Dabelko-Schoeny Holly, Fields Noelle L, White Katie, Sheldon Marisa, Ravi Kristen, Robinson Sarah R, Murphy Ian E, Jennings Claire
College of Social Work, The Ohio State University , Columbus, Ohio, USA.
School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington, Texas, USA.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2020 Jul;63(5):447-463. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2020.1769787. Epub 2020 May 27.
The number of older adults is steadily increasing in the United States and across the globe. Aging is linked to an increased risk of disability. Disabilities that limit one or more major life activities such as seeing, hearing, walking, and motor skills impact a person's ability to drive a car. Low utilization of alternative transportation by older adults and people with disabilities may put them at risk for social isolation. Social isolation is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. While communities are challenged to create available, acceptable, accessible, adaptable and affordable mobility options, there are widely held, inaccurate biases around older adults' abilities to contribute to the development and improvement of alternative transportation options. Gerontological social workers are well-positioned to address this bias. This paper presents a case study of a large metropolitan county in the Midwest where community-based participatory research (CBPR) strategies were used to engage older residents to support the development of alternative transportation options supporting the tenets of environmental justice.
在美国乃至全球，老年人的数量都在稳步增加。衰老与残疾风险增加有关。限制一项或多项主要生活活动（如视力、听力、行走和运动技能）的残疾会影响一个人的驾驶能力。老年人和残疾人对替代交通方式的利用率较低，这可能使他们面临社会孤立的风险。社会孤立与各种负面健康结果相关。尽管社区面临着创造可用、可接受、可及、可适应和负担得起的出行选择的挑战，但对于老年人在替代交通方式的开发和改进方面的贡献，人们存在广泛且不准确的偏见。老年社会工作者有能力解决这种偏见。本文介绍了中西部一个大都市县的案例研究，在那里采用了基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）策略，让老年居民参与进来，以支持符合环境正义原则的替代交通方式的开发。
