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Global Health and Global Aging Presents Information About Leadership and Governance Challenges As Well As Insights About Aging in Different Cultures and Countries in All Regions of the World

Posted on: Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 09:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c75743) has announced the addition of "Global Health and Global Aging" to their offering.

The book covers the fundamentals of global aging and health and provides real-world models from countries and regions that offer the best practices in current approaches. Global Health and Global Aging presents information about leadership and governance challenges as well as insights about aging in different cultures and countries in all regions of the world.

This edited collection brings together the leading researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers to examine the critical intersection of global aging and global health. The book is organized in three sections: Policies and Practices; Key Countries with Aging Populations; and What Research Tells Us About the Future of Global Aging and Global Health

Section 1 will cover fundamentals in global aging and health, with chapters that provide real-world models from countries and regions offering the best in current approaches. It will feature contributions from ministers of health from selected countries and leading gerontology experts from a selection of those countries having high longevity rates and/or exemplary programs focussed on their aging population. This section will cover factors that have enabled vast numbers of citizens to enhance and preserve their mental, physical and social well-being--not merely the absence of disease or infirmity--in later life.

Section 2, a look at specific countries and populations at risk, includes contributions from leading global health leaders in gerontology from the academic, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government sectors in vulnerable areas that have low records of longevity: countries of India, China, Russia,.the Middle East, and the continents of South America and Africa.

Section 3 delves into research findings that identify factors of successful aging and key ways that a global society can influence how we age. Research scholars in global aging and health, finance and pensions, housing, education, employment, transportation and disability, and public policy identify new research that is giving hope and expanding options to young and old for healthy aging.

About the author(s):

Mary Robinson is president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. She previously served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and was president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997.

William Novelli is chief executive officer of AARP, a membership organization of 38 million people age 50 and older. Previously, he was president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and executive vice president of CARE.

Clarence Pearson is a global health leadership and management consultant and former senior advisor to World Health Organization at the United Nations. He conceived the series of global health books for Jossey-Bass and serves as the series' executive editor.

Laurie Norris is an international communications consultant and author of a history of the China Medical Board, a pioneer in Western-style medical education in China and Asia. She serves as managing editor for the global health series published by Jossey-Bass.

Topics Covered:

- World Policies on Aging and the United Nations by Alexandre Siderenko

- Population Aging: A Global Overview by Mary Beth Weinberger

- The World Health Organization and Global Aging by Alex Kalache

- Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health and Aging by Derek Yach

- Perception of Aging in Different Cultures by Frank Eyetsemitan

- Australia: Aging in Australia: The Australian Government's Agenda on Population Aging by Santo Santoro

- Denmark: Healthy Aging in Denmark? by Bjarne Hastrup

- France: Challenges of Longevity: The International Longevity Centre-France Perspective by Françoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu

- Finland: Healthy Aging in Finland by Pekka Puska

- Germany: Healthy Aging in Germany by Ulla Schmidt

- Germany: Healthy Aging from 70 to 100+ in Germany: Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study by Jacqui Smith and Paul Baltes

- Japan: Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan by Shigeo Morioka

- Netherlands: Healthy Aging in the Netherlands by C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp

- Spain: Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in the Welfare State by José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

- Sweden: Health and Aging in Sweden by Barbro Westerholm

- United Kingdom: United Kingdom by Sally Greengross

- United States: Healthy Aging in the United States by Jeanette Takamura

- Countries Facing Rapid Population Aging in the Next 20--30 Years

- Africa: Health and Aging in Africa by Nana Apt

- China: Aging of Populations: Is China's Pattern Unique? by Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang

- India: Health and Aging in India By Sharad D. Gokhale

- Eastern Mediterranean: Eastern Mediterrean Region: Rapid Aging Population in 20--30 Years by Mohamed H. El-Banouby

- Russia: Health and Aging in Russia Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova

- Latin America and the Caribbean: Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean by Enrique Vega García

- The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected Future Gains by George Martin and Joshua Lederberg

- Exceptional Longevity by Thomas Perls and Dellara Terry

- Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy by Jaime Lerner

- Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations by Gloria Gutman

- How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships Can Finance Programs for the Aging by A. James Forbes, Jr.

- Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity of People with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom by Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis

- Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs That Work by Julia Preece and Brian Findsen

- Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security by C. Robert Henrikson

- Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from the Global Village by William Novelli

- Epilogue: The Road Ahead by Erik Olsen

For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c75743

Source: Business Wire

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