Intergenerational Programs and Health

Dear Colleagues,

Relationships between members of non-adjacent generations, intergenerational relationships, have proven beneficial to the health of individuals and society. Familial and non-familial intergenerational ties have supported developmental goals, such as fitness, learning, and self-efficacy. Intergenerational strategies have also been utilized to respond to issues of age-segregation, social isolation, and low material and social capital. Increasingly drawing on interdisciplinary collaboration, researchers and practitioners address the essential supports needed to remove age-segregating barriers and promote evidence-informed practice that fosters positive intergenerational connections. Innovative intergenerational strategies have addressed housing, tutoring, vaccination, grandparent caregiving, sandwich generation caregiving, health professional and continuing education, organizational finance, food security, urban planning, public policy, and architecture, to name a few. Accordingly, the aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the broad scope of novel and contemporary research focused on intergenerational relationships.

This Special Issue of IJERPH, entitled “Intergenerational Programs and Health”, offers an opportunity to publish high-quality research, reviews, and theoretical notes that further the understanding of the means by which positive intergenerational ties are achieved and their impact on health and well-being. We welcome quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research. Submissions that discuss new knowledge, developments, and innovations working with diverse populations, in the field of health, and/or with consideration of implementation strategies, are particularly encouraged.

We invite you to submit articles on topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Evaluation of intergenerational interventions and/or natural experiments, and their impact on youth, older adult, or community health;
• Implementation factors associated with outcomes of intergenerational strategies;
• Innovations in the measurement of intergenerational programs;
• Elements of intergenerational program settings and design that impact outcomes;
• Stakeholder perspectives related to intergenerational programs, outcomes, and sustainability;
• Intergenerational-friendly cities and health.

Prof. Dr. Shannon E. Jarrott
Dr. Katrina Radford
Dr. Amy Eisenstein
Guest Editors

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