April 12, 2004
Health Of Populations By Age
According to statistics from the Department of Health and Family Services the number of children under 14 years of age has decreased by 2% and the number of older persons aged 55-64 has increased by 10%. Both of these sets of ages are undergoing greater than normal fluctuations. http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/population/02demog/wisconsin.htm
Recently, there have been a fair number of websites published centering on the health of people according to their age. Two specific target ages have been children and the over 50 crowd.
Staying Healthy at 50+
The Agency for Healthcare Reseach and Quality, AARP and HRSA have worked together
to formulate this guide for the over 50 crowd. The site offers several markers
for testing your health, suggested healthy habits and charts for keeping track
of your health care. http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/50plus/index.html
The Maternal and Child Health Library
This website comes from Georgetown University and is funded by a number of agencies.
Materials include the weekly newsletter MCH Alert, resource guides, full text
publications, databases, and links to quality MCH sites. They also have over
15 Knowledge Paths which are guides to electronic information on over 15 topics
including Child and Adolescent Health Insurance and Access to Care and Oral
Health and Children and Adolescents. http://www.mchlibrary.info/
Childstats.gov
The official website of the federal interagency forum on child and family statistics.
Contains links to important reports such as the annual federal monitoring report
on the status of the Nation's children "America's Children: Key National
Indicators of Well-being". http://www.childstats.gov/
CDC Public Health and Aging E-mail
forum
This website offers professionals who are interested in healthy aging an opportunity
to discuss current issues, barriers, and successes in public health programs
for older Americans. Announcements are also distributed through the forum on
funding opportunities, conferences, quality web sites and best practices, etc.
http://www.cdc.gov/aging/
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