Environmental quality and health in the elderly; The Australian situation and international comparison

环境质量和老年人健康；

• 批准号: LX0775883
• 负责人: Hon A/Prof Julie Hatfield
• 金额: $ 6.18万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage - International
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-03-05 至 2009-03-04
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LX0775883
• 关键词: Environmental; quality; health; elderly; Australian

The elderly are a vulnerable population group that should receive particular attention in health policy. They are a group of considerable and growing size that contributes disproportionately to total health burden. Although residential environment is likely to influence health and well-being among the elderly, the evidence-base for appropriate policy and practice is lacking. Improved understanding of the role of relevant environmental factors could lead to substantially reduced morbidity and mortality (and associated costs) for the key outcomes: falls, and cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Results will contribute to the international evidence-base in this increasingly critical area of research, policy, and practice.

老年人是一个脆弱的人口群体，在卫生政策中应得到特别关注。他们是一个规模庞大且不断扩大的群体，在总的健康负担中所占比例不成比例。虽然居住环境可能会影响老年人的健康和福祉，但缺乏制定适当政策和做法的证据基础。 提高对相关环境因素作用的认识，可大幅降低福尔斯、心血管疾病和呼吸系统疾病等关键结果的发病率和死亡率（及相关成本）。研究结果将有助于在这一日益重要的研究、政策和实践领域建立国际证据基础。