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| Community priorities for healthy eating in older adults | | Author(s) | Qianzhi Jiang, Nancy L Cohen, Melissa Ventura Marra |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol 36, nos 2-3, April-September 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-September 2017 |
| Pages | pp 75-91 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Diet ; Food ; Shopping capacity ; Attitude ; Medical workers ; Social workers ; Quantitative studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Policymakers and health care and nutrition service providers can create an "age-friendly" environment to support older people's healthy eating, by focusing on those priorities that enable older people to improve their dietary intake through different food-related community settings. In this study, nutrition and ageing professionals (n=30) from two rural (West Virginia and Iowa) and two urban (Massachusetts and New York) city/county regions (communities) participated in an online or live focus group discussion, and completed an analytic hierarchy process survey online. The aim was to identify and prioritise which factors facilitate behavioural change (enablers) and behavioural settings important for older adult nutrition, based on the social ecological model. Overall, the most important perceived enablers were accessibility and cost, followed by transport facilities and social support, but their relative importance varied by community. Participants from all communities considered congregate meal sites and food banks among the most important behavioural settings. Participants from most communities considered groceries stores to be important; they also highlighted other settings unique to the area, such as senior housing, neighbourhood, and farmers' markets. By targeting interventions to address the most notable enablers and behavioural settings specific to their community, planning groups can enhance their older residents' ability to achieve optimal nutritional health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180112225 A |
| Classmark | CF: CFD: YP: CAN: DP: QT: QR: 3DQ: 7T |
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