Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Olive Watson-Coleman

Publications

• Research Article
  Living Beyond the Life Expectancy: A Self-Rated Health Viewpoint
  Author(s): Paul Andrew Bourne, Ikhalfani Solan, Charlene Sharpe-Pryce, Jannine Campbell-Smith, Angela Hudson-Davis, Olive Watson-Coleman and Joan RhulePaul Andrew Bourne, Ikhalfani Solan, Charlene Sharpe-Pryce, Jannine Campbell-Smith, Angela Hudson-Davis, Olive Watson-Coleman and Joan Rhule
  
  Introduction: One of the drawbacks to using life expectancy to evaluate the health status of a country is the absence of capturing ‘healthy’ years and/or the quality of lived years. Self-rated health provides more information to the health discourse, which are not supplied by life expectancy. Objectives: In the current study we seek to 1) determine the health conditions of people living beyond the life expectancy in Jamaica, 2) examine the health status of people living beyond the life expectancy in Jamaica, and 3) evaluate factors that influence good self-rated health status of people living beyond the life expectancy in Jamaica. Methods: For this work, data from 2007 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions was utilised. The sub-sample for this study was 321 men and women beyond 71 years and 74 years respectively. Findings: Fifty-one perce.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000153

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