Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The explicit goal of the workshop was to identify the most promising directions for behavioral and social research and data infrastructure investments for studying life-course health, aging, and Alzheimers disease and Alzheimers disease and related dementias in LMICs. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 The Role of Inequality
3 Conceptual and Methodological Barriers
4 Research and Policy Interventions
5 The Role of Family
6 Use of Existing Data
7 Role of Environmental Exposures
8 Key Takeaways
References
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches for Workshop Planning Committee Members and Speakers