An Integrative Approach to Global Ageing: Strategies and Actions Plans
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2023) | Viewed by 2961
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental health; healthy ageing; susceptible population exposure to air pollutants; human health impacts to air pollutants; indoor and atmospheric air quality assessment; source apportionment
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: frailty and sarcopenia; physical activity and exercise in ageing; functional capacity assessment; exercise prescription; active and healthy ageing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 2019, the global population aged 60 years and over (older adults) was just over 1 billion people, representing 13.2% of the world’s total population of 7.7 billion. That number is 2.5 times greater than
in 1980 (382 million) and is projected to reach nearly 2.1 billion by 2050. The United Nations’ projections estimate that there will be more than twice as many older adults as children aged under five.
According to WHO reports, global life expectancy at birth increased from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.3 years in 2019, and healthy life expectancies (HALEs) at birth increased from 58.3 years to 63.7 years, showing that HALE has a slower increment than global life expectancy, leading to a slightly larger proportion of years lived with disability.
The WHO defines healthy ageing as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age.” Based on this, there are three components to be measured using common standards and metrics: functional ability, intrinsic capacity, and environments.
In this sense, a more holistic and integrated approach could be crucial in investigating current and future actions of elderly people.
We would like to solicit quality articles to this Special Issue which we hope will help us to better prepare for a future with an active and healthy ageing population.
Dr. Marina Almeida-Silva
Dr. Maria Teresa Barreiros Caetano Tomás
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ageing
- health
- actions
- sustainability
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