title: A Community-Based Participatory Critique of Social Isolation Intervention Research for Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
abstract: This article examines the dialogue that occurred within the structure of a Research-to-Practice Consensus Workshop that critiqued academic research priorities regarding social isolation among community-dwelling older adults and identified practice-based suggestions for a social isolation research agenda. The investigators adapted the scientific consensus workshop model to include expert practitioners and researchers in a discussion of the current state and future directions of social isolation intervention research. The group's critique resulted in several key recommendations for future research including the need for a social isolation measure with specific capacity to identify isolated older adults during a community crisis. This study demonstrates that the Research-to-Practice Consensus Workshop model can be used successfully to identify priority areas for research that have implications for community practice, construct an evidence base more relevant for community application, strengthen existing community-researcher partnerships, and build agency and practitioner capacity to take part in community-based participatory research.
authors.affiliation: assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University.
authors.forename: Myra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabir
authors.affiliation: associate professor of sociology and of human development at Cornell University and codirector of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wethington
authors.affiliation: assistant professor of gerontological social work in medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College's Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology and the director of partnerships of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging.
authors.forename: Risa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Breckman
authors.affiliation: associate director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging.
authors.forename: Rhoda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meador
authors.affiliation: associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.affiliation: Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pillemer
keywords: consensus workshop; research-to-practice; social isolation