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Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program

OBJECTIVE: Older adults are an untapped resource for leading sustainability change. This study assessed a pilot study of a Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program for older adults. METHODS: The pilot training program was conducted with a sample of 14 older adults over a single day, with some fol...

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Autores principales: Solly, Kane, Smyer, Michael A., Nichols, Kim, Steffens, Niklas K., Kastelle, Timothy H., Pachana, Nancy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9313826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35312146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13069
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description OBJECTIVE: Older adults are an untapped resource for leading sustainability change. This study assessed a pilot study of a Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program for older adults. METHODS: The pilot training program was conducted with a sample of 14 older adults over a single day, with some follow‐up activities for participants at home. Activities included completing a sustainable action card‐sorting activity measuring an individual's ability to make sustainable changes within their lives. A brief researcher‐devised empowerment scale was administered pre‐ and postworkshop. RESULTS: Quantitative data revealed that sustainability empowerment increased from pre‐ to post‐training sessions and was related to the number of sustainability actions participants thought were achievable. CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest that such a brief training workshop can both yield personal change and potentially provide opportunities for a peer network to facilitate change within communities.
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spelling pubmed-93138262022-07-30 Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program Solly, Kane Smyer, Michael A. Nichols, Kim Steffens, Niklas K. Kastelle, Timothy H. Pachana, Nancy A. Australas J Ageing Brief Reports OBJECTIVE: Older adults are an untapped resource for leading sustainability change. This study assessed a pilot study of a Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program for older adults. METHODS: The pilot training program was conducted with a sample of 14 older adults over a single day, with some follow‐up activities for participants at home. Activities included completing a sustainable action card‐sorting activity measuring an individual's ability to make sustainable changes within their lives. A brief researcher‐devised empowerment scale was administered pre‐ and postworkshop. RESULTS: Quantitative data revealed that sustainability empowerment increased from pre‐ to post‐training sessions and was related to the number of sustainability actions participants thought were achievable. CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest that such a brief training workshop can both yield personal change and potentially provide opportunities for a peer network to facilitate change within communities. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-03-21 2022-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9313826/ /pubmed/35312146 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13069 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc’. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13069
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