Associations Between Perceived Proximity to Neighborhood Resources, Disability, and Social Participation Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results From the VoisiNuAge Study

Levasseur, Mélanie; Gauvin, Lise; Richard, Lucie; Kestens, Yan; Daniel, Mark; Payette, Hélène

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2011.06.035

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“…Responses are converted into frequency of participation for each activity (“at least once a day” = 20; “at least once a week” = 6; “at least once a month” = 2; “at least once a year” = 1; and “never” = 0) [14, 46, 67, 68]. The sum of activities results in a total social participation score representing the number of community activities per month.…”

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Capturing how age-friendly communities foster positive health, social participation and health equity: a study protocol of key components and processes that promote population health in aging Canadians

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BackgroundTo address the challenges of the global aging population, the World Health Organization promoted age-friendly communities as a way to foster the development of active aging community initiatives. Accordingly, key components (i.e., policies, services and structures related to the communities’ physical and social environments) should be designed to be age-friendly and help all aging adults to live safely, enjoy good health and stay involved in their communities. Although age-friendly communities are believed to be a promising way to help aging Canadians lead healthy and active lives, little is known about which key components best foster positive health, social participation and health equity, and their underlying mechanisms.This study aims to better understand which and how key components of age-friendly communities best foster positive health, social participation and health equity in aging Canadians. Specifically, the research objectives are to:Describe and compare age-friendly key components of communities across CanadaIdentify key components best associated with positive health, social participation and health equity of aging adultsExplore how these key components foster positive health, social participation and health equity MethodsA mixed-method sequential explanatory design will be used. The quantitative part will involve a survey of Canadian communities and secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). The survey will include an age-friendly questionnaire targeting key components in seven domains: physical environment, housing options, social environment, opportunities for participation, community supports and healthcare services, transportation options, communication and information. The CLSA is a large, national prospective study representative of the Canadian aging population designed to examine health transitions and trajectories of adults as they age. In the qualitative part, a multiple case study will be conducted in five Canadian communities performing best on positive health, social participation and health equity.DiscussionBuilding on new and existing collaborations and generating evidence from real-world interventions, the results of this project will help communities to promote age-friendly policies, services and structures which foster positive health, social participation and health equity at a population level.

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“…There has been a strong link to the role of the community and area-based effects in providing the 'opportunity structures' to enable social participation to happen (Forrest and Kearns 2001;Richard et al 2009;Scharf, Phillipson and Smith 2005). Opportunities for social participation may be restricted in those areas that lack infrastructure such as community centres or meeting places which bring people together or when access to those places are compromised (Bowling and Stafford 2007;Cummins et al 2005;Levasseur et al 2011). Other research at a neighbourhood level looking into social exclusion in old age, reports higher levels of exclusion from material resources, social relations, civic activities and services in more disadvantaged communities (Scharf, Phillipson and Smith 2005;Scharf and de Jong Gierveld 2008).…”

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Constructing and negotiating social participation in old age: experiences of older adults living in urban environments in the United Kingdom

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The age-friendly cities and communities movement has focused on how to better support older adults to age well within urban environments. Central to 'ageing well' and 'active ageing' agendas is ensuring that older adults can participate in meaningful forms of social participation. The benefits of social participation in old age have been well documented, and research amongst communitydwelling older adults has explored some of the neighbourhood qualities that facilitate or impede such forms of engagement. However, understandings of how older adults construct and negotiate social participation within everyday urban environments have been largely unexplored. To address this gap, we present results from 104 interviews conducted with older adults living in three cities and nine neighbourhoods in the United Kingdom (UK). The findings explore three themes generated from the research: 'constructing meaningful social participation in old age', 'negotiating access to social participation' and 'navigating home and community'. Across these themes, the paper describes how experiences of social participation in old age involve a number of inter-connected physical, psychological and social processes experienced by individuals across a range of environmental settings including the home, outdoor spaces and community facilities. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the findings for practice specifically in the delivery of age-friendly communities.

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“…Despite extensive research on veterans' health status, scant attention has been paid to the association between their health and social participation, commonly referred to as involvement in interpersonal interactions outside the home, including productive, social, religious, community and leisure activities . As an integral part of one's social capital (i.e.…”

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Social participation and self‐rated health among older male veterans and non‐veterans

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Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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Associations Between Perceived Proximity to Neighborhood Resources, Disability, and Social Participation Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results From the VoisiNuAge Study

Cited by 89 publications

References 38 publications

Capturing how age-friendly communities foster positive health, social participation and health equity: a study protocol of key components and processes that promote population health in aging Canadians

Capturing how age-friendly communities foster positive health, social participation and health equity: a study protocol of key components and processes that promote population health in aging Canadians

Constructing and negotiating social participation in old age: experiences of older adults living in urban environments in the United Kingdom

Social participation and self‐rated health among older male veterans and non‐veterans

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