Third Places for Health Promotion with Older Adults: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Enhance Program Implementation and Evaluation

Mary E. Northridge, Susan S. Kum, Bibhas Chakraborty, Ariel Port Greenblatt, Stephen E. Marshall, Hua Wang, Carol Kunzel, Sara S. Metcalf

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Abstract

This study extends the concept of third places to include community sites where older adults gather, often for meals or companionship. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research guided program implementation and evaluation. Depending upon health promotion program needs, the physical infrastructure of a site is important, but a supportive director (champion) can often overcome identified deficits. Senior centers may be locally classified into four types based upon eligibility requirements of residents in affiliated housing and services offered. Participants who attend these centers differ in important ways across types by most sociodemographic as well as certain health and health care characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)851-870
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Urban Health
Volume93
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 1 2016

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Funding

The authors were supported in the research, analysis, and writing of this paper by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research of the US National Institutes of Health for the projects titled, Leveraging Opportunities to Improve Oral Health in Older Adults (grant R21-DE021187) and Integrating Social and Systems Science Approaches to Promote Oral Health Equity (grant R01-DE023072). We thank Leydis De La Cruz and Rogelina Peralta for the program support toward the conduct of this study.

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of HealthR01-DE023072
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial ResearchR21DE021187
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Health(social science)
    • Urban Studies
    • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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