PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN OLDER SUB-SAHARA AFRICANS
James Muruthi, Margaret Adamek · 2023
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James Muruthi and Margaret Adamek introduce a 2023 conference session on long-term diseases among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the fastest-growing share of older people in the world, and diseases such as diabetes and heart disease are rising with age. The session gathers talks on how social and mental factors shape these diseases.
The talks cover a Swahili version of a short distress scale tested in older Kenyans. Other talks look at how older Nigerian women who survived cancer seek HIV information, and at what drives early cancer detection among older Nigerian men. A further talk reviews depression rates among older adults across the region. The presenters argue that such evidence is a needed first step toward programs that cut the burden of these diseases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James Muruthi, Margaret Adamek |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |