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Women, ageing and health: a framework for action
— focus on gender | | Author(s) | Alexandre Kalache, Irene Hoskins |
| Corporate Author | Department of Ageing and Life Course (ALC), World Health Organization - WHO; Department of Gender, Women and Health (GWH), World Health Organization - WHO: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
| Publisher | World Health Organization, Geneva, 2007 |
| Pages | 55 pp (Order no. 11500722) |
| Source | WHO, WHO Press, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. E-mail: bookorders@who.int Website: www.who.int/bookorders www.who.int/ageing/en www.who.int/gender/en |
| Keywords | Older women ; Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Life span ; Social policy ; International. |
| Annotation | The concept and principles in this document build on WHO's active ageing policy framework, and offers life-course and determinants of health approaches. It aims to provide information on ageing women in both developing and developed countries: their health status; personal, behavioural, economic and social determinants; and the physical environment. Together with a complementary longer review, this publication is designed to contribute to the global review on progress since the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (2002), and the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report is also based on a literature review (available at www.who.int/ageing/en) compiled by Peggy Edwards. A 4-page insert, "A framework for action on women, ageing and health", provides examples of the three pillars relating to a life course approach to maintaining functional capacity: health, participation and security. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080402001 B |
| Classmark | BD: BG: CC: BG6: TM2: 72 |
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