Engaging Communities, Advancing Research
The USC Roybal Institute maintains a regularly updated database of academic literature and relevant research reports that are published by its faculty. The online library is not intended to be exhaustive, but we hope it provides useful information for researchers, policy advocates, health service providers and others who wish to learn more about aging and diverse populations.
Please Note: Many online journals require registration and payment to access full-length versions of articles. Faculty, students and staff at universities and colleges can often access electronic journals through their online campus library network for free or at a minimal cost. Some public libraries also provide such access to its members. Please contact your public or university library for more information.
The journal article reports on the development of a patient empowerment program for Chinese immigrant communities in the San Gabriel Valley region of Southern California, which can serve as a model to be adapted by other vulnerable immigrant populations.
Findings from the study demonstrate how race interacts with age and education to influence the probability of belonging to particular network types.
A systematic review of the literature suggests that mind–body interventions had short-term effects in alleviating depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults.
Higher prevalence rates were found in females than in males, in individuals in middle age than in younger and older adults as well as in those individuals with lower socioeconomic status among the adult population of the city of Leipzig, German.
Using data were derived from the Leipzig longitudinal study of the aged (LEILA75+), researchers find a protective effect of more years of education on a lower dementia risk.
Findings from the study suggest that intergenerational relationships have long-term impacts on depressive symptom trajectory classes.
Findings from the Urban Institute report show that older Hispanics receive much less income, hold much less wealth and are much more likely to be impoverished than the overall U.S. older adult population.
The journal article examines how the future of aging in Mexico will likely resemble the pattern of aging in the United States and Canada.
The journal article that provides background on age-friendly community initiatives and suggests solutions for challenges to developing age-friendly communities.
Findings from the study suggest that family violence and depression are common social problems and that individualized intervention for older women in South Korea is needed.
