The ability to measure population health trends and improvements can be enhanced through collaborative efforts to describe existing knowledge and via shared development opportunities. This paper highlights a project undertaken in Alberta which has created an inventory of health status indicators in use in the province, and provides a framework for strategic progress in the development and use o...

Extended abstract for the XXVII International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) International Population Conference, submitted to session 03-02 " Life-course influences on health and mortality " Short abstract This study investigates how the psychological health of British men and women living alone in mid-life is related to partnership history and parenthood status. Although...