NCT05812105

Improving the Mobility of Transportation Disadvantaged Older Adults

Improving the Mobility of Transportation Disadvantaged Older Adults A Community-Based Intervention for the Hispanic/Latino Population

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas at Arlington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of the research was to improve mobility for transportation-disadvantaged older adults by expanding the scope of the existing Healthy Buddy Program, to accommodate an aging Spanish-speaking population in the U.S.

Detailed description

The research identified barriers and opportunities to improve Hispanic/Latino older adult access to community-based transportation and health resources. It was conducted with the existing Healthy Buddy model, which pairs older adults with college students who are trained to help them identify relevant transportation and health resources, while accommodating the unique needs of this transportation-disadvantaged population. The research team reevaluated the potential effectiveness of a Spanish-language accessible Healthy Buddy program model for increasing the self-efficacy and quality of life among Hispanic/Latino older adults. The team recruited bilingual (English-Spanish-speaking) students from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Older adult participants were invited to participate in pre- and post-surveys, including a qualitative interview, to allow the team to further evaluate the success of the program among Hispanic/Latino participants and to determine the replicability of the project in other communities with a significant population of transportation disadvantaged Hispanic/Latino older adults.

Conditions

• Lack of Resources
• Lack of Mobility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Healthy Buddy Program	The Healthy Buddy Program is a community-based initiative that pairs college students with transportation disadvantaged, community- dwelling older adults age 65 and older. The Spanish-language Healthy Buddy Program was developed to measure the transportation and health challenges of Hispanic/Latino older adults and determine the efficacy of the adapted HB program model.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-23
• Primary completion: 2021-05-06
• Completion: 2021-05-06
• First posted: 2023-04-13
• Last updated: 2023-04-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States