Foreword - Matilda White Riley
Introduction - Marcia G Ory, Ronald P Abeles and Paula Darby Lipman
An Overview of Research on Aging, Health, and Behavior
PART ONE: SELF, INFORMAL, AND FORMAL HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORS
Health-Related Behavior - Kathryn Dean
Concepts and Methods
Informal and Formal Health Care Systems Serving Older Persons - Gordon H Defriese and Alison Woomert
The Behavior System of Dependency in the Elderly - Margret M Baltes and Hans-Werner Wahl
Interactions with the Social Environment
PART TWO: BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL MECHANISMS LINKING HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
Vigilant Coping and Health Behavior - Howard Leventhal, Elaine A Leventhal and Pamela Schaefer
Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability - H Asuman Kiyak and Soo Borson
Sense of Control, Aging, and Health - Judith Rodin and Christine Timko
Aging, Stress, and Illness - Thomas M Vogt
Psychobiological Linkages
PART THREE: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with Older Adults - William Rakowski
Intervening in Social Systems to Promote Health - Lennart Levi
PART FOUR: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Social Characteristics, Social Structure, and Health in the Aging Population - Carroll L Estes and Thomas G Rundall
Forecasting Health and Functioning in Aging Societies - Kenneth G Manton and Richard Suzman
Implications for Health Care and Staffing Needs
