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Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China

Huang, Wei; Lei, Xiaoyan; Ridder, Geert; Strauss, John; … - eSocialSciences - 2012

Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may...

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Populations at Risk: Other End of Youth Bulge

Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011

the elderly. And yet demographically, it is this section that is showing high growth rates. …

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National Policy for Senior Citizens: 2011

Justice, Ministry of Social; GOI, Empowerment - eSocialSciences - 2011

factors. These include the demographic explosion among the elderly, the changing economy and social milieu, advancement in … medical research, science and technology and high levels of destitution among the elderly rural poor (51 million elderly live … below the poverty line). A higher proportion of elderly women than men experience loneliness and are dependent on children …

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Human Rights in Malaysia: Challenges and Constraints in the Malaysian Context

Abdullah, Mohammad Hirman Ritom - eSocialSciences - 2012

The paper discusses some of the main human rights areas of concern within Malaysia, over the years. [Working Paper Series No. 12]. URL:[http://www.ieas.unimas.my/images/stories/hirmanritom.pdf].

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Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in Sri Lanka: Overview Study

Tudawe, Indra - eSocialSciences - 2009

persons from the conflict, disabled, elderly, street children, employed children, female headed households and youth. Further …

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Disabled Elderly in India

Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2007

disabled elderly according to their place of residence from the secondary data available. …

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Population Ageing and Health in India

Rajan, S. Irudaya - eSocialSciences - 2006

The number of elderly in the developing countries has been growing at a phenomenal rate; in 1990 the population of 60 …

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National Human Development Report 2001

Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2007

The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effective in directing public policies and programmes it has to be anchored in a social context....

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Indian Elderly Among Marginal Sections Programmes and Policies in the Era of Globalisation

Ansari, Habibullah - eSocialSciences - 2007

This paper is an attempt to bring out different needs of elders from different backgrounds and socio-economic groups. The main aim of the paper is to help policy makers in identifying these differences and forming policies accordingly.

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National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE): An Approach towards Active and Healthy Ageing

Health, Ministry of; Welfare, Family - eSocialSciences - 2011

The National Programme for the Health Care for the Elderly (NPHCE) is an articulation of the International and national …

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