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A Global Response to Elder Abuse Including Neglect: Building Primary Health Care Capacity to Deal with the Problem World-Wide

Annual Call for Projects 2003

Summary

The Ageing and Life Course unit of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Geneva Interfaculty Gerontology Centre, in association with institutions in eight countries, are collaborating in a research project aimed at tackling a substantial, yet hidden, societal problem: elder abuse. The aims of the project are: 1) To develop and validate universal and reliable screening tools to facilitate the detection of elder abuse cases by primary health care professionals; 2) To build the capacty of primary health care (PHC) workers to deal with elder abuse through evidence based education for the development of prevention strategies. The approach of this project reflects the WHO policy framework on "Active Ageing," which recognised elder abuse as one of the urgent challenges facing societies worldwide. A focus on primary health care settings was chosen, as it is within the primary health care context that elder abuse can be first identified - or overlooked altogether.

The grant provided by the GIAN for this project totals SFr 299,600

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Project Team

Prof. Charles-Henri Rapin , Principal Member, Inter-Faculty Center for Gerontology , University of Geneva (Unige) .

Dr. Antonio Yuste , Principal Member, Spanish Society of Geriatry and Gerontology, Madrid .

Dr. Raul Blanco Cervantes , Associated Member, National Hospital of Geriatry and Gerontology, Municipality of San Jose , Costa Rica.

Ms Susana Concordo , Associated Member, Tsao foundation, Singapore .

Ms Terezinha Da Silva , Associated Member, Centre for Legal and Judicial Training, Mozambic.

Prof. Mark S. Lachs , Associated Member, Weill Medical College , Cornell University, New York .

Ms Maxine Lithwick , Associated Member, , Canada .

Ms Laura Machado , Associated Member, City of Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil .

Dr. Fernando Morales-Martinez , Associated Member, National Hospital of Geriatry and Gerontology, Municipality of San Jose , Costa Rica.

Ms Bridget Penhale , Associated Member, The University of Sheffield .

Ms Mayte Sancho Castiello , Associated Member, Academic Organisations.

Ms Amleset Tewodros , Associated Member, Academic Organisations.

Related Links

> Order book , Order book online on the WHO website.

Related News

Related Conferences

Elder Abuse - Press Conference 30.11.2005
A Global Response to Elder Abuse. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Geneva International Academic Network...
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Research Output

A Global Response to Elder Abuse and Neglect: Building Primary Health Care Capacity to Deal with the Problem Worldwide: Main Report
(available in English only)
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