Improving older adults' knowledge and practice of preventive measures through a telephone health education during the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong: A pilot study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1120-1127

  Chan, Sophia S C ^a   So, Winnie K W ^a   Wong, David C N ^a   Lee, Angel C K ^a   Tiwari, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health education; Older adults; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Telephone intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34547503864     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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