Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa : Recommendations for furthering research / Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies; Barney Cohen and Jane Menken, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Policy and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa.

Contributor:

Cohen, Barney, 1959-

Menken, Jane, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Health and hygiene--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Older people.

Older people--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions.

Aging--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Aging.

HIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

HIV infections.

AIDS (Disease)--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

AIDS (Disease).

Physical Description:

xii, 356 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed as repositories of information and wisdom, and are critical pillars of the community but as the HIV/AIDS pandemic destroys family systems, the elderly increasingly have to deal with the loss of their own support while absorbing the additional responsibilities of caring for their orphaned grandchildren. Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa explores ways to promote U.S. research interests and to augment the sub-Saharan governments' capacity to address the many challenges posed by population aging. Five major themes are explored in the book such as the need for a basic definition of "older person," the need for national governments to invest more in basic research and the coordination of data collection across countries, and the need for improved dialogue between local researchers and policy makers. This book makes three major recommendations: 1) the development of a research agenda 2) enhancing research opportunity and implementation and 3) the translation of research findings.

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

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

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

Appendix B About the Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610742462

9780309180092

0309180090

9781280742460

1280742461

9780309663519

0309663512

OCLC:

923276394

Publisher Number:

9780309102810