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Transdisciplinary Teams And Aging In Place Design : The Interior Designer's Role, Liliana Alicia Custy
Transdisciplinary Teams And Aging In Place Design : The Interior Designer's Role, Liliana Alicia Custy
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This study examined factors influencing participatory research team effectiveness in aging in place (AIP) design (Stokols, et al„, 2008). Although research on AIP design characterizes AIP as collaborative process, there are few studies on the factors that affect collaboration in participatory research applied to AIP. This study used a qualitative narrative strategy in a multiple case-study analysis conducted from a transdisciplinary research (TR) perspective. The case-study focused on the factors that enhanced and constrained Open n Prototype Initiative (OPI) team effectiveness.
TR is a precise type of teamwork of integrative endeavors, focused on the science and society interface, and aimed …