Using Community-Based Participatory Research Strategies in Age-Friendly Communities to Solve Mobility Challenges

Dabelko‐Schoeny, Holly; Fields, Noelle; White, Katie; Sheldon, Marisa; Ravi, Kristen E.; Robinson, Sarah; Murphy, Ian; Jennings, Claire

doi:10.1080/01634372.2020.1769787

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“…Considering the upcoming demographic change worldwide (United Nations, 2019), we encourage authorities to have a more proactive role in analysing the needs of older adults and preparing environments for their needs. This research supports other recent studies which demonstrate that creating agefriendly cities requires an in-depth understanding of the perspectives of older adults (Dabelko-Schoeny et al, 2020). A recent comprehensive review of older adults, mobility and living environment literature shows the importance of collaborations between urban planning and other disciplines such as social work and public health, which are traditionally more experienced in working with older adults, to design age-friendly urban environments (Li, 2020).…”

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Analysing the travel behaviour of older adults: what are the determinants of sustainable mobility?

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In recent years, various authorities launched projects that aim to make their cities more age-friendly. Designing age-friendly cities is a complex and context-dependent process that requires clear implementation guidelines for policy makers. As one of the eight domains of age-friendly cities, transportation is a critical component of making our cities more liveable for older adults and their families. This paper contributes to the literature by exploring the travel behaviour of older adults with a focus on the factors that lead to sustainable mobility patterns. Our empirical analysis is based on survey data collected from 1,221 older adults as part of the Age-Friendly Columbus project in Columbus, Ohio in the United States of America. We develop multinomial logistic regression models to investigate the travel mode choices of older adults (auto only, non-auto options only and multimodal (auto and at least one non-auto option)). We include age and built environment characteristics as the key variables, with lifestyle-related factors and socio-demographics as controls in our analysis. We find older respondents were more likely to use autos only compared to younger respondents. Our analysis also reveals significant associations between built environment characteristics and travel mode choices. Interaction effects show that the relationships between built environment characteristics and travel preferences differed by age cohorts among older individuals. The primary contribution of this study is that it provides evidence on what built environmental improvements help to promote sustainable travel among older adults in mid-sized and auto-dependent metropolitan cities. We argue that these improvements contribute to older adults' sustainable mobility, as well as out-of-home activity behaviour, social engagement and individual health. The results of this study may especially benefit non-driver older adults who lack reliable non-auto alternatives for their daily travel.

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“…The new papers can still reflect the theoretical trend found in the analysis of this study. It validated that scholars still use the six groups of theories to study age-friendly community: (1) ecological theory [ 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 ], (2) the production of space [ 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 ], (3) social-related theories [ 98 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 ], (4) place-related theories [ 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 ], (5) governing-related theory [ 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 ], and (6) individual-centred theories [ 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 ]. In addition, more researchers find the importance of studying the social dynamic and individual experience in age-friendly community development.…”

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A Policy Framework for Producing Age-Friendly Communities from the Perspective of Production of Space

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Given various hindrances in the macro context, how to efficiently develop age-friendly community policies requires further research. Currently, such kinds of frameworks are lacking. This paper aims to develop a policy framework to minimise cost and resolve conflict of interest between different generations in age-friendly community development. The study adopted a scientometric method to review the theoretical development of age-friendly community studies. Firstly, with a search for the keywords “age-friendly” and “community” on Web of Science, 72 English academic papers were found containing explicit theories. Most of the studies were conducted in the Global North. Then, a mixed analytical method was used to find a suitable theory, “the production of space”, to develop the policy framework. Lastly, a policy framework was developed to overcome barriers to age-friendly community development strategically. Echoing previous studies, this paper proposes a way to counter financial austerity in age-friendly initiative investment and balance the consideration for older and younger populations in urban development. For practice, the policy framework can provide a reference for more efficient age-friendly community policymaking in different regions. For future research, the framework provides a model for more empirical studies considering the social dynamics in age-friendly community development.

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“…The AFCC movement also has inspired campaigns to change societal narratives around aging and to reduce ageism (Rémillard-Boilard et al 2021) -the stereotypes, prejudices, and forms of discrimination that people experience based on their age. Moreover, AFCC efforts have spurred new models and community-based approaches to promote the central and active involvement of diverse groups of older people in co-producing age-friendly research, policy, and practice (Dabelko-Schoeny et al, 2020;Rémillard-Boilard et al, 2017). Finally, the AFCC movement has expanded the boundaries of the field of aging and bolstered support for interdisciplinary work (Greenfield et al, 2019), linking fields such as urban design, architecture, sociology, social policy, social gerontology, community development, public health, healthcare, and others.…”

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Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Research to Strengthen Policy and Practice

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Journal of Aging & Social Policy

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Since the early 2000s, a global age-friendly movement has emerged with aspirations to make environments and systems within localities more supportive of long and healthy lives. Despite growth in the social movement over the past decade, research on how to work toward community change, especially in systematic and comprehensive ways across diverse geopolitical and sociocultural contexts, has been relatively slower to develop. This special issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy aims to accelerate this area. It features articles that advance knowledge on processes and contexts toward enhancing the age-friendliness of cities and communities. In this introductory essay, we provide background on the age-friendly cities and communities movement -including its accomplishments alongside key challenges. We then discuss the importance of research at the intersection of policy and practice to strengthen the movement into the 21st century. Next, we introduce the articles in this special issue, organized under four themes: implementation and sustainability processes; partnerships and multisectoral collaboration; theory-based program design; and policy and practice diffusion. A final article provides an overview of the career contributions of Dr. Frank Caro, an age-friendly champion and gerontologist to whom this special issue is dedicated.

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Using Community-Based Participatory Research Strategies in Age-Friendly Communities to Solve Mobility Challenges

Cited by 24 publications

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Analysing the travel behaviour of older adults: what are the determinants of sustainable mobility?

Analysing the travel behaviour of older adults: what are the determinants of sustainable mobility?

A Policy Framework for Producing Age-Friendly Communities from the Perspective of Production of Space

Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Research to Strengthen Policy and Practice

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