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Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings. (2011)
Book
Frost, H., Haw, S., & Frank, J. (2011). Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy

In developed countries the population of older people is expected to rise as life expectancy increases. Consequently, it will become increasingly difficult to maintain independent living for older people in their own homes or provide adequate pension... Read More about Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings..

Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably (2011)
Journal Article
Haw, S., Frank, J., Frost, H., Geddes, R., Jackson, C., & Mooney, J. (2011). Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 41(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.4997/jrcpe.2011

First paragraph: Compared with other Western European countries, Scotland has the highest mortality rate and lowest life expectancy. Scotland is also characterised by marked inequalities, with men from the poorest communities dying 13 years earlier a... Read More about Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably.