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| Church-based health promotion program impact on ethnically diverse older adults' social support, religiosity, and spirituality | | Author(s) | Holly Pope |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 25, no 3, July-September 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July-September 2013 |
| Pages | pp 238-257 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Methodist Church ; Preventative medicine ; Health [elderly] ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Black people ; White people ; Informal care ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A church-based health promotion programme of the United Methodist Church was implemented to address the holistic health of 142 adults aged 50 years and above. 65 African American congregation members were paired with 77 white congregation members for a total of 12 groups. Over a year, biracial groups participated in weekly two-hour meetings. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used to determine impacts on participants' religiosity, spirituality and social support, and whether impacts varied by race. At follow-up, programme components were assessed. Tangible social support overall improved, and participants experienced meaningful socialisation, spiritual opportunities and improved perceptions of other race groups. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130823217 A |
| Classmark | TU6: LK2: CC: F:TK: TKE: TKA: P6: 7T |
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