The life course perspective calls for analyses examining individual health trajectories in their
historical, social, and cultural contexts. Initiated as a new approach to human development …

The present volume contributes to life course research with a specific emphasis on health
trajectories as they unfold along individual lives in specific socio-historical contexts. It brings …

A global view of health offers a richer understanding of ways of measuring, improving and
sustaining health both in individual national settings and in the context of a strongly …

A life-course approach to health encompasses strategies across individuals' lives that
optimize their functional ability (taking into account the interdependence of individual, social …

The life course perspective is a relatively new approach in public health, although it is an
obvious choice in the biological sciences. Biological knowledge about the development and …

The life course perspective provides a theoretical framework, concepts, and analytical tools
for examining how individual lives unfold in historical and institutional contexts. Nearly a half …

Young adulthood, defined here as the third decade of life, is a pivotal time when many key
social transitions are accomplished such as transition from education to employment. Other …

While life course approaches in the social sciences have a long tradition (Elder and Giele
2009; Heinz et al. 2009), it was not until the 1990s that a life course perspective was also …

Key stages in people's lives have particular relevance for theirhealth. The life-course
approach is about recognizing theimportance of these stages, and WHO/Europe …

This chapter offers a critique of summary measures of population health status (eg, disability-
adjusted life years and health-adjusted life expectancies) that have been promoted by the …