{"id":27611,"date":"2014-04-16T10:54:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=27611"},"modified":"2019-01-25T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:11:20","slug":"brock-students-assess-age-friendliness-of-downtown-st-catharines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/04\/brock-students-assess-age-friendliness-of-downtown-st-catharines\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock students assess age-friendliness of downtown St. Catharines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Third year Brock Medical Sciences student Elisa Brown with Sharon Shaw from the Region\u2019s Centre Street Seniors Residence in downtown St. Catharines.<\/p><\/div>\n

Healthy communities encompass all age groups.<\/p>\n

Working together on an intergenerational research study, 45 Brock students were recently matched with 20 Niagara seniors to better understand what makes a community “age-friendly.”<\/p>\n

The study, “Through Their Eyes,” examined the age-friendliness of the neighbourhood surrounding Niagara Region’s Seniors Residence at 14 Centre Street in downtown St. Catharines.<\/p>\n

The study aims to identify opportunities for change in the community.<\/p>\n

“Getting our students out into community was a key component of enhancing their learning experience,” says Paula Gardner, course instructor and assistant professor of Health Sciences at Brock<\/a>. “Through this community-based project we will not only understand what makes a healthy community, but we will also start to build one.”<\/p>\n

With older residents serving as guides, students adopted the “go along” interview method, which combines in-depth interviews with participant observation. They also worked collaboratively with seniors to assess their neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

“I learned a lot, not only about the processes and how to formulate change within communities,” says Elisa Brown, a third year Brock Medical Sciences student, “but also how to conduct research that has a social impact.”<\/p>\n

Community Partners for the project include Niagara Regional Housing<\/a> and Public Health<\/a>, the 14 Centre Street Seniors Residence, Niagara’s Age Friendly Community Network<\/a> and Niagara Connects<\/a>. The study was part of the upper-year Health Sciences course, “Developing Healthy Communities” at Brock.<\/p>\n

Brock’s Service Learning Resource Centre<\/a> also provided a $1,500 Service-Learning Course Incentive grant to help enhance the service-learning components of this course.<\/p>\n

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Paula Gardner, course instructor and assistant professor of Health Sciences, talking with seniors from 14 Centre St. who participated in the study.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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