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Geron-Infusion Active Ageing Education (GIE-IAAE)

 Project Description

This project aimed to equip university students with ageing-related competence, to promote their interest in the silver hair market, and to strengthen institutional capacity in response to ongoing sociodemographic changes.

 

Project Aims and Objectives

 

 IAAE

 Funded by ZeShan Foundation

 

Project Duration

Sept 2018 to Apr 2021

 

Development of the IAAE Model

 

 IAAE1

 

Highlights:

1.Buy-in from academic champions (subject teachers); value and benefits of the model

2.Co-creating intergenerational and discipline-specific educational activities

(Levy, 2018; Paolini et al., 2021; Pettigrew et al., 2011)

 

IAAE Evaluation

  •  Participants and Procedures

 IAAE2

  • Design Flowchart

 

IAAE3

 

IAAE Effectiveness

Intervention group – significant improvement after IAAE activities (n=287)

 

IAAE4

Note: * p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001

 

Comparison group – no significant changes observed except for the knowledge of ageing (n=63)

 

IAAE5

Note: * p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001

 

More event highlights

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GIE-IAAE Toolkit:

https://www.polyu.edu.hk/apss/iaa/en/programmes-and-activities/intergenerational-programmes/gie-iaae/gie-iaae-toolkit-1/