Investigating Alaska Native Successful Aging through Elder-Centered, Community-Based Participatory Research

通过以老年人为中心、基于社区的参与性研究调查阿拉斯加原住民的成功老龄化

• 批准号: 2102294
• 负责人: Jordan Lewis
• 金额: $ 104.04万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2102294&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigating; Alaska; Native; Successful; Aging

This research explores the concept of successful aging among Alaska Native Elders in four communities in the Interior and Southeast regions of the state. Building upon previous successful research, the PI will employ a community-based participatory approach to define and document what aging successfully means to Elders and to evaluate the impacts of care facilities on Elders’ experiences. This research will advance understanding of aging in the fields of gerontology and community health; produce recommendations to promote successful aging in local communities; and present alternatives to perceptions that equate aging with poor health and immobility.Working collaboratively with local tribal councils in Fairbanks, Galena, and Juneau, the PI will establish an Elder Advisory Council to oversee all phases of the project. Data will be collected using survey instruments and in-depth qualitative interviews with Elders from the Interior and Southeast Alaska. The PI will present findings and receive feedback from communities at several stages in the research process. Broader impacts include opportunities for student research and training; increased participation of Alaska Native communities in setting research agendas; development of partnerships among communities, care facilities, and researchers; and advancing understanding of successful aging in different cultural and geographic contexts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本研究探讨阿拉斯加本土长者在四个社区在国家的内部和东南部地区的成功老龄化的概念。在以往成功研究的基础上，项目将采用以社区为基础的参与式方法，定义和记录老龄对老年人的成功意义，并评估护理设施对老年人经历的影响。本研究将促进老年学和社区卫生领域对老龄化的认识；提出建议，促进当地社区的成功老龄化；并提出替代将衰老等同于健康状况不佳和行动不便的观念。PI将与费尔班克斯、加利纳和朱诺的当地部落委员会合作，建立一个长老咨询委员会来监督项目的所有阶段。数据将通过调查工具和对阿拉斯加内陆和东南部长老的深入定性访谈来收集。PI将在研究过程的几个阶段展示调查结果并接受社区的反馈。更广泛的影响包括为学生提供研究和培训的机会；增加阿拉斯加土著社区在制定研究议程方面的参与；发展社区、护理机构和研究人员之间的伙伴关系；并促进对不同文化和地理背景下成功老龄化的理解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。