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The Effect of a Health Belief Model-Based Educational Intervention on the Determinants of Intention to Influenza Prevention Behaviors among the Older Adults
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Keshavarz, Asghar; Karimi, Masoud; Nazari, Mahin; Ghaem, Haleh – Educational Gerontology, 2022
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Health Belief Model-based education on determinants of intention to perform influenza prevention behaviors among the older adults. In this experimental controlled randomized study conducted on 100 rural older adults (50 in each group), four education sessions were conducted for the experiment…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Health Education, Health Promotion
Promoting Self-Care Behavior among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes by the Combined Mindfulness and Self-Regulatory Intervention via Social Media: A Three-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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Mohadeseh Motamed-Jahromi; Mohammad Hossein Kaveh; Mehdi Mohammadi; Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghmanesh; Elsa Vitale; José Louis Iparraguirre – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Developing self-care behaviors is a fundamental yet challenging strategy to prevent the complications of diabetes. This three-arm randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the effectiveness of combined mindfulness and self-regulation-based intervention with self-regulation-based intervention on self-care behaviors of Iranian older adults with…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Daily Living Skills, Older Adults, Health Behavior
Health Promotion in Early-Stage Dementia: Exploring Associations between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Outcomes of a 12-Week Group-Based Educational Intervention
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Martine Kajander; Martha Therese Gjestsen; Clive Ballard; Halvor Naess; Diego Alejandro Tovar-Rios; Jane Fossey; Ingelin Testad – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Group-based educational interventions on health promotion for people with early-stage dementia have shown promising results. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between sociodemographic characteristics (e.g. sex, education, marital status) and outcomes of a 12-week group-based educational intervention on health promotion for…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Dementia, Socioeconomic Status, Individual Characteristics
A Health Promotion Program for Older Adults (KABAN!): Effects on Health Literacy, Quality of Life, and Emotions
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Hsu, Hua-I; Liu, Chih-Chi; Yang, Stephanie Fu; Chen, Hsueh-Chih – Educational Gerontology, 2023
The importance of an integrated health promotion program has been proposed in recent years. However, the traditional program with lectures might decrease the effectiveness of learning. A game-based learning program provides a supportive social environment and further increases the quality of life and positive emotions. The present study evaluates…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Older Adults, Program Effectiveness, Health Behavior
Storytelling Slide Shows to Improve Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Knowledge and Self-Efficacy: Three-Year Results among Community Dwelling Older African Americans
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Bertera, Elizabeth M. – Educational Gerontology, 2014
This study combined the African American tradition of oral storytelling with the Hispanic medium of "Fotonovelas." A staggered pretest posttest control group design was used to evaluate four Storytelling Slide Shows on health that featured community members. A total of 212 participants were recruited for the intervention and 217 for the…
Descriptors: Story Telling, African American Culture, Hispanic Americans, Pretests Posttests
Individualized Health Intervention: Behavioral Change and Quality of Life in an Older Rural Chinese Population
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Zhou, Biao; Chen, Kun; Yu, Yunxian; Wang, Hui; Zhang, Shuangshuang; Zheng, Weijun – Educational Gerontology, 2010
A randomized cluster trial was conducted to assess the impact of individualized health intervention guided by the transtheoretical model (TTM) theory on behavior change and quality of life (QoL) among the older rural population of China. A total of 2441 persons aged 60 years and over participated in the study. After a nine-month intervention,…
Descriptors: Rural Population, Intervention, Health Promotion, Quality of Life