TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Senior Centers
T2 - Comparing Participant Characteristics in More and Less Multicultural Settings
AU - Giunta, Nancy
AU - Morano, Carmen
AU - Parikh, Nina S.
AU - Friedman, Dana
AU - Fahs, Marianne C.
AU - Gallo, William T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions and valuable feedback on an earlier submission of this article. The Health Indicators Project was funded under a contract between the New York City Department for the Aging and the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - The 2008 Health Indicators Project surveyed a probability sample (N = 1,870) of New York City senior center participants. Attendees of racially and ethnically diverse and nondiverse senior centers were compared across 5 domains: demographics; health and quality of life; social support networks; neighborhood perceptions and engagement; health service access/utilization. Although homogeneous and diverse center participants demonstrate similar health and quality-of-life outcomes, those from diverse centers demonstrate greater risk of social isolation, receive less family support, and more likely seek medical care from hospitals or community clinics. Implications and future directions for research, practice and policy are discussed.
AB - The 2008 Health Indicators Project surveyed a probability sample (N = 1,870) of New York City senior center participants. Attendees of racially and ethnically diverse and nondiverse senior centers were compared across 5 domains: demographics; health and quality of life; social support networks; neighborhood perceptions and engagement; health service access/utilization. Although homogeneous and diverse center participants demonstrate similar health and quality-of-life outcomes, those from diverse centers demonstrate greater risk of social isolation, receive less family support, and more likely seek medical care from hospitals or community clinics. Implications and future directions for research, practice and policy are discussed.
KW - ethnicity and multicultural issues
KW - home- and community-based services
KW - racial and ethnic diversity
KW - senior centers
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U2 - 10.1080/01634372.2011.653519
DO - 10.1080/01634372.2011.653519
M3 - Article
C2 - 22852991
AN - SCOPUS:84864555886
SN - 0163-4372
VL - 55
SP - 467
EP - 483
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
IS - 6
ER -