Project profile: Study on global AGEing and adult health in China

VernacularTitle: 全球老龄化与成人健康研究中国项目进展
Author: Yanfei GUO ¹ ; Yan SHI ¹ ; Ye RUAN ¹ ; Fan WU ²
Author Information

1. Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
2. Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China; Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Publication Type:Editorial
Keywords: Ageing; Cohort study
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2019;40(10):1203-1205
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: With accelerating and rapid ageing in China, there is an urgent need to collect reliable, valid and cross-nationally comparable data on health in the elderly to provide basis for richer and empirical analysis on the changing health over one’s life course and compression of morbidity. To meet the demands of this growing special population, planning and preparing on related social protection mechanisms (health and pension systems) should also based on evidence-based decision-making process. Based on long-term follow-up, large scale cohort study is indispensible for the etiology of common chronic diseases and disabling conditions. This study aims to introduce the background, project objectives, contents, baseline characteristics, strength and weakness as well as prospect, related to the Study on global AGEing and adult health in China.