Rebecca Fuhrer
Biographic Data
| ID | 766090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Fuhrer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Fuhrer |
| SIGNATURE | FUHRER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4504-1637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 260 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Population Mental Health in the 21st Century: Time to Act
Population Mental Health in the 21st Century: Aspirations and Experiences
Population Mental Health Today: Confronting the Challenge
Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hippocampal Atrophy in a Prospective Cohort of Older Adults
OBJECTIVE: Low socioeconomic position (SEP) has been linked to an increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline. However, little is known about the association between SEP and morphologic brain changes in older age. This study examines the relationships between indicators of life-course SEP with both hippocampal volume (HcV) and HcV loss in a population-based cohort of 1328 older adults aged 65 to 80 years. METHODS: Multivariable linear regres…
Repeated Job Strain and the Risk of Depression: Longitudinal Analyses From the Whitehall II Study
Objectives. We addressed whether repeated job strain and low work social support increase the risk of major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods. We used work characteristics from Karasek’s Job Strain model, measured on 3 occasions over 10 years in a cohort of 7732 British civil servants, to predict subsequent onset of MDD with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results. Repeated job strain was associated with increased risk of MDD (…
Does retirement influence cognitive performance? The Whitehall II Study
BACKGROUND: Occupational work involves many factors capable of protecting cognition. The 'disuse' hypothesis suggests that removal of such factors at retirement may increase the risk of cognitive decline. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether retirement is significantly associated with cognitive change after adjusting for preretirement cognitive function, personal, social, health and lifestyle factors, work characteristics and leisure activity. METHODS: …
Psychological Distress as a Predictor of CHD Events in Men: The Effect of Persistence and Components of Risk
OBJECTIVE: This paper examines the role of psychological distress in the etiology of coronary heart disease (CHD), with particular reference to the persistence of distress symptoms, the contribution that undetected CHD at baseline makes to the observed associations and to the effect of separate components of psychological distress. METHOD: 5449 men in an occupational cohort (79% of the total), with at least two prior measurements of the General H…
Socioeconomic Position, Health, and Possible Explanations: A Tale of Two Cohorts
Objectives. We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient. Methods. This longitudinal study of 2 occupational cohorts—5825 London civil servants and 6818 French office-based employees—used 2 health outcomes: long spells of sickness absence during a 4-year follow-up and self-reported health. Results. Strong social g…
Differences Between Men and Women in Social Relations, Resource Deficits, and Depressive Symptomatology During Later Life in Four Nations
This article examines gender differences in social relations and resource deficits in France ( N = 553), Germany ( N = 516), Japan ( N = 491), and the United States ( N = 514). These data, from regionally representative samples, indicate few gender differences in quantity or quality of social relations, but that women are more likely than men to experience widowhood, illness, and financial strain. In all countries, more deficits and more negative…
The importance of low control at work and home on depression and anxiety: Do These Effects Vary by Gender and Social Class
How gender affects patterns of social relations and their impact on health: "A Comparison of One or Multiple Sources of Support From "Close Persons
Gender differences in mental health: Evidence From Three Organisations
Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: Prospective results from the Whitehall II Study.
OBJECTIVES: The impact of work on the risk of future psychiatric disorder has been examined in few longitudinal studies. This was examined prospectively in a large epidemiological study of civil servants. METHODS: In the Whitehall II study, a longitudinal, prospective cohort study of 6895 male and 3413 female London based civil servants, work characteristics measured at baseline (phase 1: 1985-8) and first follow up (phase 2: 1989) were used to p…
Development of the Euro–D scale – a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres
BACKGROUND: In an 11-country European collaboration, 14 population-based surveys included 21,724 subjects aged > or = 65 years. Most participating centres used the Geriatric Mental State (GMS), but other measures were also used. AIMS: To derive from these instruments a common depression symptoms scale, the EURO-D, to allow comparison of risk factor profiles between centres. METHOD: Common items were identified from the instruments. Algorithms for…
Gender, social relations and mental health: Prospective findings from an occupational cohort (Whitehall II study)
Contribution of Psychosocial Factors to Socioeconomic Differences in Health
The National Survey of Mid‐life Developments in the United States (MIDUS) is one of several studies that demonstrate socioeconomic gradients in mortality during midlife. When MIDUS findings on self‐reported health, waist to hip ratio, and psychological well‐being were analyzed for their possible roles in generating socioeconomic differences in health, they revealed clear educational gradients for women and men (i.e., higher education predicted be…
Design, objectives, and lessons from a pilot 25 year follow up re-survey of survivors in the Whitehall study of London Civil Servants
DESIGN: To assess the feasibility of conducting a re-survey of men who are resident in the United Kingdom 25 years after enrollment in the Whitehall study of London Civil Servants. METHODS: A random sample of 401 study survivors resident in three health authority areas was selected for this pilot study. They were mailed a request to complete a self administered questionnaire, and then asked to attend their general practice to have their blood pre…
Social Support and Reciprocity: A Cross-Ethnic and Cross-National Perspective
This cross-national study examined the perception of reciprocity in support relationships and the degree to which reciprocity predicts life satisfaction. Comparisons of white and black American elderly with elderly from south-western France indicate cultural differences. The French are much more likely to perceive their support relationships as reciprocal and very unlikely to report receiving less support than they provide. Among elderly white Am…
Harvard's CHIP Successful
Harvard's CHIP Successful Claire Chaffee-Bahamon, John E. Cupples, Rebecca Fuhrer, Ann Jones, H. R. Nesson, and Joel Weissman CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.11.1185-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
The importance of low control at work and home on depression and anxiety: Do These Effects Vary by Gender and Social Class
How gender affects patterns of social relations and their impact on health: "A Comparison of One or Multiple Sources of Support From "Close Persons
Social Support and Reciprocity: A Cross-Ethnic and Cross-National Perspective
This cross-national study examined the perception of reciprocity in support relationships and the degree to which reciprocity predicts life satisfaction. Comparisons of white and black American elderly with elderly from south-western France indicate cultural differences. The French are much more likely to perceive their support relationships as reciprocal and very unlikely to report receiving less support than they provide. Among elderly white Am…
Gender, social relations and mental health: Prospective findings from an occupational cohort (Whitehall II study)
Socioeconomic Position, Health, and Possible Explanations: A Tale of Two Cohorts
Objectives. We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient. Methods. This longitudinal study of 2 occupational cohorts—5825 London civil servants and 6818 French office-based employees—used 2 health outcomes: long spells of sickness absence during a 4-year follow-up and self-reported health. Results. Strong social g…
Repeated Job Strain and the Risk of Depression: Longitudinal Analyses From the Whitehall II Study
Objectives. We addressed whether repeated job strain and low work social support increase the risk of major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods. We used work characteristics from Karasek’s Job Strain model, measured on 3 occasions over 10 years in a cohort of 7732 British civil servants, to predict subsequent onset of MDD with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results. Repeated job strain was associated with increased risk of MDD (…
Differences Between Men and Women in Social Relations, Resource Deficits, and Depressive Symptomatology During Later Life in Four Nations
This article examines gender differences in social relations and resource deficits in France ( N = 553), Germany ( N = 516), Japan ( N = 491), and the United States ( N = 514). These data, from regionally representative samples, indicate few gender differences in quantity or quality of social relations, but that women are more likely than men to experience widowhood, illness, and financial strain. In all countries, more deficits and more negative…
Gender differences in mental health: Evidence From Three Organisations
Does retirement influence cognitive performance? The Whitehall II Study
BACKGROUND: Occupational work involves many factors capable of protecting cognition. The 'disuse' hypothesis suggests that removal of such factors at retirement may increase the risk of cognitive decline. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether retirement is significantly associated with cognitive change after adjusting for preretirement cognitive function, personal, social, health and lifestyle factors, work characteristics and leisure activity. METHODS: …
Design, objectives, and lessons from a pilot 25 year follow up re-survey of survivors in the Whitehall study of London Civil Servants
DESIGN: To assess the feasibility of conducting a re-survey of men who are resident in the United Kingdom 25 years after enrollment in the Whitehall study of London Civil Servants. METHODS: A random sample of 401 study survivors resident in three health authority areas was selected for this pilot study. They were mailed a request to complete a self administered questionnaire, and then asked to attend their general practice to have their blood pre…
Harvard's CHIP Successful
Harvard's CHIP Successful Claire Chaffee-Bahamon, John E. Cupples, Rebecca Fuhrer, Ann Jones, H. R. Nesson, and Joel Weissman CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.11.1185-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Social Support and Reciprocity: A Cross-Ethnic and Cross-National Perspective
This cross-national study examined the perception of reciprocity in support relationships and the degree to which reciprocity predicts life satisfaction. Comparisons of white and black American elderly with elderly from south-western France indicate cultural differences. The French are much more likely to perceive their support relationships as reciprocal and very unlikely to report receiving less support than they provide. Among elderly white Am…
Contribution of Psychosocial Factors to Socioeconomic Differences in Health
The National Survey of Mid‐life Developments in the United States (MIDUS) is one of several studies that demonstrate socioeconomic gradients in mortality during midlife. When MIDUS findings on self‐reported health, waist to hip ratio, and psychological well‐being were analyzed for their possible roles in generating socioeconomic differences in health, they revealed clear educational gradients for women and men (i.e., higher education predicted be…
Design, objectives, and lessons from a pilot 25 year follow up re-survey of survivors in the Whitehall study of London Civil Servants
DESIGN: To assess the feasibility of conducting a re-survey of men who are resident in the United Kingdom 25 years after enrollment in the Whitehall study of London Civil Servants. METHODS: A random sample of 401 study survivors resident in three health authority areas was selected for this pilot study. They were mailed a request to complete a self administered questionnaire, and then asked to attend their general practice to have their blood pre…
Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: Prospective results from the Whitehall II Study.
OBJECTIVES: The impact of work on the risk of future psychiatric disorder has been examined in few longitudinal studies. This was examined prospectively in a large epidemiological study of civil servants. METHODS: In the Whitehall II study, a longitudinal, prospective cohort study of 6895 male and 3413 female London based civil servants, work characteristics measured at baseline (phase 1: 1985-8) and first follow up (phase 2: 1989) were used to p…
Development of the Euro–D scale – a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres
BACKGROUND: In an 11-country European collaboration, 14 population-based surveys included 21,724 subjects aged > or = 65 years. Most participating centres used the Geriatric Mental State (GMS), but other measures were also used. AIMS: To derive from these instruments a common depression symptoms scale, the EURO-D, to allow comparison of risk factor profiles between centres. METHOD: Common items were identified from the instruments. Algorithms for…
Gender, social relations and mental health: Prospective findings from an occupational cohort (Whitehall II study)
Socioeconomic Position, Health, and Possible Explanations: A Tale of Two Cohorts
Objectives. We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient. Methods. This longitudinal study of 2 occupational cohorts—5825 London civil servants and 6818 French office-based employees—used 2 health outcomes: long spells of sickness absence during a 4-year follow-up and self-reported health. Results. Strong social g…
Differences Between Men and Women in Social Relations, Resource Deficits, and Depressive Symptomatology During Later Life in Four Nations
This article examines gender differences in social relations and resource deficits in France ( N = 553), Germany ( N = 516), Japan ( N = 491), and the United States ( N = 514). These data, from regionally representative samples, indicate few gender differences in quantity or quality of social relations, but that women are more likely than men to experience widowhood, illness, and financial strain. In all countries, more deficits and more negative…
The importance of low control at work and home on depression and anxiety: Do These Effects Vary by Gender and Social Class
How gender affects patterns of social relations and their impact on health: "A Comparison of One or Multiple Sources of Support From "Close Persons
Gender differences in mental health: Evidence From Three Organisations
Psychological Distress as a Predictor of CHD Events in Men: The Effect of Persistence and Components of Risk
OBJECTIVE: This paper examines the role of psychological distress in the etiology of coronary heart disease (CHD), with particular reference to the persistence of distress symptoms, the contribution that undetected CHD at baseline makes to the observed associations and to the effect of separate components of psychological distress. METHOD: 5449 men in an occupational cohort (79% of the total), with at least two prior measurements of the General H…
Does retirement influence cognitive performance? The Whitehall II Study
BACKGROUND: Occupational work involves many factors capable of protecting cognition. The 'disuse' hypothesis suggests that removal of such factors at retirement may increase the risk of cognitive decline. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether retirement is significantly associated with cognitive change after adjusting for preretirement cognitive function, personal, social, health and lifestyle factors, work characteristics and leisure activity. METHODS: …
Repeated Job Strain and the Risk of Depression: Longitudinal Analyses From the Whitehall II Study
Objectives. We addressed whether repeated job strain and low work social support increase the risk of major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods. We used work characteristics from Karasek’s Job Strain model, measured on 3 occasions over 10 years in a cohort of 7732 British civil servants, to predict subsequent onset of MDD with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results. Repeated job strain was associated with increased risk of MDD (…
Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hippocampal Atrophy in a Prospective Cohort of Older Adults
OBJECTIVE: Low socioeconomic position (SEP) has been linked to an increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline. However, little is known about the association between SEP and morphologic brain changes in older age. This study examines the relationships between indicators of life-course SEP with both hippocampal volume (HcV) and HcV loss in a population-based cohort of 1328 older adults aged 65 to 80 years. METHODS: Multivariable linear regres…
Population Mental Health in the 21st Century: Time to Act
Population Mental Health in the 21st Century: Aspirations and Experiences
Population Mental Health Today: Confronting the Challenge
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Demography (11 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Gerontology (7 works)