Promoting cognitive health: A formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Laditka, James N ^a   Beard, Renée L ^b   Bryant, Lucinda L ^c   Fetterman, David ^d,e   Hunter, Rebecca ^f   Ivey, Susan ^g   Logsdon, Rebecca G ^h   Sharkey, Joseph R ⁱ   Wu, Bei ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; Attitudes about cognitive health; Brain health; Focus groups; Health communication; Nutrition; Physical activity; Public health interventions; Qualitative research; Social involvement

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COGNITION DISORDERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 68149096913     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp085     Document Type: Article

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