Concept information
Preferred term
health transition
Definition(s)
- An extension of the theory of epidemiological transition arguing that we have now moved into a fourth stage of the relationship between modern societies and disease. These changes relate to changes in life expectancy, with male life expectancy catching up with females; the reduction of some degenerative diseases; and a greater postulated role for lifestyle factors as the source of disease. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Health Transition]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SVSRSBSB-8
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