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publications Resource Packs Promoting Physical Activity with Carers produced by the Active for Life Campaign and the Carers National Association, avail- able from the Health Education Authority, 30 Great Peter Street, London S W l P 2HW. 1998. lnformation sheets and leaflets.

Compiled to mark National Carers Week in June, this pack is intended for branches of the Carers National Association, carers’ groups, local physical activity co-ordinators and anyone else with a n interest in promoting physical activity with carers and their dependents.

The pack has three broad aims: 1. To raise the awareness of phys- ical activity. 2. To help create partnerships between branches of the Carers National Association or support groups and local providers to develop local physical activity initia- tives. 3. To develop local media initiatives.

This wide range of intentions leads to a variety of contents in the pack, which includes advice on many ways to achieve its ends from complementary therapies to a model press release. Some carers might feel that the advice to shop till they drop, or cycle the equivalent of Land’s End to John O’Groats,

might leave them with little energy (or time, or money) to spend on those in their care.

Nevertheless, their attention might be caught by the more bizarre proposals, which could make them more receptive to the background message of Active for Life.

Parkinson’s and the Speech and Language Therapist produced by the Parkinson’s Disease Society of the United Kingdom, 215 Vaux- hall Bridge Road, London S W l V 1EJ. 1998. lllus. 27 information sheets.

This revised pack contains papers on a range of subjects related to communication difficulties, and would be of interest to a wider read- ership than speech and language therapists. Some of the sheets are straight repeats of information in the similar pack Parkinson’s and the Physiotherapist, and others are intended for patients and their carers, or as a general explanation of the disease and its likely prog- nosis for any health professionals.

Even those papers specifically for speech and language therapists are of wider interest because of the insight they provide into the problems of speaking, eating and drinking, and how to alleviate them as much as possible.

World Health Reports 1998 Life in the 21st century - A vision for all

published by the World Health Organisa- tion, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998 (ISBN 9 2 4 1561890). Sf 17.

Life in the next century should be healthier and better as well as longer for more people than ever before, according to this report. Premature death (defined as before the age of 50 years) will be cut by the year 2025.

However, the extra years, like all other health benefits considered, are unequally shared between coun- tries and between rich and poor people within countries.

Familiar problems are predicted, such as continuation of heart disease, stroke and cancer as the leading causes of death, attributed to the spread of westernised life- styles including smoking, high-fat diet and lack of exercise.

A higher proportion of city dwellers and increasing numbers of elderly people are also featured in the report.

Encouragement to make provision for these changes is a priority, and the report gives special emphasis to women’s health - improving this will not only benefit the women themselves but enable to them to take better care of their families and contribute to the workforce.

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