Effects of Health Education Programs for the Elders in Community Care Centers – Evaluated by Health Promotion Behaviors
| Autor: | Shu-Chen Lee, Ya-Wen Chang, Jung-Mei Tsai, Kuo-Song Chang, Wen-Hsiang Tsai, Cheng-Ho Tsai, Hung-I Yeh, Hsin-Yung Chen, Po-Hao Chiu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty community care center Population Overweight lcsh:Geriatrics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study 030504 nursing elders business.industry middle age adults medicine.disease Metropolitan area Obesity health promotion and education Middle age lcsh:RC952-954.6 Health promotion Family medicine Health education Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Gerontology, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 109-113 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1873-9598 |
| Popis: | Background: Taiwan is an aging society by the definition of the World Health Organization. The trend of elder population is one of the fastest worldwide. The Taiwan Foundation for Geriatric Emergency and Critical Care dedicates to disseminate health promotion behaviors for community elders and middle age adults. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects and satisfaction of the health education programs on health promotion behaviors. Methods: A one-group pretest-posttest study was conducted using purposively sampling of participants of the health education programs at five community care centers in the great Taipei metropolitan area. A structure questionnaire was developed to collect data. SPSS 20.0 was used in statistical analysis. Results: Above 40% of 136 participants were either overweight or obesity. Comparing pretest and posttest scores, the changes in mentality, perceived health, physical exercise, and blood pressure measurement were significant (p |
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