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Project Coordinator Position
Research Group on Aging, Frailty and Care Transitions in Barcelona (REFiT-BCN)
Research Topic: Relationship between urban environments and physical activity, health, and quality of life of older adults.
Supervisors: Marco Inzitari, Laura Mónica Pérez, Aida Ribera
Project Summary: Frailty in older adults increases the risk of adverse health events. Early detection and a multidisciplinary approach to management, especially one based on physical activity and a balanced diet, have proven effective in reversing frailty. In 2016, +AGIL, an implementation-research program, was launched in a Basic Health Area (BHA) of Barcelona, offering personalized interventions aimed at fragile older adults living in the community, by adopting an integrated and coordinated approach among primary caregivers, geriatricians, and community stakeholders. The positive effects of +AGIL on reducing frailty at both 3 and 6 months, even in persons with cognitive decline, represent the point of departure for the adaptation and expansion of the program in three other BHAs of the city. However, given that certain characteristics of the urban/built environment can influence physical activity patterns, these must be taken into account, along with the overall social and physical environment of program participants. Thus, urban friendliness emerges as an important factor in maintaining the older population of Barcelona active and healthy.
Our goal in the present project is to define and characterize an index for evaluating the level of urban friendliness facing older adults living in Barcelona with different socioeconomic levels. For this purpose, we propose:
To define and develop, using participatory co-design techniques, an index of urban friendliness for older adults;To evaluate the applicability and feasibility of using the developed index;To create maps of urban friendliness corresponding to the different BHAs in question, using spatial analysis methodologies that are supported by open code and are replicable;To compare the urban friendliness maps of the different BHAs in question;To share results with the different stakeholders involved, in order to detect barriers and explore possible solutions;To create a digital equivalent for the synthetic mapping of indicators of urban friendliness. Job Description Education and Qualifications:
Required:Bachelor's Degree, with outstanding academic qualifications, in the health sciences or related fieldsMaster's Degree (or currently finishing a Master's Degree program) in Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Sciences or related fieldsFluency in Catalan, Spanish, English (business level)
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