Health Promotion Practices of Older Adults: Model Testing

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-12

  Resnick, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Health promotion; Primary and secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NURSING; OCCULT BLOOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE; RETIREMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME FOR THE AGED; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 0037209035     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20102.x     Document Type: Article

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