Aging and health in Africa / Pranitha Maharaj, editor
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- 出版： New York : Springer c2013
- 叢書名： International perspectives on aging ;4
- 主題： Aging--Africa , Aging--Social aspects--Africa , Older people--Health and hygiene--Africa , Older people--Medical care--Africa , Aged--Africa , Attitude to Health--Africa , Health Services for the Aged--Africa , Population Dynamics--Africa , Socioeconomic Factors--Africa
- ISBN： 9781441983565 (hbk.) :: US$119.97 、 1441983562 (hbk.) 、 9781441983572 (ebook) 、 1441983570 (ebook)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005219055 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
"Countries with a high percentage of elders risk a serious disease burden and increasing stress on health and social welfare systems. Nowhere is this more evident than on the African continent, where high poverty rates, civil unrest, and unsteady government structures exist alongside medical advances and longer lifespans. Aging and health in Africa examines this multilayered scenario in abundant detail, providing both a continent-wide overview and nation-specific dispatches regarding an often-marginalized population. The book's demographic and socioeconomic profile of elders clarifies the connection between aging and health, and offers keys to better understanding our aging planet. Current and emerging policies and programs to improve health promotion and health care for older people are critiqued, and the author analyzes what still needs to be done to achieve world health goals, especially as nations continue to modernize and rebuild. For each country, the relationship is explored between the experience of elders and the larger social context, including South Africa: the situation of the "nearly old", Uganda: the impact of HIV/AIDS on the elderly, Camaroon: elder care arrangements in rural areas, Ghana: elder health and health-seeking behaviors, Congo: health perspectives of older people, and Rwanda: understanding the experiences of the rural elderly"--Publisher's description
內容註
Population ageing in Africa -- The health situation of older people in Africa -- Health and health seeking behaviour in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: perspectives of the elderly -- Older people in rural Ghana: health and health seeking behaviours -- Growing old in the era of AIDS: perspectives and experiences of older men and women in South Africa -- The impact of HIV/AIDS on older persons in Uganda -- On the fringe of poverty: care arrangements for older people in rural Cameroon -- Ageing in post-apartheid South Africa: an analysis of the "nearly old" -- Understanding the experiences of the elderly in rural areas of Rwanda -- Policy and programme responses