Editorial: Ageing and migration status: Intersectional forms of discrimination and exclusion

Journal article

Ageing and migration status: Intersectional forms of discrimination and exclusionPopulations of many countries around the world are faced with ageing populations. The proportion of people aged over 60 years in 2050 is projected to be nearly twice as high as it was in 2012 (namely 22% vs. 12%; World Health Organization, 2022).In economically developed countries, these proportions are even higher. According to a projection, the share of people aged 60 or older is estimated to rise from 26.0% in 2021 to 34.3% in 2050 (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2022).As populations age, societies are confronted with challenges in terms of social insurance systems, health, and societal cohesion. These demographic trends and the entailed challenges are leading to a growing interest amongst policymakers, businesses, and other stakeholders on ways to enable older people to "actively age" through: interventions to promote healthy ageing; participation in social, economic, and civic affairs; and ensuring physical, social and income security. Older people's access to resources necessary for ageing well is impacted by socio-economic status. This in turn, draws attention to the policy and resource needs of communities of older people. Communities which are particularly vulnerable to isolation and a shortage of recourses are older immigrants. These communities include economic migrants, asylum seekers, and undocumented workers. For many, their life courses are characterized by precarious and disrupted careers, inaccessibility to public resources, and social isolation, in addition to age and race intersecting to create unique forms of discrimination. This Research Topic explores the barriers which elderly people face to ageing well and potential public and social policies for ensuring safe, participative, and healthy ageing. It thus contributes to the dialogue on the ways in which policy makers, businesses, third sector organizations and elderly people themselves can enhance active ageing. The articles constituting this Research Topic focus in particular on barriers to the wellbeing and social inclusion of elderly people, and on potential measures for supporting healthy and active ageing. Addressing elderly people's wellbeing in relation to health, Chen et al. examines the relationship between self-efficacy, sports participation, and health promotion behavior for the middle-aged and elderly. The author found that the perceived self-efficacy of middleaged and elderly people positively affected health promotion behavior. This relationship.

Authors: Flynn, M; Genkova, P; Dewhurst, E; Schaefer, CD

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Frontiers Media
• Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 1150578-1150578
• Article number: 1150578
• Publication date: 2023-02-21
• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150578
• EISSN: 1664-1078
• ISSN: 1664-1078
• Language: English
• Keywords: Social exclusion; Medicine; Internal medicine; Political science; Psychology; Ageing