Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa Recommendations for Furthering Research

In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed as repositories of information and wisdom, and are critical pillars of the community but as the HIV/AI...

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Main Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Policy and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa, Cohen, Barney, Menken, Jane A.
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC National Academies Press 27.10.2006
Edition:1
Subjects:
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Aged
Ageing
Aging
Aging > Africa, Sub-Saharan
AIDS
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Health and hygiene
HIV
HIV infections
HIV infections > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Older people
Older people > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social conditions
Older people > Health and hygiene > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Public health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social conditions
Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN:9780309102810, 0309102812
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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