Senior Centers and Older Adults' Health Outcomes

老年人中心和老年人的健康结果

• 批准号: 10666632
• 负责人: Hui Xie
• 金额: $ 18.13万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-15 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10666632
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The American population is aging at an accelerated pace as the baby boomer generation enters into late adulthood. By the end of 2030, individuals aged 65+ will account for 20.6% of U.S. population, up from 16.9% in 2020 and 12.4% in 2000. In contrast to the growing aging population is a limited amount of public recreational resources dedicated to older adults. Given that older adults usually have abundant free time and quality leisure engagement contributes to healthy aging, there is an urgent need to provide effective leisure services and programs for healthy aging based on rigorous research. Senior centers represent an important public and affordable leisure option for older adults. Through a diverse offering of recreational and healthrelated programs, senior centers have the potential to enhance the health and well-being of older adults. However, there remains a scarcity of research on the impact of senior center on older adults’ health in the United States. Additionally, there are limited scientific guidelines on how to design the physical (e.g., amenities) and social (e.g., programs, staffing) environments at senior centers to effectively promote healthy aging. Therefore, we propose to examine the impact of senior center use on older adults’ health and how senior center’s physical and social environmental attributes affect older adults’ health outcomes over time. The specific aims are: 1) To describe the variation in senior centers’ physical and social environmental attributes in relation to community-level socioeconomic status over time; 2) To assess the association between senior center perception, use, and older adults’ physical and mental health over time for different age groups (≤74 vs. ≥75) and genders; 3) To identify the specific physical and social environmental attributes that optimize health outcomes for different age groups (≤74 vs. ≥75) and genders. The study aims will be addressed by 2 waves of panel data collected using surveys and field observation at approximately 20 diverse senior centers in Southern California. Approximately 75 users will be sampled at each center (i.e., a total of 1,500 users). The study finding will provide important empirical evidence regarding the impact of senior centers on healthy aging and potential disparities in aging-related resources to assist in policy and decision making related to aging. Furthermore, this study will offer direct implications to parks and recreation and public health agencies on how to design and optimize the amenities and programs/services at senior centers to achieve optimal health outcomes for older adults.

项目摘要/摘要 随着婴儿潮一代的进入，美国人口正在加速空间中衰老 成年晚期。到2030年底，年龄在65岁以上的个人将占美国人口的20.6％，从 2020年为16.9％，2000年为12.4％。与人口增长相反，公众数量有限 专门针对老年人的娱乐资源。鉴于老年人通常有很多空闲时间，并且 优质休闲参与有助于健康的衰老，迫切需要提供有效的休闲 基于严格研究的健康衰老的服务和计划。高级中心代表着重要的 老年人的公共和负担得起的休闲选择。通过提供娱乐和健康相关计划的潜水员，高级中心有可能提高老年人的健康和福祉。 但是，关于高级中心对老年人健康的影响的研究仍然很少 美国。此外，关于如何设计物理的科学指南有限（例如， 便利设施）和社会（例如计划，人员配备）环境，以有效地促进健康 老化。因此，我们建议研究中心使用对老年人健康的影响以及如何 高级中心的身体和社会环境属性会随着时间的推移影响老年人的健康状况。这 具体目的是：1）描述高级中心的身体和社会环境属性的变化 随着时间的流逝，与社区级别的社会经济地位有关； 2）评估高级的关联 随着时间的流逝，中心的感知，使用和老年人的身心健康（≤74vs。 ≥75）和性别； 3）确定优化健康的特定物理和社会环境属性 不同年龄组的结果（≤74vs.≥75）和性别。该研究的目的将通过2波解决 使用调查和现场观察收集的面板数据，约有20位潜水员的高级中心 南加州。每个中心将对大约75个用户进行采样（即共1,500名用户）。这 研究发现将提供有关高级中心对健康衰老的影响的重要经验证据 以及与衰老有关的资源中的潜在分布，以协助与老龄化有关的政策和决策。 此外，这项研究将对公园，娱乐和公共卫生机构产生直接影响 设计和优化高级中心的便利和计划/服务，以实现最佳健康 老年人的结果。