title: Creating an inclusive mall environment with the PRECEDE-PROCEED model: a living lab case study.
abstract: Although public environments provide opportunities for participation and social inclusion, they are not always inclusive spaces and may not accommodate the wide diversity of people. The Rehabilitation Living Lab in the Mall is a unique, interdisciplinary, and multi-sectoral research project with an aim to transform a shopping complex in Montreal, Canada, into an inclusive environment optimizing the participation and social inclusion of all people.
  
  
  
  The PRECEDE-PROCEDE Model (PPM), a community-oriented and participatory planning model, was applied as a framework. The PPM is comprised of nine steps divided between planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  
  
  
  The PPM is well suited as a framework for the development of an inclusive mall. Its ecological approach considers the environment, as well as the social and individual factors relating to mall users' needs and expectations. Transforming a mall to be more inclusive is a complex process involving many stakeholders. The PPM allows the synthesis of several sources of information, as well as the identification and prioritization of key issues to address. The PPM also helps to frame and drive the implementation and evaluate the components of the project.
  
  
  
  This knowledge can help others interested in using the PPM to create similar enabling and inclusive environments world-wide. Implication for rehabilitation While public environments provide opportunities for participation and social inclusion, they are not always inclusive spaces and may not accommodate the wide diversity of people. The PRECEDE PROCEDE Model (PPM) is well suited as a framework for the development, implementation, and evaluation of an inclusive mall. Environmental barriers can negatively impact the rehabilitation process by impeding the restoration and augmentation of function. Removing barriers to social participation and independent living by improving inclusivity in the mall and other environments positively impacts the lives of people with disabilities.
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|c Centre de réadaptation Constance-Lethbridge du Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5172-6790
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|d École de réadaptation , Université de Montréal , Montreal , Canada.|e Centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swaine
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milot
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|g Bruyère Research Institute , Ottawa , Canada.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaudet
authors.affiliation: b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|h École de design, Faculté de l'aménagement, Université de Montréal , Montréal , Canada.|m Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'ḽle-de-Montréal , Montreal , Canada.
authors.forename: Tiiu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Poldma
authors.affiliation: i Department of Family Medicine , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6297-9240
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authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|f Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital du Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Laval , Canada.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0557-2457
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazer
authors.affiliation: b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|e Centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal , Montréal , Canada.|j École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Guylaine
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2760-917X
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Dorze
authors.affiliation: k Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy , University of British Columbia , Canada.
authors.forename: Skye
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7076-2452
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbic
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6335-3223
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|e Centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal , Montréal , Canada.|l Faculté des sciences infirmières , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|f Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital du Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Laval , Canada.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Archambault
authors.affiliation: b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|d École de réadaptation , Université de Montréal , Montreal , Canada.|m Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'ḽle-de-Montréal , Montreal , Canada.
authors.forename: Dahlia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kairy
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|f Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital du Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Laval , Canada.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6074-551X
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.affiliation: b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|e Centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal , Montréal , Canada.|n Département de psychologie , Université du Québec à Montréal , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3730-4310
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Labbé
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|f Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital du Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Laval , Canada.
authors.forename: Anouk
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamontagne
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical and Occupational Therapy , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.|b Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR) , Montréal , Canada.|f Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital du Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval , Laval , Canada.
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authors.lastname: Kehayia
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D058992:Social Participation
keywords: PRECEDE PROCEED; enabling; environment; inclusion; participation