DISEASE CONTOUR AND HOUSEHOLD DECISION MAKING A GENDER COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OLDER PERSONS

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-I).03      10.31703/gsr.2020(V-I).03      Published : Mar 2020
Authored by : AbidGhafoorChaudhry , AftabAhmed

03 Pages : 16-23

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  • Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M., eds. (2005). The solid facts. Social determinants of health, 2nd ed.Copenhagen, World Health Organization Office for Europe, 2005 (available online at: ) www.who.dk/document/e81384.pdf
  • World Health Report (2006). Working together for health. Statistical Annex. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2006.
  • Zafar, S. N., Ganatra, H. A., Tehseen, S., & Qidwai, W. (2006). Health and needs assessment of geriatric patients: results of a survey at a teaching hospital in Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 56:470-4.
  • Zafar, S.N., Ganatra, H.A., Tehseen, S., & Qidwai, W. (2006). Health and needs assessment of geriatric patients: results of a survey at a teaching hospital in Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc, 56:470-4.
  • Agrawal, G., & Keshri, K. (2014). Morbidity Patterns and Health Care Seeking Behavior among Older Widows in India. PLoSONE, 9(4): e94295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094295
  • Ahmed, A., & Chaudhry, A. G. (2015) Aging and Aging Stereotypes: Perception of Older Persons' of Rawalpindi. The Explorer, Islamabad,1(4): 97-100.
  • Ahmed, A., Chaudhry, A. G., & Khan, S. (2015). Declining Age and Social Roles: A Gerontological Perspective of Older Persons of Rawalpindi. Science International, 27(1):719-721.
  • Ahmed, A., Chaudhry, A. G., & Farooq, H. (2014, Dec). Older Persons and Aging Phenomena: Exploratory Study Based on Perceptions of Elders about Old Age. American Research Thoughts, 1(2), 1029-1035.
  • Ashiq U., & Asad, A. Z. (2017). The Rising Old Age Problem in Pakistan. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan. 54(2), 325-333
  • Chaudhry, A. G., Ahmed, A., Farooq, H., Bhatti, A. G., & Zeeshan, M. (2014). Health, Marital Status and Mode of Living: An Anthropological Study of Aging Community in Rawalpindi. Medical Forum, 25(5), 46-50.
  • Chen, M., & Dreze, J (1992). Widows and Health in Rural North India. Economic and Political Weekly 27(43/44): WS81-WS92.
  • Cohrdes, C. & Bretschneider, J. (2018). Can social support and physical activity buffer cognitive impairment inindividuals with depressive symptoms? Results from a representative sample of young to older adults. J. Affect. Disord. 239, 102-106.
  • European Centre. (EC, 2001), Models of Terminal Care Leave. Mimeo (Vienna, European Centre, 2001).
  • Gubhaju, B. (2008). Fertility Transition and Population Aging in the Asian and Pacific Region. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 23(2): 55-80.
  • Gulati, L., & Rajan, S. I. (1999) The added years: elderly in India and Kerala. Economic and Political Weekly, 34(44): WS46-WS51.
  • Kirkwood, T. (1999). The Time of our Lives. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
  • Lee, K. S. (2016). Conflicting views on elder care responsibility in Japan. Soc. Sci. Res. 57:133-147.
  • Leeder S., et al. (2004). Race against time: the challenge of cardiovascular disease in developing countries. New York, Centre for Global Health and Economic Development.
  • Matthews, K., Wing, R., & Kuller, L. (1990). Influences of natural menopause on psychological characteristics and symptoms of middle-aged healthy women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58:345-363.
  • Ministry of Health. (2019). Labor and Welfare Guideline for Integrated Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support Programs. Available online: (accessed on 21 March 2020). (In Japanese) https://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/06-Seisakujouhou- 12300000-Roukenkyoku/0000205730.pdf
  • Mitchell, C. U., & LaGory, M. (2002). Social capital and mental distress in an impoverished community. City Community. 1:199-222.
  • Phua, K. H. (2000). Financing Health and Long-Term Care for Aging Population in the Asia Pacific Region. London.
  • Population Demographic Profile (2018). Available from: Access date: 20-05-2018 https://www.indexmundi.com/pakistan/demographics_profile.html
  • Schoeni, R. (1992). Another Leak in the Bucket. Public Transfer Income and Private Family Support, Population Studies Center Research Report No. 92-249. University of Michigan.
  • Steptoe, A., Deaton, A., & Stone, A. A. (2015). Subjective wellbeing, health, and ageing. Lancet, 385:640-648.
  • Sugihara, Y., Sugisawa, H., & Nakatani, Y. (2012). Use of in-home services before and after the introduction, revision ofnursing-care insurance system and changes in feeling of burden of care-Understanding of secular change based on repeated crossing survey. J. Health Welf. Stat. 59:1-9. (In Japanese)
  • Takagi, D., Kondo, K., & Kawachi, I. (2013). Social participation and mental health: Moderating effects of gender, social role and rurality. BMC Public Health, 13, 701.
  • Tomioka, K., Kurumatani, N., & Hosoi, H. (2017). Positive and negative influences of social participation on physicaland mental health among community-dwelling elderly aged 65-70 years: A cross-sectional study in Japan. BMC Geriatr. 17-111. DOI 10.1186/s12877-017-0502-8
  • UN. (2000) The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. New York: p. 8.
  • UN. (2001). World Population Monitoring.p.44-49
  • United Nations (2007). World population Aging: 1950-2050. In Department of Economic and Social Affairs. New York: Population Division.
  • United Nations Population Division (UNPD, 2007). World population aging: 1950-2050. In Department of Economic and Social Affairs. New York.
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and HelpAge International, (2012). Aging in the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration and A Challenge. Published by UNFPA, New York, and HelpAge International, London
  • United Nations. (1994). Aging and the Family in the Developed Countries and Areas of Asian Countries and Transitions in Aging and the Family. United Nations Publications.
  • United Nations. (2017). World Population Aging 2017 - Highlights (ST/ESA/SER.A/397). Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
  • United Nations. Population Aging and Development, (2009). Datasheet, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
  • Wakai, K., Hamajima, N., Okada, R., Naito, M., Morita, E., Hishida, A., Kawai, S., Nishio, K., Yin, G., Asai, Y., et al. (2011). Profile of Participants and Genotype Distributions of 108 Polymorphisms in a Cross- Sectional Study of Associations of Genotypes with Lifestyle and Clinical Factors: A Project in the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort (J-MICC) Study. J. Epidemiol. 21, 223-235
  • WHO? (1999). Aging - Exploding the Myths. Geneva: Aging and Health Programme (AHE) [document on the Internet]. Geneva; 1999. Available from: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1999/WHO_HSC_AHE_99.1.pdf
  • WHO? (2000). Women's mental health: an evidence-based review. Geneva, (available online at:). www.who.int
  • Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M., eds. (2005). The solid facts. Social determinants of health, 2nd ed.Copenhagen, World Health Organization Office for Europe, 2005 (available online at: ) www.who.dk/document/e81384.pdf
  • World Health Report (2006). Working together for health. Statistical Annex. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2006.
  • Zafar, S. N., Ganatra, H. A., Tehseen, S., & Qidwai, W. (2006). Health and needs assessment of geriatric patients: results of a survey at a teaching hospital in Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 56:470-4.
  • Zafar, S.N., Ganatra, H.A., Tehseen, S., & Qidwai, W. (2006). Health and needs assessment of geriatric patients: results of a survey at a teaching hospital in Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc, 56:470-4.

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    APA : Chaudhry, A. G., & Ahmed, A. (2020). Disease Contour and Household Decision Making: A Gender Comparative Study of Older Persons. Global Sociological Review, V(I), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-I).03
    CHICAGO : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, and Aftab Ahmed. 2020. "Disease Contour and Household Decision Making: A Gender Comparative Study of Older Persons." Global Sociological Review, V (I): 16-23 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2020(V-I).03
    HARVARD : CHAUDHRY, A. G. & AHMED, A. 2020. Disease Contour and Household Decision Making: A Gender Comparative Study of Older Persons. Global Sociological Review, V, 16-23.
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