How Types of Ageism Affect the Health of Older Koreansdoi:10.1093/ije/dyv096.446H. ChunI. H. KimOxford University Press
Ageism can alsoaffect the healthcareyou receive.Researchsuggests older adults are more likely to be: Excluded from clinical trials.People of different ages respond differently to certain medications. If older adults don’t participate in experiments, researchers have less safety data on potential side...
Focusing on older adults also enables us to explore and undermine ageism. Robert N. Butler (1969, 243), the founding Director of the National Institute on Ageing in the US, coined the term “ageism” to describe the “deep seated uneasiness on the part of the young and middle-aged – a...
To make matters worse, all of this occurs within a context of ageism and negative cultural stereotypes that result in a lack of guidance and resources for older adults related to sexual health and well-being. These negative social and societal attitudes can contribute to older adults feelingshame...
Older Women's Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Sexuality, Intimacy, and HIV/AIDS Sex is a natural, physiological, fundamental part of being human and is an experience that does not have to end as one ages. Yet, due to ageism and sexism, older women have not been socialized to believe this...
Ongig’s Text Analyzer platform enables your enterprise to check against JD biases without missing a beat. The advanced program vets through your content for signs of biases (e.g., gender-coded or ageism-based words) based on the latest DEI practices. ...
Historically, this connection has been underestimated. Many factors have delayed our understanding, but to sum it up: “Ageism and sexism and their intersection probably contributed to this not being a priority,” says Pauline Maki, a professor, and director of the women’s mental health research...
Similarly, because this research focused on older adults (and in particular, chronic disease management in older adults) it does not apply to children and youth. We believe that any KT intervention work needs to begin with engaging the appropriate community and is only applicable when those ...
One kind, stereotypes, aremental beliefs that are overgeneralized to the group. For example, older adults are believed to be weaker and less competent than younger adults. Harboring a stereotype about a group can lead to prejudice—an unjustifiable attitude towards someone based on their membership...
About a third of Americans are chronically sleep deprived. TheCenters for Disease Control and Preventionreports that 35 percent of adults don't get enough sleep on a regular basis. And experts say bad sleep habits, along with long-term sleep loss, can affect your health in a whole range of...