The Demography and Epidemiology of Human Health and Aging

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Siegel, Jacob S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Public health.; Geriatrics.; Epidemiology.; Aging.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Part I. Scope of Health Demography, Sources, and Quality of Data: 1. Introduction
• 2. Sources and Quality of Data for Mortality and Health Studies
• Part II. Concepts and Measures of Mortality and Morbidity
• 3. Concepts and Basic Measures of Mortality
• 4. The Life Table
• 5. Measures of Health Status, Functioning, and Use of Health Services
• Part III. Mortality and Morbidity Considered Jointly and in Relation to Fertility, Migration, and Population Age-Sex Structure
• 6. Health Inequalities, General Trends in Mortality and Morbidity, and Associated Factors
• 7. Demographic and Socioeconomic Group Differences in Morbidity and Mortality
• 8. Gauging Population Health: Measures Linking Mortality and Morbidity
• 9. Reproductive Health
• 10. Health and Migration.-11. Special Health Issues in Less Developed Countries
• 12. Interrelations of Health, Mortality, and Age Structure
• Part IV. Theories of Aging and Longevity and Projections of Mortality and Health
• 13. Concepts and Theories of Longevity
• 14. Models of Aging, Health, and Mortality, and Mortality/Health Projections
• Part V. Applications to Health Policy and Health Administration
• 15. Health Policy
• 16. Applied Health Demography
• Chapter 17. Some Ethical and Legal Aspects of Health Demography
• Appendixes
• A.1. Selected List of Journals in the English Language for the Study of Health Demography
• A.2. General Internet Sources of Data on Health Demography
• B. Review of General Analytic Devices and Special Survey Methods
• C. Glossary
• D. Classifications of Countries and Regions
• E. List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Subject Index.