Promoting the health of older adults: a challenging strategy

Prevention is based on a deficit-oriented view of aging and focuses on interventions targeting individual risk factors for diseases and their impact on daily life. Health promotion initiatives aim to empower individuals and communities by changing their living conditions—financial, social, environmental, and cultural—with the specific goal of reducing health inequalities.

Author(s): Cassou Bernard

Publishing year: 2020

Pages: 39-41

Health in Action, 2020, n° 453, p. 39-41

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