Summary QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: Effective health promotion is of great importance
from clinical as well as from public health perspectives and therefore should be encouraged …

Background Preventive care traditionally aims to prevent diseases or injuries. For older
people, different aims of prevention, such as maintenance of independence and wellbeing …

This article is devoted to convincing policy makers to use good practices in encouraging
older people to pursue adequate and effective health policies. Long‐term scientific research …

Background The number of chronically ill patients increases every year. This is partly due to
an unhealthy lifestyle. However, the frequency and quality of (evidence-based) health …

Background Although guidelines recommend secondary cardiovascular prevention
irrespective of age, in older age the uptake of treatment is lower than in younger age groups …

Aims and objectives To determine the types of attitudes to health promotion among older
Austrians. Background Health promotion in old age becomes increasingly important in the …

BACKGROUND: Disease prevention and health promotion are important tasks in the daily
practice of all general practitioners (GPs). The objective of this study was to explore the …

Objective Still in its early stages, much work remains to be done in terms of the health
promotion of older people in Poland. The aim of this paper is to present the current state of …

Objectives To explore general practitioners'(GPs') beliefs about health promotion for older
people and attitudes towards educational strategies likely to improve practice in this area …

Abstract Background General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in providing preventive
care, particularly for elderly patients. However, various factors can inhibit or promote the …