在西太平洋地区打击年龄歧视
1Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific
|July 10, 2023
概括
年龄歧视,定义为基于年龄的歧视,在西太平洋地区呈现出一个复杂的画面. 东方国家对年龄歧视的研究结果仍然是混合的,需要针对一个包容年龄世界的有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 年龄歧视,以刻板印象,偏见和因年龄而受到歧视为特征,在全球越来越多地得到认可.
- 西太平洋地区,特别是东亚和东南亚,为了解年龄歧视提供了一个复杂的景观.
- 现有的研究提供了相互矛盾的观点,即东方文化是否比西方文化少年龄主义.
研究的目的:
- 检查西太平洋地区的年龄歧视的表现和细微差别.
- 批判性地评估现有的理论框架,试图解释年龄主义中东西方差异.
- 突出需要有针对性的战略来打击这个多元化的地区的年龄歧视.
主要方法:
- 这种观点综合了现有的文学和理论观点,对年龄歧视.
- 它分析了与个人,人际关系和机构层面的年龄歧视相关的研究结果.
- 该研究审查了各种理论,包括现代化理论,人口老龄化速度和文化假设.
主要成果:
- 西太平洋地区,特别是东亚和东南亚地区的年龄歧视研究结果是模两可的.
- 证据既支持又挑战了东方文化本质上不像西方文化那样年龄歧视的观念.
- 目前的理论不能完全解释关于跨文化年龄歧视的观察到的混合发现.
结论:
- 西太平洋地区年龄歧视的表现是复杂的,需要进一步调查.
- 现有的理论模型不足以全面解释东方和西方国家之间观察到的年龄歧视差异.
- 解决年龄歧视对于促进包容性社会和确保西太平洋国家所有年龄段的世界至关重要.
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