Assessing the Need for Health Promotion Programs in Nursing Homes
| Autor: | Julia Bucher, Mary E. Taylor-Nicholson, Diane Brannon, Beverly S. Mahoney |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) business.industry Accident prevention Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Perceived health Health program Health promotion Nursing Occupational health nursing Family medicine Or education Medicine Health education business Nursing homes |
| Zdroj: | Health Education. 21:23-28 |
| ISSN: | 0097-0050 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00970050.1990.10616205 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to assess health program needs, perceived health status, knowledge of available resources, and potential use of health promotion programs for elderly short-term residents in nursing homes. Subjects (N = 54) in four facilities, who were identified as likely to be discharged within three months, were interviewed using a survey designed for this study. Results indicated that 67 percent took good care of their health, 52 percent believed their health to be excellent or good, and 48 percent believed they had some control over their future health. Only 28 percent knew of the existence of any health promotion or education programs, 13 percent had ever attended one, and 45 percent did not know where to go or who to call for information about specific health programs. Subjects perceived the most needed programs to be exercises for arthritis and safety/accident prevention. One noteworthy finding was that those subjects who believed they had a great deal of control over their h... |
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