Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa : Recommendations for furthering research

Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa Recommendations for furthering research

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: National Research Council (U.S.).
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Policy and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa (-)
Other Authors: Cohen, Barney, 1959- (-), Menken, Jane A.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press c2006.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
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.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622201906719
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Palloni
  • 5 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 Ranchhod
  • 8 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
  • Appendix B About the Contributors.

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