Background: Debate on policy challenges associated with the health of older populations in
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has intensified in recent years, centering on a concern about …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of sleep problems and the effect of potential correlates
in low-income settings from Africa and Asia, where the evidence is lacking. Design: Cross …

The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), located in rural
northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, was established in 1992 to support …

The International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health
(INDEPTH) Network is an umbrella organization for a group of independent health research …

Objectives To test the psychometric properties of the EUROHIS-QOL 8-item index, a
shortened version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Abbreviated …

Energy poverty is a serious problem worldwide that negatively impacts the subjective well-
being of elderly residents. This paper aims to explore this relationship. Firstly, based on …

There is a growing consensus regarding the influence of various psychosocial factors such
as degree of social participation on health and disease outcomes, quality of life, and general …

Unique to Africa, a means-tested non-contributory pension is available to South Africans. In
2006, women over 60 and men over 65 were pension-eligible. To explore the effect of the …

This paper examines the determinants and policy implications of active and healthy ageing
in Sub-Saharan Africa, taking the case of Bamenda, in Cameroon. Specifically, the study …

Background The percentage of people aged 65 or older living in Poland is 13.6%, but 17.2%
in Łódź. The aim of the study was to identify factors correlating with the self-rated quality of …