Neighbourhood environmental influences on older adults’ physical activities and social participation in Singapore: A photovoice study

Adithi Moogoor, Špela Močnik and Belinda Yuen

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 310, issue C

Abstract: Physical activities and social participation have vast health benefits for older adults and are also known to influence each other in everyday lives of older adults. In the quest for healthy ageing in place, it is vital to investigate the role of neighbourhood environmental factors in maintaining and/or initiating physical activities and social participation in older adults. Using the photovoice method, this qualitative research aims to examine how the physical and social neighbourhood environment influences physical activities, social participation, and instances where they occur together among 30 older adults in three Singapore neighbourhoods. A thematic analysis of 820 photographs, their descriptions, and 21 semi-structured individual and group interviews reveals that participants' physical activities and social participation are influenced by neighbourhood features during everyday movements (themes related to walking trips and resting places), and at destination nodes (themes on destinations and events where people often met and/or accessed amenities and services). Environmental qualities grounded in the local context affect older adults’ outdoor activities. Physical activities and social participation in older adults may be planned or spontaneous, occurring independently, simultaneously or one after another in supportive neighbourhood environments.

Keywords: Age-friendly neighbourhood; Physical activity; Social participation; Older adults; Singapore; Neighbourhood environment; Photovoice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115288

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