Student-Staffed Health Fairs for Older Adults.

Petty, Roberta; Pratt, Clara

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ERIC Number: EJ278814

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1983

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Student-Staffed Health Fairs for Older Adults.

Petty, Roberta; Pratt, Clara

Health Education (Washington D.C.), v14 n2 p40-43 Mar-Apr 1983

The development of a health fair project, through which older Americans were given health screening tests and health education instruction, is described. The project, sponsored by a multidisciplinary gerontology program at Oregon State University, combined service to the aging with applied learning opportunities for college students. (PP)

Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Gerontology, Exhibits, Field Experience Programs, Health Activities, Health Education, Higher Education, Older Adults, Physical Examinations, Preventive Medicine, Student Projects

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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