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The gap years: rediscovering mid-life as the route to healthy active ageing — a report of a national evaluation of eight pilots focusing on improving health for people in mid-life (50 to 65 years)
Author(s)	Helen Bowers, Jenny Secker, Marlen Llanes
Corporate Author	Health Development Agency (HDA); National Evaluation Team, Older People's Programme, King's College London
Publisher	Electronic format only, 2003
Pages	91 pp (+ 2 pp summary)
Source	Downloaded document (2/06/04): www.hda-online.org.uk/documents/gap-years.pdf
Keywords	Middle aged ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Pilot.
Annotation	This is the last report produced by the Health Development Agency (HDA) on the Pre-Retirement Health Initiative, which ran from March 2001 to March 2003. It sets out a strategic framework that needs to be adopted at regional and local levels, supported by a clear and cross government policy on active ageing that takes a life course approach. Reference is made throughout to the pilot projects in East Devon, Hull and East Riding, Dorset, Hackney, North Nottinghamshire, Sandwell, Southwark, and North Staffordshire. In policy terms, the 50 to 65 cohort is key to reducing health inequalities and improving the gap between life expectancy (and quality of life) in the next ten years. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020603216 E
Classmark	SE: CC: LK2: 4UC
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