IGF::OT::IGF: Meeting the Challenges of Aging in Latin America

NIA战略方向的一个要素是了解人口老龄化以及社会、经济和人口特征的变化如何影响美国和其他国家的健康和福祉。拉丁美洲的人口老龄化将导致该地区年龄构成的转变，改变退休人口和工作人口之间的抚养比率，这将给私人/家庭资源和公共项目带来压力。该地区正在开展纵向老龄化研究，这些研究与nia支持的健康与退休研究的协调可以为跨学科老龄化研究提供重要机会。在NAS研讨会“应对亚洲人口老龄化挑战的研究和数据需求”取得成功的基础上，NIA与国家研究委员会签订了合同，任命一个国际专家委员会开会，准备一份关于拉丁美洲研究议程和数据收集/协调战略的报告。该研讨会促进了印度和中国纵向老龄化研究的发展（以及研究建议）。会议的重点是与泛美卫生组织（泛美卫生组织）、联合国人口基金（人口基金）和联合国人口司的合作。

An element of the NIA Strategic Directions is to ¿understand how population aging and changes in social, economic, and demographic characteristics of cohorts reaching old age affect health and well-being in the United States and other countries.¿ Population aging in Latin America will lead to a transformation of the age composition in the region, changing support ratios between the retired and working populations that will strain private/family sources and public programs alike. Longitudinal aging studies are developing in this region and harmonization of these studies with the NIA-supported Health and Retirement Study could provide significant opportunities for interdisciplinary aging research. Building on the success of the NAS workshop Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenges of Population Aging in Asia that led to the development of longitudinal aging studies in India and China (as well as recommendations on research), NIA has contract with the National Research Council to appoint a committee of international experts to meet to prepare a report on a research agenda and data collection/harmonization strategy for Latin America. The meeting will feature collaboration with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Population Division of the United Nations.