Successful ageing in an area of deprivation: Part 1-A qualitative exploration of the role of life experiences in good health in old age

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 807-813

  Gilhooly, M ^a   Hanlon, P ^b   Mowat, H ^c   Cullen, B ^d   Macdonald, S ^b   Whyte, B ^e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Mowat Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e Glasgow Centre for Population Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Healthy ageing; Life events; MIDSPAN; Qualitative methods; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348903776     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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