HIV-infected and HIV-affected older people in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Key research/capacity building interests

Research Interests

• Family and household factors and processes that promote health and wellbeing across the life course
• Measurement, collection and analysis of family demographic and health data in resource poor settings
• Design and evaluation of family-based interventions

CapacityBuildingInterests

• Promoting interest and participation in research and teaching on family demography in low and middle-income countries
• Supporting researchers to increase the evidence-base on the health and wellbeing of HIV-infected and HIV-affected older people in Africa

Key methodological skills

• Demographic methods
• Statistical methods
• Qualitative research methods including ethnography
• Survey and longitudinal study design and implementation

Current/planned research

• Studies to improve the availability of family data in low and middle-income countries
• Studies of the health and family roles of HIV-infected and HIV-affected older people in South Africa

Current engagement in capacity building

•  Chair of the IUSSP scientific panel on Family Demography in Developing Countries