Health Metrics for Age-Friendly Environments
April 2017 to December 2017
WHO HQ Department of Ageing and Life Course
Global
This project aimed to promote research and evaluation of Age-friendly Cities (AFC), and age-friendly environment initiatives more broadly. This, in turn, would lead to strengthening the evidence base for whole-of-society, multisectoral interventions to promote healthy ageing. The foundation for this work was the 2015 WKC publication, “Measuring Age-friendliness: A Guide to Using Core Indicators”. The main activities for the final year of this project were dissemination and awareness-raising through publications, presentations at international meetings and conferences, and capacity building.
For current information on WHO’s initiative on Age-friendly Environments, please visit: http://www.who.int/ageing/age-friendly-environments/en/
Publications (Open Access)
- Aboderin I, Kano M, Owii HA. Toward "age-friendly slums"? Health challenges of older slum dwellers in Nairobi and the applicability of the Age-Friendly City approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(10). pii: E1259. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101259.
- Kano M, Rosenberg PE, Dalton SD. A global pilot study of Age-Friendly City indicators. Soc Indic Res. 2018;138:1205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1680-7
Webinar
Conference Presentations
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Rosenberg M. Measuring and evaluating age-friendly cities and communities. APRU Aging in the Asia-Pacific Workshop 2017 for Junior Gerontologists hosted by the Global Leadership Initiative for an Age-friendly Society at the Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan, 9 November 2017.
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Rosenberg M, Beard J, Buckner S, Collett J, Kohn G, Goldman L, Garon S, Ding X. Measuring age-friendliness and the livability of cities for ageing populations. 14th International Conference on Urban Health, Coimbra, Portugal, 26-29 September 2017.
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Rosenberg M, Beard J, Aboderin I, Caiaffa W, Razzaque A. Growing old in urban slums: challenges to the health of older people living in informal settlements. 14th International Conference on Urban Health, Coimbra, Portugal, 26-29 September 2017.
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Rosenberg M. Measuring and assessing age-friendly environments. Special symposium at the 21st International Epidemiological Association World Congress of Epidemiology, Saitama, Japan, 22 August 2017.
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Kano M, Kohn G, Kushner N. Thinking globally, acting locally for Age-friendliness: The Age-Friendly DC initiative. 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, USA, 23-27 July 2017.
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Rosenberg M. Global overview of Age-friendly City initiatives: indicators and evaluation. Special seminar for the Global Leadership Initiative for an Age-friendly Society at the Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan, 10 June 2017.
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Rosenberg M. Key considerations for evaluation: Reflections from the development of Age-friendly City core indicators. ADI 2017 Symposium: Building a dementia-friendly world. Kyoto, Japan, 26 April 2017.
Capacity Building Workshops
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07-09-2018 Takarazuka City Municipal Office Staff Development Training. [Conducted in Japanese]. WKC Technical Officer, Megumi Rosenberg, was invited to give a lecture on the key concepts of WHO's Age-friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) and share some examples of AFCC initiatives from other cities and countries.
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12-04-2017 WKC organized a Workshop for Local Governments in Japan on Age-friendly Cities and Communities on 4-5 December 2017, which was attended by representatives from 8 local governments (2 prefectures and 6 cities). [Conducted in Japanese]. See the meeting report (in English) for details. The presentation slides (in Japanese only, except for last one) used in the meeting are available for download as PDF files below. The meeting report and presentation slides are published with permission from the workshop participants and presentation authors.