A Life Course Approach to Healthy Ageing

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Kuh
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Life Course Approach

A life course approach to healthy ageing: The HALCyon programme

Public Health ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kuh ◽  
R. Cooper ◽  
M. Richards ◽  
C. Gale ◽  
T. von Zglinicki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Life Course Approach

scholarly journals Developmental aspects of a life course approach to healthy ageing

2016 ◽  
Vol 594 (8) ◽  
pp. 2147-2160 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Hanson ◽  
C. Cooper ◽  
A. Aihie Sayer ◽  
R. J. Eendebak ◽  
G. F. Clough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Life Course Approach

scholarly journals Healthy Ageing and Vaccines: Application of the P4 Medicine Concept to Immunizations

Gerontology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Michel ◽  
Fiona Ecarnot
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
P4 Medicine ◽  
Community Protection

In today’s tormented world, it appears useful to take advantage of communication channels to promote life-course immunization and affirm its major role in healthy ageing. Instead of developing the argument of chronological age, we demonstrate the life-course principle here based on the P4 medicine concept. Are vaccines “preventive, personalized, predictive, and participatory?” Based on detailed analysis of research findings, we successively demonstrate the seminal role of vaccines on preventable infectious diseases, post-sepsis functional decline, non-communicable diseases (cardio-neuro-vascular, respiratory, and renal diseases), community protection, antimicrobial resistance, and perhaps even old-age dementia. Healthy ageing and the promotion of immunization are closely dependent on health literacy and provision of information by skilled health-care professionals. However, personal autonomy and individual freedom are influenced by psycho-cognitive hurdles (cultural approaches, beliefs, emotions, and behaviours), the opinions of the public/family/friends, and the increasing role of social media, which challenges scientific evidence. A similar phenomenon exists when dealing with the issue of healthy ageing, whose success depends greatly on life-course immunization.

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