How design of places promotes or inhibits mobility of older adults: Realist synthesis of 20 years of research

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1340-1372

  Yen, Irene H ^a   Flood, Johnna Fandel ^b   Thompson, Hannah ^a   Anderson, Lynda A ^c,d   Wong, Geoff ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Mobility; Neighborhood; Realist synthesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84918832303     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314527610     Document Type: Article

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