Int J Environ Res Public Health
March 2022
Mental ill-health prolongs and complicates other chronic illnesses, which is a major public health concern because of the potential stress it places on health systems. Prevention via active aging and place-based interventions thus became increasingly important with population aging, e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA growing body of research on community gerontology suggests that interventions in the neighborhood may promote older adults' wellbeing. Drawing on Costello's community (2014) and phenomenology of atmosphere, we examine contextual moderators of the relationship between neighborhood quality and older adults' mental wellbeing in high-density urban areas. We used mixed methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Various aspects of the neighborhood environment have been shown to correlate with older adults' health. Socio-ecological models of health posit that interventions in the living environment can influence population health. Yet, there are no scales to comprehensively measure older people's experiences of their neighborhoods especially in dense urban contexts.
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