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Abstract
A grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for training on communication and social interaction in healthy aging was used to support the collaboration of three students and one program mentor from various age-related backgrounds (e.g., vision, hearing, cognition, and social work) to develop a transdisciplinary and interinstitutional research program. The first project focused on integrating the United Nations Principles for Older Persons into a research agenda to gauge awareness of the principles in 100 seniors-related organizations in Ontario, Canada. The questionnaire elicited both quantitative and qualitative data related to the principles, and these data are discussed herein.
The authors thank the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for their generous support. Special thanks to Rebecca Hart, a Sheldon Elder Research Centre (SERC) research assistant who aided in preparation of the questionnaire and data collection. We also thank Helen Hamlin, the International Federation on Ageing's main representative at the United Nations, New York, NY, for her insightful input on our work.
Notes
Portions of this manuscript were presented at the International Federation on Ageing 8th Global Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, May, 2006.