Active ageing is conditioned by social, economic and personal determinants, health and social services, and the physical environment. In connection with this, age-friendly residential environments enable to adjust the ...

A growing body of research has shown that barriers in the urban environment can be disabling by reducing the ability of older people to manage independently in the community, but also because they can negatively affect ...

It is alarming the speed with which the elderly population has been growing in recent years. Faced with this undeniable phenomenon, urban space has an increasing concentration of elderly. In this context, problems are ...

Currently, several cities around the world are part of the Global Network of Cities and Communities Friendly to the Elderly, of the World Health Organization (WHO), most of which belong to countries in Europe and ...

Objective: To examine the relationship between physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and social isolation in a representative sample of Brazilian adolescents. Method: Cross sectional analyses using data from the Brazilian ...

Según un reporte del World Air Quality, en la actualidad, el Perú es el puesto 22 del Ranking de los Países más contaminados a nivel mundial, asimismo, se menciona a Lima, capital de Perú, como la octava ciudad con mayor ...

The basis of sociability in humans is based on cooperation. The relationship of friendship is vital to the social, emotional and cognitive development of an individual and can be understood as a consequence of selection ...

The rapid growth of the elderly population and the consequent challenges in the cities constitute an alarming scenario. In this sense, the problems involving interpersonal relationships and socio-spatial inequalities that ...