Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies

A primary objective of active aging policies is to promote health and optimize care for individuals. In aging societies, the maintenance of good physical and mental health and the management of risk factors are of utmost importance. Few research studies have analyzed active aging policies related to...

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Autores principales: Barbabella, Francesco, Principi, Andrea, Lucantoni, Davide, Lamura, Giovanni, Socci, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Policy Evaluation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10290927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37338167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648231182243
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author Barbabella, Francesco
Principi, Andrea
Lucantoni, Davide
Lamura, Giovanni
Socci, Marco
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description A primary objective of active aging policies is to promote health and optimize care for individuals. In aging societies, the maintenance of good physical and mental health and the management of risk factors are of utmost importance. Few research studies have analyzed active aging policies related to health and care from a multi-level governance perspective. The aim of this study was to determine what national and regional policies in these domains existed in Italy. We conducted an inductive thematic analysis of health- and care-related policies on active aging, selected through a systematic review in 2019–2021. The analysis uncovered three themes at both the national and regional levels (health promotion and disease prevention, health monitoring, and informal caregivers) and two additional themes at the regional level (access to health and social care services, and mental health and well-being). According to the findings, COVID-19 partially influenced the evolution of active aging policies.
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spelling pubmed-102909272023-06-27 Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies Barbabella, Francesco Principi, Andrea Lucantoni, Davide Lamura, Giovanni Socci, Marco J Appl Gerontol Policy Evaluation A primary objective of active aging policies is to promote health and optimize care for individuals. In aging societies, the maintenance of good physical and mental health and the management of risk factors are of utmost importance. Few research studies have analyzed active aging policies related to health and care from a multi-level governance perspective. The aim of this study was to determine what national and regional policies in these domains existed in Italy. We conducted an inductive thematic analysis of health- and care-related policies on active aging, selected through a systematic review in 2019–2021. The analysis uncovered three themes at both the national and regional levels (health promotion and disease prevention, health monitoring, and informal caregivers) and two additional themes at the regional level (access to health and social care services, and mental health and well-being). According to the findings, COVID-19 partially influenced the evolution of active aging policies. SAGE Publications 2023-06-20 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10290927/ /pubmed/37338167 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648231182243 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies
title_full Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies
title_fullStr Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies
title_full_unstemmed Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies
title_short Active Aging Policies Targeting Health and Care During the of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Italian National and Regional Policies
title_sort active aging policies targeting health and care during the of covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review and thematic analysis of italian national and regional policies
topic Policy Evaluation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10290927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37338167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648231182243
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