Adults and Seniors

Abstract

First Cover -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Adults -- The Health Consequences of Unemployment -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Key conclusions from the research literature -- The Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Unemployment -- The Effects of Unemployment on Family Members -- Preliminary Results from a Canadian Community Survey -- Reemployment and the Recovery of Health -- Mediating and Moderating Factors -- Summary of Key Findings -- Sucess stories -- The Michigan JOBS Program -- Local Success Stories -- Job Clubs -- Policy Implications -- Reducing Unemployment -- Altering the Consequences of Unemployment -- Bibliography -- Promoting Literacy, Improving Health -- Table of contents -- Overview of literacy work -- Statistics -- Causes of Limited Literacy -- Personal Factors -- Social and Economic Factors -- The Role of Schools -- Impact of Limited Literacy -- Literacy Programming -- Program Delivery -- Programs in Educational Institutions -- Community-Based Programs -- Workplace Programs -- Effectiveness of Literacy Programs -- The Role of Communication Technologies in Literacy -- Key Program Groups -- Aboriginal Peoples -- Francophones -- Inmates -- Women -- Health care and literacy -- Impact of Limited Literacy on Health -- Health Care Responses to the Literacy Issue -- Social Policy Changes -- Increased Awareness of the Issue -- Collaboration between Health and Literacy Workers -- Increased Access to Health Information -- Sucess stories -- Beat the Street: Frontier College -- BEST - Basic Education for Skills Training: The Ontario Federation of Labour -- Intergenerational Literacy Program: Invergarry Learning Centre -- Something Special for Seniors: Medicine Hat College and One Voice -- Policy implications -- Health Care -- Education -- Social Equity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Seniors.