Sabir Myra, Wethington Elaine, Breckman Risa, Meador Rhoda, Reid M C, Pillemer Karl
assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University.
associate professor of sociology and of human development at Cornell University and codirector of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging.
J Appl Gerontol. 2009 Apr;28(2):218-234. doi: 10.1177/0733464808326004.
This article examines the dialogue that occurred within the structure of a Research-to-Practice Consensus Workshop that critiqued academic research priorities regarding social isolation among community-dwelling older adults and identified practice-based suggestions for a social isolation research agenda. The investigators adapted the scientific consensus workshop model to include expert practitioners and researchers in a discussion of the current state and future directions of social isolation intervention research. The group's critique resulted in several key recommendations for future research including the need for a social isolation measure with specific capacity to identify isolated older adults during a community crisis. This study demonstrates that the Research-to-Practice Consensus Workshop model can be used successfully to identify priority areas for research that have implications for community practice, construct an evidence base more relevant for community application, strengthen existing community-researcher partnerships, and build agency and practitioner capacity to take part in community-based participatory research.
本文审视了在“研究到实践共识研讨会”框架内展开的对话，该研讨会对有关社区居住老年人社会隔离问题的学术研究重点进行了批判，并为社会隔离研究议程确定了基于实践的建议。研究人员采用科学共识研讨会模式，让专家从业者和研究人员共同探讨社会隔离干预研究的现状及未来方向。该小组的批判产生了几项针对未来研究的关键建议，包括需要一种具有特定能力的社会隔离测量方法，以便在社区危机期间识别出处于隔离状态的老年人。这项研究表明，“研究到实践共识研讨会”模式可成功用于确定对社区实践有影响的研究优先领域、构建更适用于社区应用的证据基础、加强现有的社区与研究人员伙伴关系，以及增强机构和从业者参与基于社区的参与性研究的能力。
