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| What do community-dwelling Caucasian and South Asian 60-70 year olds think about exercise for fall prevention? | | Author(s) | Maria Horne, Shaun Speed, Dawn Skelton |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 38, no 1, January 2009 |
| Pages | pp 68-73 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | White people ; Asian people ; Living in the community ; Exercise ; Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | To identify salient beliefs that influence uptake and adherence to exercise for fall prevention among community-dwelling Caucasian and South Asian 60-70 year olds in the UK, the authors undertook an ethnographic study using participant observation, 15 focus groups (n=87; mean age 65.7), and 40 Individual semi-structured interviews (mean age 64.8). This qualitative study showed that both Caucasian and South Asian young older adults are generally not motivated to initiate or maintain exercise purely to help prevent falls. Both Caucasian and South Asian young older adults tend not to acknowledge their risk of falls. More similarities than dissimilarities seem to exist between Caucasian and South Asian older adults in their beliefs about falls and exercise for fall prevention. Fall prevention should not necessarily be the focus of health promotion strategies, but the peripheral benefits of exercise and leading active, healthy lifestyles should be promoted. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090212207 A |
| Classmark | TKA: TKK: K4: CEA: OLF: LK2: DP: 3DP |
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