Using Community-Based Participatory Research Strategies in Age-Friendly Communities to Solve Mobility Challenges
Using Community-Based Participatory Research Strategies in Age-Friendly Communities to Solve Mobility Challenges
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DOI：
10.1080/01634372.2020.1769787
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发表时间：
2020-05-28
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Jennings, Claire
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作者：
Dabelko-Schoeny, Holly;Fields, Noelle L.;Jennings, Claire
在美国和全球范围内，老年人的数量正在稳步增长。衰老与残疾风险增加有关。残疾限制了一个或多个主要的生活活动，如视觉、听觉、行走和运动技能，会影响一个人的驾驶能力。老年人和残疾人对替代交通工具的利用率低，可能使他们面临社会孤立的风险。社会孤立与各种负面健康结果有关。虽然社区面临着创造可用的、可接受的、可访问的、适应性强的和负担得起的交通选择的挑战，但在老年人为开发和改进替代交通选择做出贡献的能力方面，人们普遍存在着不准确的偏见。老年社会工作者完全有能力解决这种偏见。本文介绍了中西部一个大城市县的案例研究，在该案例中，采用基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）策略，让老年居民参与支持支持环境正义原则的替代交通选择的发展。
The number of older adults is steadily increasing in the United States and across the globe. Aging is linked to an increased risk of disability. Disabilities that limit one or more major life activities such as seeing, hearing, walking, and motor skills impact a person's ability to drive a car. Low utilization of alternative transportation by older adults and people with disabilities may put them at risk for social isolation. Social isolation is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. While communities are challenged to create available, acceptable, accessible, adaptable and affordable mobility options, there are widely held, inaccurate biases around older adults' abilities to contribute to the development and improvement of alternative transportation options. Gerontological social workers are well-positioned to address this bias. This paper presents a case study of a large metropolitan county in the Midwest where community-based participatory research (CBPR) strategies were used to engage older residents to support the development of alternative transportation options supporting the tenets of environmental justice.