A participatory virtual audit of the built environment for age-friendliness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geospatial studies that consider the relationships between the built environment and health typically rely on researcher-led 'objective' measurement of geospatial attributes of the built environment. Some studies can fail to find expected associations between environments and health outcomes where the geospatial measures do not reflect the experiences or perceptions of people themselves. We took a participatory approach to work with older adults with a concern for falling to assess the built environment in order that we could understand how their assessments relate to researcher assessments. We also wanted to assess whether specific demographic characteristics explained differences in assessments of the built environment between participants. Age-friendly environments ca

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC12640567 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature