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| Participant evaluation and cost of a community-based health promotion program for elders | | Author(s) | John Rogers, Ronnie Grower, Phyllis Supino |
| Journal title | Public Health Reports, vol 107, no 4, July/August 1992 |
| Pages | pp 417-426 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Screening ; Attitude ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is little information on how best to provide health promotion and disease prevention services to older people. This paper reports participants' perceptions of the effectiveness of a US health promotion programme consisting of health education classes and case management services. A single-group, post-test only design was used, operating independently of participants' general practitioners. Each person received a thorough screening evaluation, was invited to health education classes and assigned a case manager for a 2-year health promotion period. Residents aged 64-71 living in the community were recruited; 475 entered the study; 378 (79.6%) completed the follow-up evaluation interview. Only one-third of participants attended at least one class, but most of those attending each class rated it very or extremely effective in increasing knowledge. To determine case managers' effectiveness, each participant identified three health problems of greatest concern, and indicated which of these were discussed with the case manager. Discussion was significantly associated with continuing to see a GP for the problem, following his recommendations, the problem being under control, and its improvement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980108253 A |
| Classmark | CC: LK2: 3V: DP: 4C: 7T * |
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