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- Title
The Text4HealthyAging Program: An Evidence-Based Text Messaging Innovation to Support Healthy Urban Aging in Canada and Australia.
- Authors
Eboreime, Ejemai; Ohinmaa, Arto; Rusak, Benjamin; Cassidy, Keri-Leigh; Morrison, Jason; McGrath, Patrick; Uher, Rudolf; Meier, Sandra; Fleury, Marie-Josee; Iyer, Srividya N.; Rej, Soham; Batchelor, Frances; Levinger, Pazit; Dang, Christa; Hopwood, Malcolm; Acquah, Francis N. L.; Dzator, Janet; Murphy, Gail Tomblin; Warford, Jordan; Wozney, Lori
- Abstract
Age-friendly cities are crucial to achieve the WHO goal of healthy aging. Such cities promote opportunities for health, participation, and security, thus enhancing quality of life as people age. Older people commonly experience psychosocial challenges such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, loss of autonomy, grief, fear, and loneliness. Australian and Canadian cities continue to seek innovation to improve healthy urban aging and create more age-friendly environments for older adults. There is increasing evidence on the effectiveness and feasibility of mobile technology in health promotion and closing psychological treatment gaps. Older adults have been demonstrated to engage frequently with mobile devices, particularly text messaging. In this article, we conceptualize the Text4HealthyAging, an evidence-based text messaging innovation to support healthy urban aging in Canadian and Australian cities.
- Subjects
CANADA; AUSTRALIA; TEXT messages; LONELINESS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; AGE; OLDER people; CITIES &; towns; BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model
- Publication
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 2022, Vol 8, p1
- ISSN
2333-7214
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/23337214221081378