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Promoting the health of older people
— setting a research agenda | | Author(s) | Christina Victor, Kenneth Howse |
| Corporate Author | Health Education Authority - HEA |
| Publisher | Health Education Authority, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 73 pp |
| Source | Health Education Authority, Trevelyan House, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW. |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Social policy ; Preventative medicine ; Social surveys ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This report follows up recommendations of a 1997 Health Education Authority (HEA) and Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) report on the need to review the effectiveness of health promotion among older people (over 65s), and to develop an associated research strategy. The authors were asked to identify the major health promotion needs of older people, including any gaps in knowledge, and to recommend future research and development programmes. The report draws attention to the lack of health promotion activities undertaken by researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Despite this, the review highlights a number of effective health promotion interventions, particularly screening services and lifestyle changes (e.g. exercise, healthy eating, and smoking cessation). The benefits of lifestyle change late in life include studies which consider changing a single risk factor (e.g. reducing blood pressure by reducing weight) and those intended to improve multiple risk factors (including studies of screening and assessment). Results are also presented in terms of outcome measures (adding years to life and life to years). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000410003 B |
| Classmark | CC: TM2: LK2: 3F: 64A |
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