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1. Developing a Community-Based, Intergenerational Intervention to Alleviate Transportation Barriers: Healthy Buddy Program for Latinx Older Adults.

Author

Lee, Kathy, Jang, Si Won, Cassidy, Jessica, and Wright, Savana

Subjects
*COLLEGE students, *HEALTH services accessibility, *EVALUATION of human services programs, *SOCIAL support, *HISPANIC Americans, *RESEARCH methodology, *HEALTH outcome assessment, *INTERVIEWING, *COMMUNITY-based social services, *RESEARCH funding, *TRANSPORTATION, *COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract

The research team developed a community-based, intergenerational intervention, the Spanish-language Healthy Buddy Program to alleviate transportation barriers experienced by Latinx older adults. College students were paired with Latinx older adults and helped them identify transportation- and health-related resources in their communities. During COVID-19, the program was implemented in Hillsborough County, Florida, and Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and San Antonio, Texas. This paper reports the study process and outcomes using quantitative and qualitative data collected in Texas (n = 25). Individual interviews indicated older adult participants were receptive to the program model and appreciated the roles student buddies played to help improve their mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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