Journal article
Comparing the Age-Friendliness of Different Neighbourhoods Using District Surveys: An Example from Hong Kong
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To address the age-friendliness of living environment in cities, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the "Age-friendly cities" (AFC) initiative in 2005. To date, however, no universal standard tool for assessing age-friendliness of a community has been agreed.
METHODOLOGY: Two quantitative studies on AFC conducted in two Hong Kong districts-Sha Tin and Tuen Mun-were compared. A total of 801 residents aged ≥50 years were …
Authors
Wong M; Chau PH; Cheung F; Phillips DR; Woo J
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 7,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0131526
ISSN
1932-6203