TY - JOUR
T1 - Life-Course Marginalities of Positive Health and Aging
T2 - A Participatory Approach Integrating the Lived Experiences of Older Irish Travelers and Older Homeless Adults in Multistakeholder Research Processes
AU - Walsh, Kieran
AU - Carroll, Brídín
AU - MacFarlane, Anne
AU - O’Donovan, Diarmuid
AU - Cush, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - There is increased emphasis on adopting positive health and aging policy goals for heterogeneous older populations, and recognition of the role that participatory research approaches can play in supporting their implementation. However, questions remain about how to represent the marginalized experiences of some older populations within such processes. With a focus on older Irish ethnic Travelers and older homeless adults as two vulnerable populations in Ireland, this article presents and critically discusses a participatory approach developed to integrate marginalized older adult perspectives on positive health and aging in a multistakeholder research and development process. The qualitative methodology is first detailed, incorporating methods that harness collaboratively derived views and individual narratives (e.g., focus groups; consultation forums; in-depth interviews). Critical reflections on research implementation and specific considerations relevant to these populations are presented (e.g., trust building; one-to-one facilitation), with lessons then drawn for the design of multistakeholder participatory approaches with marginalized older populations.
AB - There is increased emphasis on adopting positive health and aging policy goals for heterogeneous older populations, and recognition of the role that participatory research approaches can play in supporting their implementation. However, questions remain about how to represent the marginalized experiences of some older populations within such processes. With a focus on older Irish ethnic Travelers and older homeless adults as two vulnerable populations in Ireland, this article presents and critically discusses a participatory approach developed to integrate marginalized older adult perspectives on positive health and aging in a multistakeholder research and development process. The qualitative methodology is first detailed, incorporating methods that harness collaboratively derived views and individual narratives (e.g., focus groups; consultation forums; in-depth interviews). Critical reflections on research implementation and specific considerations relevant to these populations are presented (e.g., trust building; one-to-one facilitation), with lessons then drawn for the design of multistakeholder participatory approaches with marginalized older populations.
KW - life-course experiences
KW - marginalized groups
KW - older adults
KW - participatory research
KW - positive health and ageing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130604510&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10497323221100346
DO - 10.1177/10497323221100346
M3 - Article
C2 - 35578753
AN - SCOPUS:85130604510
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 32
SP - 1139
EP - 1152
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 7
ER -