scholarly journals 208Ageing in Diverse Urban Neighbourhoods: Social Exclusion and Life-Course Relationships with Place

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (Suppl_3) ◽  
pp. iii1-iii12
Author(s):  
Kieran A. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods

scholarly journals Revisiting the Role of Neighbourhood Change in Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Older People

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria F. Burns ◽  
Jean-Pierre Lavoie ◽  
Damaris Rose
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Neighbourhood Change

Objective. To explore how older people who are “aging in place” are affected when the urban neighbourhoods in which they are aging are themselves undergoing socioeconomic and demographic change.Methods. A qualitative case study was conducted in two contrasting neighbourhoods in Montréal (Québec, Canada), the analysis drawing on concepts of social exclusion and attachment.Results. Participants express variable levels of attachment to neighbourhood. Gentrification triggered processes of social exclusion among older adults: loss of social spaces dedicated to older people led to social disconnectedness, invisibility, and loss of political influence on neighbourhood planning. Conversely, certain changes in a disadvantaged neighbourhood fostered their social inclusion.Conclusion. This study thus highlights the importance of examining the impacts of neighbourhood change when exploring the dynamics of aging in place and when considering interventions to maintain quality of life of those concerned.

Stress-Related Biosocial Mechanisms of Discrimination and African American Health Inequities

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget J. Goosby ◽  
Jacob E. Cheadle ◽  
Colter Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Health Trajectories ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Life Course Health ◽  
The Life Course

This review describes stress-related biological mechanisms linking interpersonal racism to life course health trajectories among African Americans. Interpersonal racism, a form of social exclusion enacted via discrimination, remains a salient issue in the lives of African Americans, and it triggers a cascade of biological processes originating as perceived social exclusion and registering as social pain. Exposure to discrimination increases sympathetic nervous system activation and upregulates the HPA axis, increasing physiological wear and tear and elevating the risks of cardiometabolic conditions. Consequently, discrimination is associated with morbidities including low birth weight, hypertension, abdominal obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Biological measures can provide important analytic tools to study the interactions between social experiences such as racial discrimination and health outcomes over the life course. We make future recommendations for the study of discrimination and health outcomes, including the integration of neuroscience, genomics, and new health technologies; interdisciplinary engagement; and the diversification of scholars engaged in biosocial inequities research.

Pathways to Social Exclusion--A Life-Course Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Backman ◽  
A. Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Social Exclusion
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