Definitions of health among diverse groups of elders: Implications for health promotion

Generations

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Damron Rodriguez, JoAnn ^a   Frank, Janet C ^a   Enriquez Haass, Vilma L ^a   Reuben, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646341478     PISSN: 07387806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. California State Census Data Center. 2000. Population and Housing, Summary File I. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
2. Jylhä, M. 1998. "Is Self-Rated Health Comparable Across Cultures and Genders?" Journal of Gerontology 538(3): 5144-52.
3. Kaufman, S. R. 1986. The Ageless Self: Sources of Mean ing in Late Life. Madison, Wis.: The University of Wisconsin Press.
4. Kerschner, H. 1994. "A Glimpse at Selected Comments on the Keys to Healthy Aging." Gerontology News 5.
5. Melillo, K. D., et al. 2001. "Perceptions of Older Latino Adults Regarding Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Exercise." Journal of Gerontology Nursing 27(9): 38-46.
6. Ontiveros, J. A., et al. 1999. "Ethnic Variation in Attitudes Toward Hypertension in Adults Ages 75 and Older." Preventive Medicine 29(6): 443-9.
7. Reuben, D. B., et al. 1996. "The Prevention for the Elderly Program (PEP) : A Model of Municipal Academic Partnership to Meet Seniors' Needs for Preventive Services." Journal of the American Geriatric Society 44: 1394-8.
8. Silverman, M., Smola, S., and Musa, D. 2000. "The Meaning of Healthy and Not Healthy: Older African Americans and Whites with Chronic Illness." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 15: 139-56.
9. Sleath, B., et al. 2001. "Ethnicity and Physician-Older Patient Communication About Alternative Therapies." Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 7(4) : 329-35.
10. Strauss, A., et.al. 1984. Chronic Illness and the Quality of Life. St. Louis, Mo.: The C.V. Mosby Company.
11. U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 2000. Projections of the Total Resident Population by -5-syear Age Groups, Race and Hispanic Origin with Special Age Categories: Middle Series, 2050-2070. NP-T4-G, Populations Projections Program, Population Division. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
12. Wieck, K. L. 2000. "Health Promotion for Inner-City Minority Elderly." Journal of Community Health Nursing 17(3): 131-9.