@article{ref1,
title="Protective effects of neighborhood community factors on elder abuse in India",
journal="Journal of elder abuse and neglect",
year="2020",
author="Chang, E.-Shien and Levy, Becca R.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Elder abuse impacts one in six older persons globally. Most studies of elder abuse have focused on risk factors rather than protective factors, individual-level  factors rather than structural factors, and developed countries rather than  developing countries where resources are scarce. The current study addressed these  gaps by examining whether neighborhood social cohesion and physical order could be  such structural-level protective factors for older persons in India. Our cohort  consisted of 541 participants aged 60 and over in the pilot wave of the Longitudinal  Aging Study in India. We found that older persons with high neighborhood social  cohesion were 38% less likely to experience abuse compared to older persons with low  cohesion (OR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.39-0.99). Similarly, participants with high  neighborhood physical order were 48% less likely to experience abuse compared to  older persons with low physical order (OR = 0.52, 95% CI = 0.32-0.83). Both models  adjusted for relevant covariates. Policies supporting greater cohesion and order in  communities could reap significant health benefits for older persons.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-6566",
doi="10.1080/08946566.2020.1864695",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2020.1864695"
}