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Volume 9, Issue 4 (2021)
Health Educ Health Promot 2021, 9(4): 403-410 |
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Received: 2021/05/9 | Accepted: 2021/05/27 | Published: 2021/11/12
Received: 2021/05/9 | Accepted: 2021/05/27 | Published: 2021/11/12
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Estebsari F, Rahimi Khalifeh Kandi Z, Nasiri M, Moradi Fath M, Mostafaei D. Is Tehran an Age-Friendly City?; Infrastructures Criteria Speech. Health Educ Health Promot 2021; 9 (4) :403-410
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1- Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Health Education, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Health Education, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Aims: One of the most common problems in the world is the growing aging population. The present study was examined the age-friendly city of Tehran based on indicators from the elders perspective
Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was examined four indicators of the age-friendly city of Tehran from the perspective of the elderly (n=418) in 2018. The data collection tool was the World Health Organization (WHO)’s questionnaire of age-friendly city indicators: Social Participation, Civic-Participation and Employment, Respect and Social Inclusion, and the Communication and Information index. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 18 on the collected data, assuming a significance level of <0.05.
Findings: The mean age of the elderly was 66.86±6.31 years. Comparing the means of the age-friendly city indicators revealed the social participation index mean of 35.0, the civic participation and employment index mean of 18.9, respect and social inclusion mean of 18.2, and the communication and information mean of 24.5.
Conclusion: Tehran metropolitan is only able to fulfill the basic needs of the elderly and is far from being the ideal situation and cannot achieve active aging for its people.
Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was examined four indicators of the age-friendly city of Tehran from the perspective of the elderly (n=418) in 2018. The data collection tool was the World Health Organization (WHO)’s questionnaire of age-friendly city indicators: Social Participation, Civic-Participation and Employment, Respect and Social Inclusion, and the Communication and Information index. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 18 on the collected data, assuming a significance level of <0.05.
Findings: The mean age of the elderly was 66.86±6.31 years. Comparing the means of the age-friendly city indicators revealed the social participation index mean of 35.0, the civic participation and employment index mean of 18.9, respect and social inclusion mean of 18.2, and the communication and information mean of 24.5.
Conclusion: Tehran metropolitan is only able to fulfill the basic needs of the elderly and is far from being the ideal situation and cannot achieve active aging for its people.
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