Attitudes about aging well among a diverse group of older americans: Implications for promoting cognitive health

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Laditka, Sarah B ^a   Corwin, Sara J ^b   Laditka, James N ^a   Liu, Rui ^b   Tseng, Winston ^c   Wu, Bei ^d   Beard, Renée L ^e   Sharkey, Joseph R ^f   Ivey, Susan L ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^e Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Attitudes about cognitive health; Cognitive health; Focus groups; Health behaviors; Lifestyle factors; Qualitative research; Race and ethnicity; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; VIET NAM; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149154790     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp084     Document Type: Article

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