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| Health promotion and life satisfaction in elderly black adults | | Author(s) | Miriam F Foster |
| Journal title | Western Journal of Nursing Research, vol 14, no 4, August 1992 |
| Pages | pp 444-463 |
| Keywords | Black people ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Economic status [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Tobacco smoking ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research supports the notion that the ageing process varies sufficiently between blacks and whites and within the black population itself to warrant investigating ageing black populations. Two controlling hypotheses are explored. The first theorised the existence of positive relationships between perceived good current health status, health-promoting activities, high SES, age and life satisfaction in older blacks. This hypothesis was supported by the findings. Life satisfaction was the most significant variable when correlated with current health. The second hypothesis suggests inverse relationships between older blacks' use of tobacco and their engagement in health-promoting activities and their perception of their current health status as good. In a non-random sample of 100 blacks aged 60-89, only 29 used tobacco, revealing the existence of a significant inverse relationship between the composite variable of health promotion and the number of cigarettes smoked. Older respondents use of fewer tobacco products suggests their usefulness as role models in healthy ageing. The strengths and shortcomings of this research are discussed in commentaries to which the author responds. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980109209 A |
| Classmark | TKE: CC: LK2: F:W: F:5HH: ETT: 49: 7T * |
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