GDI Webinar: Growing up in poverty, growing old with multimorbidity in America, Britain, China & Europe
| Dates: | 5 June 2024 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | Global Development Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16 |
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Webinar with Gindo Tampubolon, Senior Lecturer in Global Health.
Childhood poverty is directly associated with many health outcomes in late life irrespective of youth health and of variation in health systems. The childhood poor in America, Britain and Europe have reported worse cognitive, muscle and mental functions in their fifties to nineties. But it is not known whether they have higher probabilities of experiencing multimorbidity. Even so, much less is known about the life course shaping of multimorbidity in the rapidly ageing largest nation, China. While the north has grown old after they get rich, the south has grown old while yet to get rich.
Evidence is mounting that childhood can last a lifetime, affecting cognitive and muscle function, mental health and now multimorbidity. This evidence calls for urgent actions to eliminate child poverty on account of its lifelong rewards on healthy ageing.
For more information about this webinar, please email Louisa Hann at louisa.hann@manchester.ac.uk.
Sign up: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAldeqvrTgqE9Hfg3VDHTLW1GpRPnHsFwWT
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