Building consensus on priority areas for Sub-Saharan Africa's ageing population research: An e-Delphi study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improvement in medico-social services has increased life expectancy and population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It was estimated that about 163 million people aged 65 and older will be resident in SSA by 2050. There is inadequate ageing research capacity in SSA which necessitates this study to (a) identify a decade-long ageing research opportunities, challenges, and solutions, and (b) prioritize critical ageing research areas and methodologies relevant to the SSA.

Methods

We designed an e-Delphi protocol following the Reporting Guideline for Priority Setting of Health Research with Stakeholder. The stakeholders will be researchers, practitioners, older adults, and caregivers purposively selected through snowballing quota sampling to complete three rounds of

SUBMITTER: Okoh AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11008814 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature