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Impact of an Alzheimer's disease education program — focus on Hispanic families
Author(s)	Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Dee Haynie, Kellie A Takagi
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 20, no 3, 2000
Pages	pp 25-40
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Training [welfare work] ; Medical workers ; Ethnic groups ; The Family ; United States of America.
Annotation	This article reports on a multidimensional education programme for health care providers that provided information about Alzheimer's disease (AD) and about cultural factors affecting how Hispanic families interpret this illness. The purpose was to disseminate current knowledge, and then measure subsequent use of this knowledge in staff behaviours in their interactions with Hispanic Alzheimer's patients and their families. Health care workers who completed both pre-test and post-test measures indicated an increase in both knowledge about Alzheimer's and about Hispanic beliefs, and demonstrated positive changes in self-reported patient care behaviours. Implications of these findings for health care practice are discussed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001122208 A
Classmark	EA: QW: QT: TK: SJ: 7T
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