General description

The course covers issues related to ageing and health on the population level.

Learning outcomes

Having complete the course the student
- knows the basic global trends of population aging
- is familiar with the connections between aging and health on the population level, measured as mortality, healthy life expectancy, functional status and self-rated health
- can characterize and investigate health, functioning and their determinants in very old populations
- can analyze the challenges of population aging to health and social services
- can analyze the consequences of population aging to family, work, and culture

Contents

Changing age structures, longevity
Determinants and indicators of health in old age
Consequences of population ageing: services, working life, family, culture
Study designs in ageing research

Teaching methods

Evaluation

Belongs to following study modules

2015–2016

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

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