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Illness Experience and Illness Representation among Older Adults with Hypertension
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Duwe, Elise A. G.; Holloway, Breanna M.; Chin, Jessie; Morrow, Daniel G. – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This study investigated how older adults' representations of hypertension relate to their illness experience (years of illness), health literacy and self-rated health. Design: Correlational study. Setting: Community-based older adults diagnosed with hypertension. Method: We measured health literacy (Short Test of Functional Health…
Descriptors: Diseases, Older Adults, Hypertension, Knowledge Level
Defining Older Adults' Perceived Causes of Hypertension in the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire
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Duwe, Elise A. G.; Koerner, Kari M.; Madison, Anna M.; Falk, Nikki A.; Insel, Kathleen C.; Morrow, Daniel G. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objectives: This study sought to make the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) to be more informative about illness representation among older adults with hypertension. The authors developed categories for coding the open-ended question regarding cause of illness in the BIPQ--a pervasive quantitative measure for illness representation.…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Hypertension, Questionnaires, Self Concept Measures
Evaluation of Community Health Education Workshops among Chinese Older Adults in Chicago: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach
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Dong, Xinqi; Li, Yawen; Chen, Ruijia; Chang, E-Shien; Simon, Melissa – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
Background: Health education is one of the proven ways to improve knowledge and change health attitudes and behaviors. This study is intended to assess the effectiveness of five health workshops in a Chinese community, focusing on depression, elder abuse, nutrition, breast cancer and stroke. Methods: A community-based participatory research…
Descriptors: Health Education, Workshops, Elder Abuse, Nutrition
Self-Report Measure of Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
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Conrad, Kendon J.; Iris, Madelyn; Ridings, John W.; Langley, Kate; Wilber, Kathleen H. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: This study was designed to improve the measurement of financial exploitation (FE) by testing psychometric properties of the older adult financial exploitation measure (OAFEM), a client self-report instrument. Design and Methods: Rasch item response theory and traditional validation approaches were used. Questionnaires were administered by…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Older Adults, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory
Plus 50: Year One Evaluation Report
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American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
The Plus 50 Initiative: Executive Summary of the Year One Evaluation Report
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American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year initiative launched in June 2008 and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It was created to support a pilot group of two-year institutions to develop or expand campus programs that engage plus 50 learners. The initiative focuses on three types of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
The Opinions of School Volunteers at a Suburban High School District.
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Yearby-Smith, Johnny – 1995
Working with students gives older people renewed enthusiasm for life and a chance to pass along lessons and skills learned over a lifetime. Older volunteers provide students with a sense of continuity in a hectic world. This study used a questionnaire to determine volunteers' opinions regarding an intergenerational program in a suburban Illinois…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Attitudes, High Schools