"Please don't let me become a statistic in this grocery store": Civic engagement among older Americans since the COVID-19 pandemic onset.
"Please don't let me become a statistic in this grocery store": Civic engagement among older Americans since the COVID-19 pandemic onset.
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“请不要让我成为这家杂货店的统计数据”：自 COVID-19 大流行爆发以来美国老年人的公民参与。
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10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116267
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2023
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Kobayashi,Lindsay
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作者：
Finlay,Jessica;Eastman,Marisa;Kobayashi,Lindsay
新冠肺炎疫情扰乱了市民的生活，颠覆了人们的日常生活。咖啡店、餐馆、娱乐中心、公园和其他促进公共聚会、人际联系和有意义的活动的“第三地”，关闭或在严格限制下运营。自疫情爆发以来，人们对老年人公民生活的长期影响知之甚少。新冠肺炎应对研究于2021年4月至7月对美国57名55岁(平均年龄71岁)的成年人进行了半结构化采访。反身性专题分析发现，自大流行病爆发以来，社会政治紧张局势加剧，社区经历复杂。与会者对更大的身体和情感距离、孤立的社区、政治化的公共卫生坚持、对枪支暴力的恐惧以及共享空间中的种族歧视经历有着微妙的看法。重新参与公民生活的有希望的努力包括接种疫苗后谨慎的社交活动，改变日常生活，以及寻找“新常态”。这些新颖的结果探索了一大批种族和社会经济多元化的老年人是如何看待和体验美国社会政治紧张局势的，这些紧张局势植根于共享的日常空间。结果可能为政策制定者和社区服务提供者提供加强社会基础设施、支持福祉和改善公民生活的实际机会。
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted civic life and upended daily routines. Coffee shops, restaurants, recreation centers, parks, and other ‘third places’ that facilitate communal gathering, interpersonal connection, and meaningful activity closed or operated under tight restrictions. Little is known about longer-term impacts on older adults' civic life since the pandemic's onset. The COVID-19 Coping Study conducted semi-structured interviews in April–July 2021 with 57 adults aged ≥55 across the United States (mean age 71). Reflexive thematic analysis identified heightened sociopolitical tensions and complex community experiences since the pandemic's onset. Participants shared nuanced perceptions of greater physical and emotional distancing, siloed communities, politicized public health adherence, fears of gun violence, and experiences of racial discrimination in shared spaces. Hopeful efforts to re-engage in civic life involved cautious social activities post-vaccination, altered daily routines, and finding a “new normal.” The novel results explore how a large sample of racially and socioeconomically diverse older adults perceive and experience American sociopolitical tensions anchored in shared everyday spaces. Results may inform practical opportunities for policymakers and community service providers to strengthen social infrastructure, support wellbeing, and bolster civic life.