About
About Us:
The Age-Friendly Focused Information and Resources Mapping (AFFIRM) project began in 2023 with a U.S. Administration on Community Living grant. The overarching goal of this project, led by Mississippi State University’s Social Science Research Center, was to collaborate with local, regional, and national partners to increase access to health-related information and resources for Older Mississippians and their caregivers. We are an interdisciplinary group of social science researchers with older adults and community leaders as key stakeholders.
As part of this grant, the group developed and fielded survey instruments and conducted focus groups to determine the best forms of communication and the preferred methods of communication for reaching older adults aged 50+ in Mississippi. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) age-friendly framework was instrumental in scanning and mapping resources and developing content.
State of the States: Blueprints for Building Age-Friendly Futures
Our community leader partners include:
- Age-Friendly Mississippi Advisory Committee
- Mississippi Healthy Aging Champions
- Mississippi State Department of Health
- Mississippi Association on Public Health
- Mississippi State Health Assessment and Improvement Committee
- AARP Mississippi State Office
Healthy Aging
Mississippi is a leading state in the Age-Friendly Ecosystem, which includes the Area Agency on Aging and other aging networks, Age-Friendly Health Systems, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Universities, and Dementia Friendly Communities. To learn more about healthy aging, visit Mississippi Healthy Aging Data Report and Healthy Aging County Reports and Data.
