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ReviewPublic health challenges2024

Public Health Challenges and Responses to the Growing Ageing Populations.

Hafiz T A Khan, Kwaku Mari Addo, Helen Findlay

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Review in Public health challenges, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

143 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hafiz T A KhanPublic Health Group College of Nursing Midwifery and Healthcare University of West London London UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1817-3730
Kwaku Mari AddoGhana Ministry of Health Accra Ghana.
Helen FindlayIndependent Researcher.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Human populations are rapidly ageing worldwide due to declining birth rates and rising life expectancies. This profound demographic shift presents complex public health challenges. Synthesizing evidence on key public health issues impacting ageing populations and policy strategies is required to address these needs. Methods: The study employs narrative literature review based on the PubMed database. Data have been extracted on public health challenges to ageing populations and its recommended policy solutions. Results: The key public health challenges identified include rising chronic disease burden, risks for preventable multi-morbidities and co-morbidities, disability and dependencies, mental health issues, caregiving gaps, long-term care system deficiencies, health inequities, healthcare access barriers, end-of-life care needs, financial instability, ageism/elder abuse, adverse built environments, climate/disaster threats, and social isolation. Evidence-based policy responses span interventions in healthcare, social services, urban planning, emergency preparedness, economics, technology, anti-ageism advocacy and so on. Conclusions: Proactively addressing the array of public health challenges faced by rapidly growing ageing populations globally requires implementing collaborative, multisectoral policy solutions focused on promoting healthy, equitable, and socially engaged ageing. Healthcare systems, communities, and policies must be optimized to meet the needs of elderly people and tap into their strengths.

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ageing populationschallengesglobalpublic healthresponses

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PMID40496520
PMCPMC12039680

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