在城市居住的阿拉斯加原住民老年人中成功衰老的背景下,保护因素
Steffi M Kim1, Jordan P Lewis2
1University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA. smkim5@alaska.edu.
Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
|December 19, 2023
概括
阿拉斯加土著长老的成功老龄化涉及社区联系和传统做法. 城市搬迁在维持这些方面带来了挑战,突出了需要量身定制的支持服务的需要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
- 土著研究土著研究.
背景情况:
- 在阿拉斯加农村,成功的老龄化被定义为"长老",其特点是社区的尊重和领导力.
- 阿拉斯加原住民 (AN) 老年人通常更喜欢在家乡社区老龄化,但资源限制往往需要搬迁到城市地区.
- 现有的关于阿拉斯加农村成功老龄化的研究与对城市搬迁后支持福祉因素的有限理解形成鲜明对比.
研究的目的:
- 探索和比较阿拉斯加农村的阿拉斯加土著长老和那些搬迁到城市的老龄化成功的经验.
- 确定支持阿拉斯加土著长老在城市环境中成功衰老的因素.
- 了解阿拉斯加原住民农村和城市老年人成功老龄化的挑战,相似之处和差异.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种探索性,定性,基于社区的参与式研究方法.
- 半结构面试对13名农村老人和12名城市老人 (48-84岁) 进行了半结构面试.
- 在农村和城市环境中比较了成功老龄化的经验.
主要成果:
- 城市老龄化成功的重要因素包括获得医疗保健,家庭联系和社区参与.
- 城市老年人的关键挑战包括建立社区归属,跨代参与和保持传统做法.
- 在农村和城市阿拉斯加土著老人之间,成功的衰老经历中发现了相似之处和差异.
结论:
- 这些发现有助于制定改进的城市服务和政策,以支持重新安置的阿拉斯加土著老人的成功老龄化.
- 解决社区连接,代际活动和文化实践方面的挑战对于居住在城市的老年人来说至关重要.
- 改善城市服务可以促进阿拉斯加原住民老人从农村社区迁移到城市社区的福祉和成功老龄化.
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