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Active ageing

open access: yesInternational Practice Development Journal, 2017
Background: The concept of active ageing has been gaining prominence in the Nordic countries and beyond. This has been reflected in policy papers in Norway and other Nordic nations. Aims: The aim of this article is to analyse the topic of active ageing in five Norwegian White Papers (2002 to 2015) and discuss those policy documents in context of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Active aging through employment : a critical feminist perspective on Polish policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Age has become a crucial factor in labour market regulation measures undertaken in Poland in the last several years. Inspired by Europe 2020 strategy of ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’, Poland’s own long-term development plans, especially those
Zbyszewska, Ania
core  

Imaging of High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Recommendations From SIOPEN Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in early childhood. Its clinical behavior is highly variable, ranging from spontaneous regression to fatal outcome despite intensive treatment. The International Society of Pediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group (SIOPEN) Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees ...
Annemieke Littooij   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between a three-month physical conditioning “posture-balance-motricity and health education” (PBM-HE) program on postural and balance capacities of sedentary older adults: influence of initial motor profile

open access: yesEuropean Review of Aging and Physical Activity, 2018
Background The aims of this study were (i) to define the relationship between a physical reconditioning cycle using balance exercises and muscular-articular stress and the balance capabilities of sedentary older adults and (ii) to assess whether older ...
Pierre Louis Bernard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active Aging through Later Life and Afterlife Planning: Shūkatsu in a Super-Aged Japan

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
In Japan, the term shūkatsu—referred as the planning for later life and for the afterlife—has gained popularity due to high amount of mass media exposure in recent years.
Hui Hsien Chan, Leng Leng Thang
doaj   +1 more source

Active aging promotion: results from the Vital Aging Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Active aging is one of the terms in the semantic network of aging well, together with others such as successful, productive, competent aging. All allude to the new paradigm in gerontology, where by aging is considered from a positive perspective.
Caprara, María Giovanna   +5 more
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Effects of Cancer Treatment on Somatosensory and Nociceptive Processing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy remains a major complication in pediatric cancer, with disrupted somatosensory and nociceptive processing being a key aspect. This review synthesizes empirical studies on alterations in somatosensory and nociceptive processing in children and adolescents with cancer.
Julia Schweiger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group's United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The United Kingdom relapsed Wilms tumour (UKW‐R) trial aimed to improve the historically low survival rates after relapse of Wilms tumour (WT) through a prospective national risk‐stratified protocol. The trial also evaluated efficacy and toxicity of high‐dose melphalan.
Sucheta J. Vaidya   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are costs optimized as scale-up of Choose to Move–an effective health-promoting intervention for older adults–proceeds?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Background Few studies have examined costs of implementing evidence-based interventions (EBIs) as scale-up proceeds. Across four phases, we co-adapted and scaled up an effective EBI designed to promote older adults’ health (Choose to Move; CTM ...
Zoe Szewczyk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating connections, confinements, and neighbourhood places: Older adults’ everyday well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

open access: yesWellbeing, Space and Society
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly disrupted society and raised concerns about the well-being of older adults. Today, many people have abandoned ‘pandemic protocols’ but questions remain about the pandemic's longer term impacts on older adults.
Callista A. Ottoni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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