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The International Year of Older Persons — putting aging and research onto the political agenda
Author(s)	Gary Andrews, Michele J Clark
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 54B, no 1, January 1999
Pages	pp P7-P10
Keywords	Ageing process ; Social policy ; Research ; International.
Annotation	The 1999 United Nations (UN) International Year of Older Persons provides an opportunity for government decision makers, policy makers, researchers, practitioners, non-government organisations (NGOs), professional and community associations, and the public at large to focus specifically on the situation of older people. This article has three aims. It traces the history and development of the International Year of Older Persons. It then discusses the processes for setting the research agenda. Finally, it considers the contribution that gerontological research can make globally to providing findings that are relevant to policy, and in putting ageing on policy agendas. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990422001 A
Classmark	BG: TM2: 3A: 72
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