Baby boomer health dynamics : how are we aging? / Andrew V. Wister.

By:

Wister, Andrew [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781442628151

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

RA408 .B339 2005

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Contents:

Baby boomers and population health -- Advancements in healthy lifestyle theories: towards transdisciplinarity -- Linking lifestyle behaviours and health -- Data sources and data analyses -- Changes in healthy lifestyles for the Canadian population -- Population changes in health status and health utilization -- Comparative health dynamics of baby boomers -- Socio-economic status, region, and foreign-born status variations in baby boomer lifestyles -- Summarizing population and baby boomer health dynamics -- Explicating two lifestyle-health paradoxes -- Health policy relevance, future scenarios, and conclusions.

Review: "In Baby Boomer Health Dynamics, Andrew Wister argues that the health of a population is affected by experiences of cohorts as they form unique health and illness trajectories connected to their size, composition, earlier life experiences, and exposure to historical events. A cohort analysis of major national Canadian surveys collected between 1978-9 and 2000-1 constitutes the core of the primary research. In addition to a discussion of general population trends, the author provides comparisons of the baby boom generation with the previous generation, and looks at the influence of such factors as socio-economic status, regional differences, and foreign-born status on lifestyle behaviours." "Providing a wealth of data and insightful analysis of issues and trends, Baby Boomer Health Dynamics is essential reading for students and practitioners in the fields of sociology, demography, gerontology, epidemiology, and health sciences."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

The baby boomer phenomenon -- Baby boomers and population health -- Advancements in healthy lifestyle theories: towards transdisciplinarity -- Linking lifestyle behaviours and health -- Data sources and data analyses -- Changes in healthy lifestyles for the Canadian population -- Population changes in health status and health utilization -- Comparative health dynamics of baby boomers -- Socio-economic status, region, and foreign-born status variations in baby boomer lifestyles -- Summarizing population and baby boomer health dynamics -- Explicating two lifestyle-health paradoxes -- Health policy relevance, future scenarios, and conclusions.

"In Baby Boomer Health Dynamics, Andrew Wister argues that the health of a population is affected by experiences of cohorts as they form unique health and illness trajectories connected to their size, composition, earlier life experiences, and exposure to historical events. A cohort analysis of major national Canadian surveys collected between 1978-9 and 2000-1 constitutes the core of the primary research. In addition to a discussion of general population trends, the author provides comparisons of the baby boom generation with the previous generation, and looks at the influence of such factors as socio-economic status, regional differences, and foreign-born status on lifestyle behaviours." "Providing a wealth of data and insightful analysis of issues and trends, Baby Boomer Health Dynamics is essential reading for students and practitioners in the fields of sociology, demography, gerontology, epidemiology, and health sciences."--Jacket.

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