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Aging, Place, and Health: A Global Perspective examines the interplay of biological, social, and environmental factors affecting the health and well-being of aging individuals, their families, and communities. With a strong interdisciplinary focus, this book provides a clear, coherent structure to address the diversity of topics in this increasingly vital field. With contributions from leading experts in the field of aging and public health, the book explores key areas in the epidemiology of aging. Each chapter addresses an important topic in aging from survival, to function, depression, and health conditions. The final chapters translate aging research into practice and policy. Aging, Place, and Health: A Global Perspective follows an ecological model, recognizing that patterns of health and well-being are due to a dynamic interplay of biological, behavioral, social, and environmental factors that play out over the life course of individuals, families, neighborhoods, and communities.

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William A. Satariano, Ph.D., M.P.H. is Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health and Director of the Health and Social Behavior Program in the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to his appointment at UC Berkeley, he served as Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology and the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System at the Michigan Cancer Foundation from 1980-89. His research interests include the epidemiology of aging and disability, functional assessment, cancer rehabilitation and survival, physical activity and health in older populations, and the effects of the built environment on health and functioning. He has served as principal investigator for a number of epidemiological studies funded by the National Institute on Aging, the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cancer Society, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 1999, he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the National Center for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands. Dr. Satariano also has served as an advisor and consultant to a variety of public and private organizations, including membership on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active for Life Program, a national, community-based program to enhance physical activity in older populations.

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