VOLUME 31 NO.2 (2009)

FRONT MATTER

Copyright and other Journal Information

Editorial Staff (2009)

Board of Editors (2009)

Executive Council, NAST PHL (2009)

About the TRANSACTIONS NAST PHL

About the National Academy of Science and Technology PHL

Table of Contents

Foreword

• An Accomplishment Report on the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting

Keynote Speech

• Active Aging: Preparing for Quality Life
  Esperenza I. Cabral

Concept of Active Aging

• Active Aging and the Filipino Older Person
  Shelley de la Vega
• Population Dynamics and Elderly Savings: An Econometric Analysis
  Dennis S. Mapa and Kristine Joy S. Briones
• Changing Social Structures and the Well-Being of the Older Filipinos
  Grace T. Cruz, Jeofrey B. Abalos, Melissa C. Lavares, Josefina N. Natividad and Yasuhiko Saito

Presentation of Summaries of the Pre-Conference Activities

• Healthcare Quality, Workforce and Financing Roundtable Discussion Summary
  Doris Maribel D. Camagay
• Economis, Productivity and Retirement: Roundtable Discussion Summary
  William T. Torres
• Technology and Nutrition for Active Aging: Roundtable Discussion Summary
  Celeste C. Tanchoco

Frailties of Aging

• Frailties of Aging
  Jose Alvin P. Mojica

Concurrent Technical Sessions

• Vaccines for the Prevention of Influenza and other Infectious Diseases in Relation to Active Aging
  Eduardo A. Padlan
• Social Jet Lag, Shift Work and Senior Citizens: New Insights into the Human Circadian System
  Eduardo Mendoza and Maria Eliza R. Aguila
• Nutrition and Health Situation of Filipino Elderly based on the FNRI 7th National Nutrition Survey: 2008
  Mario V. Capanzana, Charmaine A. Duante, Rhea C. Benavides-de Leon, Eva T. Abille-Goyena and Corazon M. Cerdeña