Research Catalog

Title

Public health for an aging society / edited by Thomas R. Prohaska, Lynda A. Anderson, and Robert H. Binstock.

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Prohaska, Thomas R.
• Anderson, Lynda A.
• Binstock, Robert H.

Description

xviii, 431 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Health Policy
• Aged
• Older people > Health and hygiene > United States
• United States
• Older people > Medical care > United States
• Health Services for the Aged
• Public Health
• Social Environment
• Medical policy > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Contemporary perspectives on public health / Terrie F. Wetle and Angela Sherwin -- What are the roles of public health in an aging society? / Linda P. Fried -- Financing and organizing health and long-term care services for the elderly population / Robyn I. Stone and William F. Benson -- Assessing the health and quality of life of older populations : concepts, resources, and systems / Sylvia E. Furner and Lynda A. Anderson -- Social determinants of health inequities and healthcare in old age / Steven P. Wallace -- Disability and functional status / Laurence G. Branch, Hongdao Meng, and Jack M. Guralnik -- Behavioral risk factors and evidence-based interventions / Susan L. Hughes, Marcia G. Ory, and Rachel B. Seymour -- Translation : dissemination and implementation issues / Thomas R. Prohaska, Renae Smith-Ray, and Russell E. Glasgow -- Family caregiving of older adults / Laura N. Gitlan and Richard Schulz -- Social engagement and a healthy aging society / Nancy Morrow-Howell and Sarah Gehlert -- Public health policy successes / David M. Buchner -- Technology and aging / David Lindeman -- Public health workforce preparation for an aging society / Janet Frank and Joan Weiss -- Disaster preparedness, response, and recovery / Kathryn Hyer and Lisa M. Brown -- Planned and built environments : interactions with aging / William A. Satariano, Marcia E. Ory, and Chanam Lee -- Genomics and aging / Steve M. Albert and M. Michael Barmada -- Global perspectives on public health and aging / Laurence G. Branch and Hongdao Meng -- Resource allocation in an aging society / Robert H. Binstock.

ISBN

• 9781421404349 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1421404346 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781421404356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1421404354 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011023110

OCLC

• ocn728458336
• 728458336
• SCSB-8855696

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries