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| Participant observation as a method for evaluating a mental health promotion program with older persons | | Author(s) | Joseph A Tindale |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 12, no 2, Summer 1993 |
| Pages | pp 200-215 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Participant observation ; Methodology ; Evaluation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | In this study, participant observation was used to evaluate whether a search conference was a viable means for older people to identify community needs and create an ongoing community organisation to deal with such needs. Search conferences focus on the participants and the skills they bring with them to reach a shared understanding of the issue(s) being discussed. The author attended planning meetings, the conference and follow-up meeting. Observations were recorded in field notes and analysed to identify the decision-making processes. These older people successfully engaged in a health promotion process, whereby they exercised decisive direction in identifying and discussing the health and social needs of importance to them. Results confirm the effectiveness of participant observation as a method of collecting data on the process of how groups of older people respond to a defined task through several observation points in time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821208 A |
| Classmark | CC: LK2: 3DB: 3D: 4C: 7S |
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