scholarly journals Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences—Global Scholarship Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 361-361
Author(s):  
Jessica Kelley
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Gerontological Research ◽  
Parallel Data ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Cross National

Abstract Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences aims to publish the highest quality social scientific research on aging and the life course in the U.S. and worldwide. The disciplinary scope is broad, encompassing scholarship from demography, economics, psychology, public health, and sociology. A key substantive focus is identifying the social, economic, and cultural contexts that shape aging experiences worldwide. In the coming decade, social gerontology research is poised to present many opportunities for cross-national and cross-cultural scholarship – driven in part by the proliferation of large parallel data sets from many nations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. I will discuss the role that peer-reviewed cross-national scholarship can play in disseminating knowledge that informs gerontological research, policy, and practice internationally. I will also identify under-researched areas that will be of great interest to scholars in the coming decade, including LGBT older adults, aging in the Global South, reconfigured families, and centenarians.

scholarly journals THE JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: SOCIAL SCIENCES: GLOBAL SCHOLARSHIP CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S195-S196
Author(s):  
Deborah Carr
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Gerontological Research ◽  
Parallel Data ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Cross National

Abstract Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences aims to publish the highest quality social scientific research on aging and the life course in the U.S. and worldwide. The disciplinary scope is broad, encompassing scholarship from demography, economics, psychology, public health, and sociology. A key substantive focus is identifying the social, economic, and cultural contexts that shape aging experiences worldwide. In the coming decade, social gerontology research is poised to present many opportunities for cross-national and cross-cultural scholarship – driven in part by the proliferation of large parallel data sets from many nations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. I will discuss the role that peer-reviewed cross-national scholarship can play in disseminating knowledge that informs gerontological research, policy, and practice internationally. I will also identify under-researched areas that will be of great interest to scholars in the coming decade, including LGBT older adults, aging in the Global South, reconfigured families, and centenarians.

scholarly journals GLOBAL PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES IN GERONTOLOGY: A VIEW FROM THE EDITORS' DESKS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S195-S195
Author(s):  
Edward A Miller ◽  
Elizabeth Simpson ◽  
Michael Gusmano
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
Gerontological Research ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Global Publishing ◽  
Global Aging

Abstract Global aging has proceeded at an unprecedented and accelerating rate. The aging of the population creates both opportunities and challenges for elders, their families, and society in general. Importantly, there is substantial variation in the effects of and response to global aging both within and across nations depending, in part, on prevailing cultural expectations and values, political and economic imperatives, and social and demographic characteristics. Thus, while some regions and countries have responded with innovative policies and programs to better enable the growing cohort of older adults to remain active and engaged in the community, other regions and countries have struggled with their response or barely begun to plan for the rising population of elders. This symposium assembles editors at five leading gerontological journals to demonstrate the role that peer-reviewed scholarship can play in disseminating knowledge that informs gerontological research, policy, and practice internationally. Editors include: Jeffrey Burr, PhD, Research on Aging; Deborah Carr, PhD, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences; Edward Alan Miller, PhD, Journal of Aging & Social Policy; Julie Hicks Patrick, PhD, International Journal of Aging & Human Development; and Julie Robison, PhD, The Journal of Applied Gerontology. Each presenter will review the scope, content, and focus of their journals and the role and opportunities for international scholarship. Michael Gusmano, PhD, a leading expert on the economic, political, and social consequences of global aging and International Editor of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy, will serve as discussant.

scholarly journals Global Publishing Opportunities in Gerontology: A View From the Editor's Desk

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 360-360
Author(s):  
Edward Miller ◽  
Elizabeth Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
Gerontological Research ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Global Publishing ◽  
Global Aging

Abstract Global aging has proceeded at an unprecedented and accelerating rate. The aging of the population creates both opportunities and challenges for elders, their families, and society in general. Importantly, there is substantial variation in the effects of and response to global aging both within and across nations depending, in part, on prevailing cultural expectations and values, political and economic imperatives, and social and demographic characteristics. Thus, while some regions and countries have responded with innovative policies and programs to better enable the growing cohort of older adults to remain active and engaged in the community, other regions and countries have struggled with their response or barely begun to plan for the rising population of elders. This symposium assembles editors at five leading gerontological journals to demonstrate the role that peer-reviewed scholarship can play in disseminating knowledge that informs gerontological research, policy, and practice internationally. Editors include: Kyungmin Kim, PhD, Research on Aging; Jessica Kelley, PhD, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences; Edward Alan Miller, PhD, Journal of Aging & Social Policy; Julie Hicks Patrick, PhD, International Journal of Aging & Human Development; and Julie Robison, PhD, The Journal of Applied Gerontology. Each presenter will review the scope, content, and focus of their journals and the role and opportunities for international scholarship.

scholarly journals Why Increased Focus on Aging With Disability Matters to Gerontology Research, Policy, and Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 643-644
Author(s):  
Margaret Campbell ◽  
Matthew Janicki
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Mobility Impairments ◽  
Gerontological Research ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Improve Health

Abstract This symposium elaborates on the theme of the 2020 conference, “Why Age Matters”, to include aging with disability. We ask: “can an increased focus on aging with disability within gerontological research, policy, and practice advance our knowledge of disablement across the life cycle and improve our design and implementation of health and social service interventions’? Five experts will address this from differing perspectives (including gerontology and rehabilitation). One presentation draws on national/ regional data to illustrate the changing demographics of aging and disability and highlights the health consequences of aging with- and aging into, long-term physical disabilities. A second uses data from a mixed methods study to demonstrate the unique challenges experienced by adults aging with spinal cord injury with a focus on the impact of specific environmental barriers and facilitators to maintain health and participation in social roles. A third covers three reports on data from a scoping review to document the exclusion of middle-aged and older adults with disabilities from behavioral clinical trials and describes how translational research strategies can be used to help close this gap. A fourth presents examples of how technologies, such as videoconferencing and voice activation, are being used to deliver and enhance existing EB interventions to improve health, physical activity, and participation for individuals aging with mobility impairments. The last one draws on research and scholarly work from both gerontology and rehabilitation to highlight the co-occurring issues of ageism and ableism and describes how reducing ableism is central to successfully reframing aging. Lifelong Disabilities Interest Group Sponsored Symposium.

What is resilience? A review and concept analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Windle
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Concept Analysis ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Clear Identification ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Life Course

SummaryThe complexities of defining what appears to be the relatively simple concept of resilience are widely recognized. This paper analyses the concept of resilience from a range of disciplinary perspectives and clarifies a definition in order to inform research, policy and practice. The work takes a life course approach to resilience, examining evidence derived from research across the lifespan. It incorporates the methods of systematic review, concept analysis and consultation through face-to-face meetings. The synthesis of methodological approaches enables a clear identification of the antecedents, defining attributes and consequences of resilience, validated with stakeholder partners. Through this process, resilience is defined as the process of effectively negotiating, adapting to, or managing significant sources of stress or trauma. Assets and resources within the individual, their life and environment facilitate this capacity for adaptation and ‘bouncing back’ in the face of adversity. Across the life course, the experience of resilience will vary. A large proportion of resilience research is routed within the discipline of developmental psychology, and has mainly been developed with children and adolescents. A major contribution to resilience research could be made through more multi-disciplinary studies that examine the dynamics of resilience across the lifespan, its role in healthy ageing and in managing loss, such as changes in cognitive functioning.

Expanding the gerontological imagination on ethnicity: conceptual and theoretical perspectives

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 935-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANDRA TORRES
Keyword(s):  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Western World ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Gerontological Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ageing Populations

ABSTRACTThe globalisation of international migration has increased the ethnic diversity of most ageing populations across the Western world. This has implications for gerontological research, policy and practice, and puts our understandings of ethnicity to the test. This paper presents the different perspectives that inform ethnicity scholarship (the essentialist/primordial perspective, the structuralist/circumstantialist perspective and social constructionism) and suggests that the way in which we regard ethnicity has implications for how gerontological research is designed, how policies for old age are formulated and how gerontological practice is shaped. Through a review of contemporary gerontological research on ethnicity published in some of gerontology's main journals, the paper discusses some of the trends observed and concludes that most research seems to be informed by essentialism and structuralism. This suggests that the gerontological imagination on ethnicity has yet to be informed by the latest developments in ethnicity scholarship. The paper therefore urges gerontologists to broaden their understanding of ethnicity and suggests that much could be gained if we were to let the social constructionist perspective on ethnicity and the notion of intersectionality be sources of inspiration for the gerontological imagination on ethnicity.

scholarly journals Advancing the Concept of Resilience for Older People Who Are Experiencing Homelessness

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 707-707
Author(s):  
Mineko Wada ◽  
Sarah Canham ◽  
Mei Lan Fang
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Interest Group ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Ecological Context ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Community Engaged Research ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Bounce Back

Abstract Current conceptualizations of resilience have overlooked the lived expertise of older people experiencing homelessness (OPEH) – individuals who have much insight to offer in terms of progressing notions on how people ‘stand up’ to adversity and ‘bounce back’ to a state of physical and psychological homeostasis across the life course. Drawing from extant literature and data from a community-engaged research project, which interviewed 40 participants and examined the health supports needed for individuals experiencing homelessness upon hospital discharge, we provide a comparison of resilience among homeless individuals generally and resilience among OPEH. Based on narratives of significant adversity experienced by OPEH in Vancouver, Canada, we offer a critical analysis of ‘resilience in ecological context’ that identifies unique characteristics of resilience at micro, meso, exo, and macro system levels. We discuss how our conceptual model of resilience pertinent to OPEH can be used to shape research, policy, and practice. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Environmental Gerontology Interest Group.

scholarly journals Exploring the smart-natural city interface; re-imagining and re-integrating urban planning and governance

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Michael Grace ◽  
Alister J. Scott ◽  
Jonathan P. Sadler ◽  
David G. Proverbs ◽  
Nick Grayson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Design Integration

Globally, urban planners and decision makers are pursuing place-based initiatives to develop and enhance urban infrastructure to optimise city performance, competitiveness and sustainability credentials. New discourses associated with big data, Building Information Modelling, SMART cities, green and biophilic thinking inform research, policy and practice agendas to varying extents.  However, these discourses remain relatively isolated as much city planning is still pursued within traditional sectoral silos hindering integration.  This research explores new conceptual ground at the Smart – Natural City interface within a safe interdisciplinary opportunity space.  Using the city of Birmingham UK as a case study, a methodology was developed championing co-design, integration and social learning to develop a conceptual framework to navigate the challenges and opportunities at the Smart-Natural city interface. An innovation workshop and supplementary interviews drew upon the insights and experiences of 25 experts leading to the identification of five key spaces for the conceptualisation and delivery at the Smart-Natural city interface. At the core is the space for connectivity; surrounded by spaces for visioning, place-making, citizen-led participatory learning and monitoring. The framework provides a starting point for improved discussions, understandings and negotiations to cover all components of this particular interface. Our results show the importance of using all spaces within shared narratives; moving towards ‘silver-green’ and living infrastructure and developing data in response to identified priorities. Whilst the need for vision has dominated traditional urban planning discourses we have identified the need for improved connectivity as a prerequisite.  The use of all 5 characteristics collectively takes forward the literature on socio-ecological-technological relationships and heralds significant potential to inform and improve city governance frameworks, including the benefits of a transferable deliberative and co-design method that generates ownership with a real stake in the outcomes.

scholarly journals ESPO and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Section Symposium: It’s a Practice, Not an End State: Centering Equity in Gerontological Research and Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 318-318
Author(s):  
Sarah Dys ◽  
Claire Pendergrast
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Grant Writing ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Services And Supports ◽  
The Life Course

Abstract Social, economic, and health inequities shape the experience of aging, reflecting a landscape of unequal resources, opportunities, and stressors that accumulate over the life-course. These inequities are not accidental, but rather reflect systems of power that act through institutions, policies, and people to simultaneously privilege some groups and disadvantage others based on socially constructed categories. These systems include, but are not limited to, racism, ageism, and capitalism. The unequal and unjust distribution of resources and opportunities over the lifespan results in health, social, and economic disparities in older adulthood. For example, Black older adults are at higher risk of experiencing chronic disease burden and shorter life expectancy than white older adults due to greater economic disinvestment, interpersonal and systemic racial discrimination, and lower health services access over the life course. This symposium features three leading scholars whose work centers racial and health equity in later life. The symposium will engage with issues related to long-term services and supports infrastructure, community-engaged and culturally relevant programs and education, and research activities (e.g., recruitment, study design, grant writing, dissemination). Panelists will also discuss their research agendas and recent scholarship, career trajectories, insights, and practices. We hope symposium attendees will identify opportunities and strategies for focusing on elimination of health disparities across the life-course in their own work. We believe this symposium can serve as an opportunity for SRPP members and emerging scholars and practitioners to center equity, highlight intersectionality, and amplify our colleagues at the forefront of addressing inequity through their work.

scholarly journals Reducing Obesity Among People With Disabilities

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Fox ◽  
Mary Helen Witten ◽  
Carolyn Lullo
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Promising Practices ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Constant Pain ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Adults And Children

Achieving healthy weight for people with disabilities in the United States is a challenge. Obesity rates for adults and children with disabilities are significantly higher than for those without disabilities, with differences remaining even when controlling for other factors. Reasons for this disparity include lack of healthy food options for many people with disabilities living in restrictive environments, difficulty with chewing or swallowing food, medication use contributing to changes in appetite, physical limitations that can reduce a person’s ability to exercise, constant pain, energy imbalance, lack of accessible environments in which to exercise or fully participate in other activities, and resource scarcity among many segments of the disability population. In order for there to be a coordinated national effort to address this issue, a framework needs to be developed from which research, policy, and practice can emerge. This paper reviews existing literature and presents a conceptual model that can be used to inform such a framework, provides examples of promising practices, and discusses challenges and opportunities moving forward.

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