dc.contributor.author |
Amoakoh-Coleman, M. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lloyd-Sherlock, P. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-07-02T11:34:18Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-07-02T11:34:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-02-27 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Lloyd-Sherlock P, Amoakoh-Coleman M. A critical review of intervention and policy effects on the health of older people in sub-Saharan Africa [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 27]. Soc Sci Med. 2020;250:112887. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112887 |
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dc.identifier.other |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112887 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35440 |
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dc.description |
Research Article |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper provides a critical review of publications containing information about specific health effects on older
adults of interventions and policies in sub-Saharan Africa. Interventions and policies fell into the following
categories: testing or treating HIV, the provision of pensions, screening for non-communicable diseases (NCDs),
health service financing and interventions related to visual conditions. The review finds that the relevant literature
is very limited relative to the size of older populations in the region. Conditions of particular relevance to
older adults, such as NCDs, are under-represented and most studies treat older people as a single category,
typically including all adults aged 50 and over. The paper concludes that evidence about the health effects of
interventions and policies on the region's rapidly growing older populations remains minimal, and that this both
reflects and reinforces a bias against older people in health policy. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
the Economic and Social Research Council (grant ES/
P003516/1). |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Social Science & Medicine |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
2020;250 |
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dc.subject |
Older people |
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dc.subject |
Sub-Saharan africa |
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dc.subject |
Interventions |
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dc.subject |
Policies |
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dc.subject |
Review |
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dc.subject |
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) |
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dc.title |
A critical review of intervention and policy effects on the health of older people in sub-Saharan Africa |
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dc.type |
Article |
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