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1 online resource (xii, 356 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
""FrontMatter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Part I -- Report""; ""1 Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research""; ""References""; ""Part II -- Papers""; ""2 Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Changing Demography of the Region -- Victoria A. Velkoff and Paul R. Kowal""; ""3 Demographic Impacts of the HIV Epidemic and Consequences of Population-Wide Treatment of HIV for the Elderly: Results from Microsimulation -- Samuel J. Clark"" |
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""4 The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Kin Relations, Living Arrangements, and the African Elderly in South Africa -- M. Giovanna Merli and Alberto Palloni""""5 Older Adults and the Health Transition in Agincourt, Rural South Africa: New Understanding, Growing Complexity -- Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Margaret Thorogood, Myles Connor, Michel Garenne, Mark Collinson, and Gillian Hundt""; ""6 The Situation of Older People in Poor Urban Settings: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya -- Alex C. Ezeh, Gloria Chepngeno, Abdhalah Ziraba Kasiira, and Zewdu Woubalem"" |
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""7 Labor Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa -- David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod""""8 HIV/AIDS and Older People in South Africa -- Victoria Hosegood and Ian M. Timaeus""; ""9 Interactions Between Socioeconomic Status and Living Arrangements in Predicting Gender-Specific Health Status Among the Elderly in Cameroon -- Barthélémy Kuate-Defo""; ""10 Survey Measures of Health: How Well Do Self-Reported and Observed Indicators Measure Health and Predict Mortality? -- Randall Kuhn, Omar Rahman, and Jane Menken""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Workshop Agenda"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene. |
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Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Older people -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions.
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Older people. |
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Social conditions. |
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Aging -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Aging. |
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HIV infections -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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HIV infections. |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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AIDS (Disease) |
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Aged. |
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. |
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HIV Infections. |
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Health Services for the Aged. |
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Health Status. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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Africa South of the Sahara. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cohen, Barney, 1959-
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Menken, Jane, 1939-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Policy and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa. Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006 0309102812 9780309102810 (DLC) 2007271837 (OCoLC)76832440 |
| ISBN |
9780309663519 (electronic book) |
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0309663512 (electronic book) |
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1280742461 |
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9781280742460 |
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0309102812 |
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9780309102810 |
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