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THEME ISSUE

Adult Education and Health 4/2018

The complex connection between education and health

Feature. There is a two-way relationship between education and health. Lifelong learning opportunities are key to better health and social equality.

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In Lisbon “old is the new young”

Feature. Grandma Came to Work is a project with a wide scope: the participants are elderly women who create design objects, break stereotypes and have fun - and gain health benefits as a side product.

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A move to improve health literacy for the ageing population

Interview. Research study on the ability to understand health issues, communicate about health and take decisions about health has had a successful continuum.

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Better than well?

Interview. It’s not healthy to tell healthy people that they are sick when they are not, says Canadian non-fiction author Alan Cassels. In his books and research, he calls for better medical literac...

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How can the health benefits of adult education be promoted?

Toolkit. The Danish Adult Education Association is working on this question and will now share some of the observations it has made so far.

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EDITORIAL

Adulthood is a responsibility

Editorial. Education seems to have many benefits for health – and being able to make better decisions about whom to resort to in times of sickness might be one of them.

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SPOT ON

Medical students fighting against health nonsense 

Spot on. The media is full of conversation and articles about health with various opinions and methods. Some of them are true and some only groundless nonsense or even harmful advice. Voluntary medici...

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Don’t study, don’t worry, be happy?

Interview. Education in itself does not seem to make life more satisfying, but to lead a happy life, one must be well-informed, says Ruut Veenhoven, Professor Emeritus of social conditions for human h...

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Men’s Sheds offer a way out of loneliness and isolation

News story. Instead of looking for company and discussing their issues, men tend to isolate themselves. This leads to many kinds of health issues, which the Men's Sheds movement is targeting.

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Education key to prisoner health

Feature. New skills and training can help boost health inside and outside prison. A multi-disciplinary approach with education, health awareness training and disease prevention plays a key role in wel...

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