IGF::OT::IGF: PLANNING MEETING ON SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND INCREASING MID-LIFE MORTALITY

National Academy Of Sciences, Washington DC

Investigators

Abstract

This planning meeting is relevant to NIA initiatives on U.S. and international geographic differences in health, national disability trends and dynamics, the recent trans-NIH FOA on Education and Health (PAR-16-080), and NIA initiatives on health disparities. In addition, this activity would support several NIA Strategic Goals: Goal B to ?Better understand the effects of personal, interpersonal, and societal factors on aging, including the mechanisms through which these factors exert their effects?; Goal C to ?Develop effective interventions to maintain health, well-being, and function and prevent or reduce the burden of age-related diseases, disorders, and disabilities?; and Goal F to ?Understand health differences and develop strategies to improve the health status of older adults in diverse populations.