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Andy Alaszewski
Born (1949-04-25) 25 April 1949 (age 75)
Lewisham, Scotland, UK
NationalityBritish
Citizenship
  • British
Known forResearch in Social Sciences and Social Policy
SpouseHelen Alaszewski
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineSocial Sciences
InstitutionsUniversity of Kent

Andy Mark Alaszewski (Andrzej Marek Ałaszewski) BA PhD FFPH FRSA (born 25 April 1949) has been Emeritus Professor of Health Studies at the University of Kent[1] since 2010.

Early life and education

Andy Alaszewski was born in Lewisham on 25 April 1949 to Mieczysław Ałaszewski[2] and Danuta Ałaszewski (nee Piotrowicz), refugees from Nazi and Soviet invaded Poland. He completed his undergraduate (BA in Social Anthropology, 1972) and postgraduate studies (PhD in Social and Political Sciences 1981) at the University of Cambridge.

Professional Life

Alaszewski specialised in the study of health, risk and society[3] and was the founding editor of the journal Health, Risk & Society. He has contributed to studies on risk in childbirth,[4] and survival from sroke[5][6]

Bibliography

  • Stuart Haywood and Andy Alaszewski (1980) ‘’Crisis in the Health Service: The Politics of Management Croom Helm ISBN 9781350135529
  • Sam Ayer and Andy Alaszewski (1984) ‘Community Care and the Mentally Handicapped: Services for Mothers and their Mentally Handicapped Children Croom Helm ISBN 978-0709951049
  • Andy Alaszewski (1985) Institutional Care and the Mentally Handicapped: The Mental Handicap Hospital Routledge and Kegan Paul ISBN 0709905645
  • Alaszewski, Larry Harrison and Jill Manthorpe (eds.) (1988) Risk, Health and Welfare:Policies, Strategies and Practice l Open University Press ISBN 0 335 19869 4
  • Andy Alaszewski and Bie Nio Ong (eds.) (1990) Normalisation in Practice: Residential Care for Children with a Profound Mental Handicap Routledge ISBN 978-1-138-95128-0
  • Katarzyna Tymowska, Andy Alaszewski and Vanessa Malin (eds.) (1996) System Umow w Opiec Zdrowotnej w Anglii i w Polsce Centrum Edukacji i Rozwoju Biznesu ISBN 83-86069-49-X
  • Andy Alaszewski and Tom Horlick-Jones (2002) Risk and Health: Review of Current Research and Identification of Areas for Further Research CHSS ISBN 978-1-904236-01-6
  • Andy Alaszewski (2002) Risk and Health: Review of Current Research and Identification of Areas for Further Research CHSS ISBN 978-1-904236-01-6
  • Andy Alaszewski and Patrick Brown (2012) Making Health Policy: A Critical Introduction Polity Press ISBN 9780745641737
  • Andy Alaszewski (2021) COVID-19 and Risk: Policy Making in a Global Pandemic. Rapid Response Polity Press ISBN 978-1-4473-6201-2
  • Andy Alaszewski (2021) Managing Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Global Policies, Narratives and Practices Polity Press ISBN 978-1447365259

References

  1. ^ "Andy Alaszewski". University of Kent. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Mieczysław_Ałaszewski". Wikipedia i(Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Andy Alaszewski". Bristol University Press]]. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ^ Scammel, Mandie; Alaszewski, L Andy (2012). "Fateful moments and the categorisation of risk: Midwifery practice and the ever-narrowing window of normality during childbirth". Health, Risk & Society. 14 (2): 107–115. doi:10.1080/13698575.2012.661041.
  5. ^ Alaszewski, Andy; Alaszewski, Helen; Potter, Jonathan (2006). "Uncertainty and Life Threatening Trauma: Analysing Stroke Survivor's Accounts of Life after Stroke". Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 7 (1): 1–1. doi:10.17169/fqs-7.1.53.
  6. ^ Alaszewski, Andy; Alaszewski, L Helen; Potter, Jonathan; Penhale, Bridget (2007). "Working after a stroke: Survivors' experiences and perceptions of barriers to and facilitators of the return to paid employment". Disability and Rehabilitation. 29 (24): 1858–1869. doi:10.1080/09638280601143356.