Barriers and facilitators to senior centers participating in translational research.
Autor: | Felix HC; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA felixholly@uams.edu., Adams B; Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, AR USA., Cornell CE; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA., Fausett JK; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA., Krukowski RA; University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA., Love SJ; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA., Prewitt TE; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA., West DS; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Research on aging [Res Aging] 2014 Jan; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 22-39. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Nov 20. |
DOI: | 10.1177/0164027512466874 |
Abstrakt: | Senior centers are ideal locations to deliver evidence-based health promotion programs to the rapidly growing population of older Americans to help them remain healthy and independent in the community. However, little reported research is conducted in partnership with senior centers; thus, not much is known about barriers and facilitators for senior centers serving as research sites. To fill this gap and potentially accelerate research within senior centers to enhance translation of evidence-based interventions into practice, the present study examined barriers and facilitators of senior centers invited to participate in a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Primary barriers to participation related to staffing and perceived inability to recruit older adult participants meeting research criteria. The primary facilitator was a desire to offer programs that were of interest and beneficial to seniors. Senior centers are interested in participating in research that provides benefit to older adults but may need assistance from researchers to overcome participation barriers. (© The Author(s) 2012.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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