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The Life Course and Aging: A Society and Health Perspective

This Morning. Offer a definition of healthy agingMake the society and health case for the important of the working years Illustrate four themes in life course researchCelebrate a small victoryIf time permits reflect on 10 years since the Society and Health book conference. . Healthy Aging. Abi

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The Life Course and Aging: A Society and Health Perspective

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    2. This Morning Offer a definition of healthy aging Make the society and health case for the important of the working years Illustrate four themes in life course research Celebrate a small victory If time permits reflect on 10 years since the Society and Health book conference

    3. Healthy Aging Ability of Individuals To Maintain or Increase Participation in Valued Social Roles For a Given State of Health. This Definition Implies We Need To Measure Health-Related Participation in Valued Social Roles Work Role Functioning Household & Leisure Time Functioning Student Functioning

    7. Four Truths About Labor Market Experiences and Health Working is better than not working A good job is better than a hazardous job Continuous employment is better than multiple employment transition Labor market mobility and employability is better than a limited skill set

    8. Key Themes in Life Course Research Lives in Time and Place Human Agency & Its Constraints The Timing of Lives Interdependence of Lives

    9. The Problems of A Dynamic Cohort

    10. Cumulative Working Life Course

    11. Place Matters, But So Does Human Agency And They Are Related

    12. This is a harbinger of what is to come with social capital and income inequlaityThis is a harbinger of what is to come with social capital and income inequlaity

    13. The Age A Worker Retires At During The Working Life Course Matters

    15. Lives Are Interconnected NLSY Data From 1979-1990

    16. Celebrate Small Victories: Sacred Vocation Program Phase I: Becoming Embedded in the Hospital and in Health Care Worker’s Life Phase II: Individual Transformation Phase III: Transforming Health Care Work as Sacred Vocation Phase IV: Reflective Learning

    17. Society and Health: Reflections from 1992 Interpenetration of Class In Our Lives Proximal vs. Distal Definitions of Health Culture and Meaning Specific vs. General Causation Social Policy vs. Health Policy

    18. Thank You www.benamick.com

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