Whetung Cliff
Silver School of Social Work at New York University.
Generations. 2023 Winter;47(4). Epub 2024 Feb 14.
Indigenous older adults are a diverse and growing population that is not equitably included in gerontological research and continues to experience disparate health outcomes in later life. Resolving structural inequities endured by Indigenous peoples across the lifespan using existing policy mechanisms will only be possible if we better develop our theoretical frameworks to include Indigenous perspectives and develop research agendas that center minoritized aging populations. We illustrate this approach by proposing modifications to Title VI of the Older Americans Act and the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act.
原住民老年人是一个多样化且不断增长的群体,他们在老年学研究中未得到公平对待,并且在晚年仍面临不同的健康结果。只有我们更好地发展理论框架以纳入原住民视角,并制定以少数族裔老年人群体为中心的研究议程,才有可能利用现有政策机制解决原住民在整个生命周期中所遭受的结构性不平等问题。我们通过提议修改《美国老年人法案》第六章和《印第安人医疗保健改善法案》来说明这种方法。