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  • Gerontology
  • Public Health
  • Community Development

Background:

  • Growing interest in understanding the sectoral reach of age-friendly community practice.
  • World Health Organization emphasizes broad actor engagement for age-friendly societal change.
  • Limited knowledge exists on the scope of sectoral reach within age-friendly communities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the sectoral efforts and actors involved in American age-friendly communities.
  • To identify the types and extent of actions across public, private, and civil society sectors.
  • To analyze the classification of sectoral actions by type (intersectoral/multisectoral) and domain (built, social, service).

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative inquiry with 40 American age-friendly communities completing a 5-year cycle.
  • Directed content analysis using a priori indicators for public, private, and civil society actors.
  • Classification of actions by type (intersectoral, multisectoral) and domain (built, social, service).

Main Results:

  • Public sector demonstrated the greatest efforts in age-friendly community initiatives.
  • Efforts were similarly distributed across built, social, and service domains, with a slight emphasis on the built environment.
  • Intersectoral actions were more prevalent than multisectoral actions, especially within the public sector.

Conclusions:

  • The study confirms a broad range of actions contributing to age-friendly change.
  • Further research is needed to link public and other sectoral actions to community outcomes.
  • Examining these links in the United States and internationally is crucial.