Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa : Recommendations for furthering research /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Policy and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa
Otros Autores: Cohen, Barney, 1959-, Menken, Jane, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2006.
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Older people > Health and hygiene > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Older people > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social conditions.
Aging > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
HIV infections > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
AIDS (Disease) > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Older people.
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
Aged
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Health Services for the Aged
Health Status
Socioeconomic Factors
Personnes âgées > Santé et hygiène > Afrique subsaharienne.
Personnes âgées > Afrique subsaharienne > Conditions sociales.
Vieillissement > Afrique subsaharienne.
Infections à VIH > Afrique subsaharienne.
Sida > Afrique subsaharienne.
Personnes âgées.
Sida.
Infections à VIH.
elderly.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Older people
Aging
HIV infections
Older people > Health and hygiene
Older people > Social conditions
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa South of the Sahara
Afrique subsaharienne.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontMatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Part I
  • Report
  • 1 Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research
  • References
  • Part II
  • Papers
  • 2 Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Changing Demography of the Region
  • Victoria A. Velkoff and Paul R. Kowal
  • 3 Demographic Impacts of the HIV Epidemic and Consequences of Population-Wide Treatment of HIV for the Elderly: Results from Microsimulation
  • Samuel J. Clark
  • 4 The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Kin Relations, Living Arrangements, and the African Elderly in South Africa
  • M. Giovanna Merli and Alberto Palloni5 Older Adults and the Health Transition in Agincourt, Rural South Africa: New Understanding, Growing Complexity
  • Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Margaret Thorogood, Myles Connor, Michel Garenne, Mark Collinson, and Gillian Hundt
  • 6 The Situation of Older People in Poor Urban Settings: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya
  • Alex C. Ezeh, Gloria Chepngeno, Abdhalah Ziraba Kasiira, and Zewdu Woubalem
  • 7 Labor Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa
  • David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod8 HIV/AIDS and Older People in South Africa
  • Victoria Hosegood and Ian M. Timaeus
  • 9 Interactions Between Socioeconomic Status and Living Arrangements in Predicting Gender-Specific Health Status Among the Elderly in Cameroon
  • Barthélémy Kuate-Defo
  • 10 Survey Measures of Health: How Well Do Self-Reported and Observed Indicators Measure Health and Predict Mortality?
  • Randall Kuhn, Omar Rahman, and Jane Menken
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A Workshop Agenda

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