A global campaign to combat ageism

Officer, Alana; Fuente-Núñez, Vânia de la

doi:10.2471/blt.17.202424

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“…Ageism is one of the major threats to active ageing and manifests itself on a range of domains from individual to institutional and cultural levels [2]. Tackling ageism should be a priority for policy makers, and it seems obvious from our findings that a campaign to combat ageism will necessarily need to consider factors spanning different levels/domains in order to be successful.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…In this demographic scenario, maintaining adequate levels of well-being and health in older people is of crucial importance. Ageism against older people has been widely recognised as a major threat to active ageing and an important public health issue [2]. Several studies have shown that ageistic attitudes, and in particular ageistic stereotypes, have negative impacts on older people in many different domains.…”

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Determinants of Ageism against Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Marques

Mariano

Mendonça

et al. 2020

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Ageism is a widespread phenomenon and constitutes a significant threat to older people’s well-being. Identifying the factors contributing to ageism is critical to inform policies that minimise its societal impact. In this systematic review, we gathered and summarised empirical studies exploring the key determinants of ageism against older people for a period of over forty years (1970–2017). A comprehensive search using fourteen databases identified all published records related to the umbrella concept of “ageism”. Reviewers independently screened the final pool to identify all papers focusing on determinants, according to a predefined list of inclusion and exclusion criteria. All relevant information was extracted and summarised following a narrative synthesis approach. A total of 199 papers were included in this review. We identified a total of 14 determinants as robustly associated with ageism. Of these, 13 have an effect on other-directed ageism, and one on self-directed ageism. The quality of contact with older people and the positive or negative presentation of older people to others emerged as the most robust determinants of other-directed ageism; self-directed ageism is mostly determined by older adults’ health status. Given the correlational nature of most studies included in this review, inferences on causality should be made cautiously.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of Ageism against Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Marques

Mariano

Mendonça

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…Ageism is defined by the World Health Organization as “the stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination toward people on the basis of age” . Ageism is pervasive across different cultures, and many times goes unchallenged, mainly because of its implicit and subconscious nature.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Ageism is proven to negatively impact health outcomes and older adults’ participation in society. Ageist attitudes also contribute to the limitation of the development of appropriate policies about aging, as it fundamentally changes the way problems are presented, and the type of solutions that are offered …”

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Dual institution validation of an ageism scale for dental students

Rucker

Barlow

Hartshorn

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Special Care in Dentistry

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Purpose/aim: Ageism negatively affects health care. This paper presents an extended validation of a novel scale assessing ageism among dental students. Method and materials:A previously pilot-tested 27-question scale applied to a larger sample (n = 315) from two U.S. dental schools with Principal Component Analysis used to assess internal structure of the measure. Questions whose deletion increased the overall loading on >1 factor or those unexpectedly grouped in another factor were thoroughly examined.

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“…In this commentary, I argue that the portrayal of all older adults as a homogenous, vulnerable group, rather than the use of a more refined discourse, which stresses the heterogeneity inherited in old age and the potential impact of the pandemic on society at large, has resulted in increased ageism and intergenerational tension, worldwide. Ageism is defined as stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination toward people because of their age (Ayalon and Tesch-Römer, 2018;Officer and de la Fuente-Núñez, 2018). Although ageism can be both positive and negative (Ayalon and Tesch-Römer, 2018), in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen an out surge of negative manifestations of ageism.…”

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