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A Life Course Approach to health

    A life course perspective of maintaining independence in older age

    Prepared for WHO by Claudia Stein and Inka Moritz under the guidance of WHO's Ageing and Health.WORLD. HEALTH ORGANIZATION.GENEVA. 1999

     

    A life course approach to health brochure

    "This brochure was produced as the result of a workshop organised jointly by the World Health Organization and the International Longevity Centre-UK, on the initiative of WHO. It aims to stimulate consideration of the importance and – in practical terms – the effective realisation of a life-course perspective in the training of health-care professionals"..

     

Ageing & Health

    Population Ageing- A public health challenge WHO information Fact Sheet N° 135

    This factsheet briefly describes population ageing in both developed and developing countries. It considers its causes as well as its impact on public health. It aslo briefly describes the new WHO program on ageing and health.

    Healthy aging by Kay-Tee Khaw, professor of clinical gerontology

    Article discusses topics such as how we can maintain health and quality of life in an aging population, prevention of age related disability, age related physiological decline, Model for intervention strategies, & Interventions to improve health in later life

    Sexuality and Ageing

    Article discusses Sexual problems associated with infertility, pregnancy, and ageing

    Health:WorldWatch

    Up-to-date list of articles maintained by Global Action on Aging that provides a general overview concerning health issues worldwide

    Other Articles on Ageing and Health

    An article in Medscape on Common Skin Infections in old people.

    Article on Hyperlipidemia in old people (currently down)

 

     

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