Age-inclusive Arctic outdoor spaces: a policy review in four Nordic countries
In the last decade, policy strategies were adopted in response to population ageing in the Nordic countries. Governmental actions have to be evaluated in terms of their efficacy. The objective of this article is to identify and review the policies related to age-inclusive outdoor spaces in the Arcti...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-105101 2024-05-19T07:34:10+00:00 Age-inclusive Arctic outdoor spaces: a policy review in four Nordic countries Emelyanova, Anastasia Blix, Bodil H. Larsson, Agneta Olafsdottir, Steinunn A. Rautio, Arja 2024 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-105101 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2024.2339561 eng eng LuleÃ¥ tekniska universitet, Hälsa, medicin och rehabilitering Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Arctic Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Department of health and care sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Faculty of education, arts and sports, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Bergen, Norway Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, ReykjavÃk, Iceland Arctic Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 1239-9736, 2024, 83:1, orcid:0000-0003-3595-6646 orcid:0000-0002-1049-4636 orcid:0000-0003-3619-2297 orcid:0000-0002-5406-9877 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-105101 doi:10.1080/22423982.2024.2339561 PMID 38615335 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Age-friendly older individuals rural Finland Norway Sweden Iceland Human Geography Kulturgeografi Article, review/survey info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2024 ftluleatu https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2024.2339561 2024-04-23T23:31:50Z In the last decade, policy strategies were adopted in response to population ageing in the Nordic countries. Governmental actions have to be evaluated in terms of their efficacy. The objective of this article is to identify and review the policies related to age-inclusive outdoor spaces in the Arctic regions of Nordic countries. Our analysis focuses on central government white papers that address the older adults in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. A review of such policy documents provides insights into the predominant understandings of older adults and healthy ageing. Moreover, such analysis may identify “blind spots†in the national policies, especially regarding the sparsely researched northernmost and rural Arctic territories. Our results demonstrate how the older populations in the Nordic Arctic and their access to outdoor spaces are addressed in the policy documents. We found that with few exceptions, the older people of the rural Arctic is strikingly absent in the Nordic national governmental papers. Moreover, access to outdoor spaces is mentioned in general terms, and specific challenges of the rural Arctic context, such as the harsh climate, long winters and geographical distances are not addressed. The noticed omissions might be the result of “urban-ruralâ€, “south-northâ€, “indoor-outdoorâ€, and “generalisation†biases. Validerad;2024;NivÃ¥ 2;2024-04-15 (signyg); Funder: The Nordic Arctic Co-operation Programme; Full text license: CC BY-NC Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Iceland International Journal of Circumpolar Health Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 83 1 |
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In the last decade, policy strategies were adopted in response to population ageing in the Nordic countries. Governmental actions have to be evaluated in terms of their efficacy. The objective of this article is to identify and review the policies related to age-inclusive outdoor spaces in the Arctic regions of Nordic countries. Our analysis focuses on central government white papers that address the older adults in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. A review of such policy documents provides insights into the predominant understandings of older adults and healthy ageing. Moreover, such analysis may identify “blind spots†in the national policies, especially regarding the sparsely researched northernmost and rural Arctic territories. Our results demonstrate how the older populations in the Nordic Arctic and their access to outdoor spaces are addressed in the policy documents. We found that with few exceptions, the older people of the rural Arctic is strikingly absent in the Nordic national governmental papers. Moreover, access to outdoor spaces is mentioned in general terms, and specific challenges of the rural Arctic context, such as the harsh climate, long winters and geographical distances are not addressed. The noticed omissions might be the result of “urban-ruralâ€, “south-northâ€, “indoor-outdoorâ€, and “generalisation†biases. Validerad;2024;NivÃ¥ 2;2024-04-15 (signyg); Funder: The Nordic Arctic Co-operation Programme; Full text license: CC BY-NC |
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Age-inclusive Arctic outdoor spaces: a policy review in four Nordic countries |
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Age-inclusive Arctic outdoor spaces: a policy review in four Nordic countries |
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