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Review

A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age

by
Tracey Ma
1,*,
Jinhee Kim
2,
Myron Anthony Godinho
1,
Evelyne de Leeuw
3,
Kathleen Clapham
4,
Conrad Kobel
5 and
Rebecca Ivers
1
1
School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
2
Centre for Health Equity Training, Research & Evaluation (CHETRE), UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
3
Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory, Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
4
Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
5
Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
*
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13014; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013014
Submission received: 21 August 2022 / Revised: 21 September 2022 / Accepted: 9 October 2022 / Published: 11 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Transdisciplinary Approach to Healthy Ageing)
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Abstract

Supporting older people’s use of sustainable transport is important for both population health and sustainable development, especially in the context of global population ageing. This systematic review identifies individual and environmental factors that influence older people’s sustainable transport use and synthesises findings using a framework approach. Factors influencing older people’s walking (n = 10 studies), bus use (n = 11), community transport use (n = 1), bicycling (n = 1), and e-bicycling (n = 1) were found to be physical, geographical, facility-based, economic, time-based, fear-based, space-based, information-based, or interpersonal. Many factors were common across transport modes. One reason for this is that environmental features designed to facilitate the use of one particular transport mode also influenced the use of other modes (e.g., bus shelters influence not only bus use but also walking as they provide pedestrian seating). Thus, environments need to be considered from the perspective of multiple, different types of road users. Another reason is that many factors related to the ways individuals experienced their environment (e.g., finding information guiding behaviour in public spaces to be unclear), regardless of any specific transport mode. This review highlights the important need for greater cross-sectoral action and input from older people.
Keywords: healthy ageing; well-being; age-friendly transportation; community mobility; access; healthy city; age-friendly city; age-friendly environment healthy ageing; well-being; age-friendly transportation; community mobility; access; healthy city; age-friendly city; age-friendly environment

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Ma, T.; Kim, J.; Godinho, M.A.; de Leeuw, E.; Clapham, K.; Kobel, C.; Ivers, R. A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013014

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Ma T, Kim J, Godinho MA, de Leeuw E, Clapham K, Kobel C, Ivers R. A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(20):13014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013014

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Ma, Tracey, Jinhee Kim, Myron Anthony Godinho, Evelyne de Leeuw, Kathleen Clapham, Conrad Kobel, and Rebecca Ivers. 2022. "A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20: 13014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013014

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Ma, T., Kim, J., Godinho, M. A., de Leeuw, E., Clapham, K., Kobel, C., & Ivers, R. (2022). A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013014

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