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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

How environments can promote active aging: results from a case study of two municipalities in Quebec, Canada.

Anne-Lou McNeil-Gauthier, David-Martin Milot, Mélanie Levasseur

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Anne-Lou McNeil-GauthierDirection Régionale de Santé Publique de La Montérégie, CISSS of Montérégie Centre, Longueuil, QC, Canada.
David-Martin MilotDirection Régionale de Santé Publique de La Montérégie, CISSS of Montérégie Centre, Longueuil, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5346-7232
Mélanie LevasseurFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. Melanie.Levasseur@USherbrooke.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-5914-0708

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Canadian Institutes for Health Research 284179CIHR New Investigator 360880Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé 298996
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Abstract

objectivesTo address global aging, a paradigm shift is needed from disease prevention and treatment towards active aging, i.e., optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security as people age. Little is known about how age-friendly environments promote active aging. This study thus aimed to explore how (through which mechanisms and in what contexts) environments can promote active aging and, specifically, positive health, social participation, and health equity.

methodsUsing a realist approach and semi-structured focus groups, a case study was used in two Quebec municipalities known for best fostering active aging. Data also included participants' logbooks, sociodemographic questionnaires, municipalities' sociodemographic profiles, and policy documents. A conceptual framework and thematic content analysis were carried out.

resultsA total of 24 participants (9 older adults, 4 health professionals, 3 community-based actors, 5 municipal employees, and 3 elected officials) took part in 5 focus groups. Regarding contexts, both cases were midsize municipalities having an income and education level higher to Quebec's averages with supportive active aging policies. Two main themes explained how the environments promoted active aging: (1) by ensuring proximity through built (urban planning), social (network structures), services (variety and availability of local and outreach resources), and organizational (active listening to older adults' needs for active aging) environments; and (2) by fostering transversality through built (universal accessibility, intergenerational spaces), social (intergenerational opportunities for social participation), and political/organizational (unified and complementary policies) environments.

conclusionTo better promote active aging through age-friendly environments, practices should focus on fostering proximity and transversality, and act simultaneously on multiple environments.

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AgingDelivery of Health CareAgedCanadaCitiesHumansQuebecActive agingAge-friendly cityAge-friendly environmentsCase studiesHealth promotion

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PMCPMC10853091

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