在我们这个年龄友好的世界中利用高等教育
Kathy Black1, Patricia Oh2, Joann Montepare3
1School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee Campus, Florida, USA.
Journal of aging & social policy
|August 27, 2024
概括
高等教育机构积极参与老年友好社区 (AFC) 倡议,主要是通过研究. 大学可以在全球范围内提高其在创造老年友好环境方面的领导作用.
科学领域:
- 老年学和社区发展
- 高等教育参与公共卫生
- 老龄化和城市规划的社会学.
背景情况:
- 全球Age-Friendly Community (AFC) 运动旨在增强所有年龄段的社区生活能力.
- 一个多部门,多年的方法 (参与,计划,行动,措施) 引导AFC在建筑,社会和服务环境中的努力.
- 关于高等教育在AFC倡议中的具体作用和影响的经验数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估美国高等教育参与AFC努力的程度和性质.
- 了解大学如何在不同阶段和领域为AFC倡议做出贡献.
- 确定加强高等教育领导力的机会,促进年龄友好型社区.
主要方法:
- 定性调查利用56个配对的AFC行动计划和80个参与机构的进展报告的指导内容分析.
- 参与按高等教育的核心活动 (教学,研究,服务),AFC阶段和社区领域进行分类.
- 分析的重点是完成五年AFC周期的机构.
主要成果:
- 高等教育机构在所有核心活动中都表现出积极参与:教学,研究和服务,其中研究最为突出.
- 参与发生在所有四个AFC阶段 (参与,计划,行动,措施),其中"行动"阶段显示了最多报告的活动.
- 贡献涵盖了所有社区领域 (建筑,社会,服务),社会环境得到了最大的关注.
结论:
- 高等教育通过其基本活动,特别是研究,参与了AFC的努力.
- 在"行动"阶段和社区的社会领域内,有大量的参与.
- 高等教育存在显著的机会,以提高其领导力和影响力,在全球范围内创造老年友好型社区.
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