Healthy Ageing and Health Equity: Broader Determinants of Health with a Spotlight on Climate Change

Ritu Sadana; Suman Budhwani; Erik Blas; Ana Posarac; Theadora Koller; Guillermo Paraje

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96529-1_18

Healthy Ageing and Health Equity: Broader Determinants of Health with a Spotlight on Climate Change

Ritu Sadana, Suman Budhwani, Erik Blas, Ana Posarac, Theadora Koller, Guillermo Paraje

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Abstract

We briefly consider theories that should contribute to a model of healthy ageing, incorporating important structural and intermediate causes of inequalities and inequities. We then use a modified version of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health framework to take account of factors that are particularly relevant and explain differences in the level and distribution of healthy ageing—at early and later stages of life. We also identify entry points on what can be done to support people to function well into older ages, irrespective of disease or morbidity status. The importance of climate change on the health of older adults is briefly outlined, with a call for in-depth investigation to inform policy and identify actions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Practical Issues in Geriatrics
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	169-183
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96529-1_18
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Practical Issues in Geriatrics
ISSN (Print)	2509-6060
ISSN (Electronic)	2509-6079

Keywords

Ageing
Climate change
Healthy ageing
Social determinants of health

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