A LIFECOURSE APPROACH TO HEALTH Taking forward a life course approach Workshop participants agreed to explore different ways of taking forward this approach, liasing both with local partners and internationally to generate resources and momentum. Suggested initiatives include the development of adaptable curriculum and course materials, considering issues of curriculum integration, impact and change, production of publications on the life course perspective focusing on implications for specific health or medical areas; using national and international conferences as platforms for dissemination of life course ideas; lobbying to improve the positioning of population ageing and health on the development agenda-international aid agencies, donors and NGOs are still overwhelmingly focused on children; encouraging the development of community friendly or 'life course friendly'ie ' people friendly! ' health centres, especially relevant to developing countries. We are committed to working with professional and health care networks to maximise dissemination of information, initiatives and ideas. Concrete recommendations on realising a life course approach to health will be developed to feed into the World Assembly on Ageing in 2002 Do you have practical suggestions for taking forward the ideas expressed? Have you been inspired by the use of a life course framework during your education? Have you utilised the life course as a framework in your teaching? Would you promote a life course approach? Shareyourideas-visitwww.ilcuk.orgukoremailusatlifecourse@ilcuk.orguk To those of you for whom this approach does not'feel' new-we are looking to learn from your experience and practical ideas on how to make it more explicit. To others who feel this approach is missing-we need to hear this expressed! The web-site will be developed to incorporate your houghts and link to and promote new initiatives as they emerge. Make it YOURS! We look forward to hearing from you LimitedcopiesofthebrochureandanA2posterpublicisingtheweb-sitewww.ilcuk.org.uk (contains an electronic copy of the brochure, also in French and Spanish) are available-contact copies. All text references in full, further information and links are also available on the web-site A Life-course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology eds. Diana Kuh and Yoav Ben-Shlomo A life-course perspective of maintaining independence in older age (WHO, 1999) WHO/HSC/AHE/99. 2: contact activeageing @who int for copies PAGEELEVENA LIFECOURSE APPROACH TO HEALTH PAGEELEVEN Workshop participants agreed to explore different ways of taking forward this approach, liasing both with local partners and internationally to generate resources and momentum. Suggested initiatives include the development of adaptable curriculum and course materials, considering issues of curriculum integration, impact and change; production of publications on the life course perspective focusing on implications for specific health or medical areas; using national and international conferences as platforms for dissemination of life course ideas; lobbying to improve the positioning of population ageing and health on the development agenda – international aid agencies, donors and NGOs are still overwhelmingly focused on children; encouraging the development of ‘community friendly’ or ‘life course friendly’ i.e. ‘people friendly!’ health centres, especially relevant to developing countries. We are committed to working with professional and health care networks to maximise dissemination of information, initiatives and ideas. Concrete recommendations on realising a life course approach to health will be developed to feed into the World Assembly on Ageing in 2002. Taking forward a life course approach Do you have practical suggestions for taking forward the ideas expressed? Have you been inspired by the use of a life course framework during your education? Have you utilised the life course as a framework in your teaching? Would you promote a life course approach? Share your ideas – visit www.ilcuk.org.uk or email us at lifecourse@ilcuk.org.uk To those of you for whom this approach does not ‘feel’ new – we are looking to learn from your experience and practical ideas on how to make it more explicit. To others who feel this approach is missing – we need to hear this expressed! The web-site will be developed to incorporate your thoughts and link to and promote new initiatives as they emerge. Make it YOURS! We look forward to hearing from you. Limited copies of the brochure and an A2 poster publicising the web-site www.ilcuk.org.uk (contains an electronic copy of the brochure, also in French and Spanish) are available – contact activeageing@who.int for copies. All text references in full, further information and links are also available on the web-site. Resources A Life-course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology eds. Diana Kuh and Yoav Ben-Shlomo (Oxford University Press, 1997) ISBN 0 19 2627821. A life-course perspective of maintaining independence in older age (WHO, 1999) WHO/HSC/AHE/99.2; contact activeageing@who.int for copies