Predictors of healthy ageing: public health policy targets

Predictors of healthy ageing: public health policy targets

BACKGROUND The public health policy agenda oriented towards healthy ageing becomes the highest priority for the European countries. The article discusses the healthy ageing concept and its possible determinants with an aim to identify behavioral patterns related to healthy ageing in selected European countries. METHODS The healthy ageing is assessed based on a composite indicator of self-asse...

Research Synopses: Public Health and Healthy Ageing

The Public Health and Healthy Ageing Research Group of the HKU Faculty of Dentistry is committed to protecting and improving oral health for all people by performing and synthesising clinical, community-level, and educational research, and by applying public health sciences. Below is a selection of summaries of research findings published by the Public Health and Healthy Ageing Research Group, ...

ICN on healthy ageing: a public health and nursing challenge.

• By 2020, the Japanese population will be the oldest in the world, with 31% over 60 years of age, followed by Italy, Greece and Switzerland. • By 2020, five of the ten countries with the largest populations of older persons will be in the developing world: China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan. • By 2020 the population of older persons from developing countries will rise by nearly 240% ...

Predictors of Canadian legislators' support for public health policy interventions.

Building healthy public policy.

Policies in literacy and health need to address two perspectives: how basic literacy skills influence the health of populations and individuals; and health literacy--the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. There are three potential areas for action to improve literacy ...