Health outcomes of Experience Corps®: A high-commitment volunteer program

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Hong, S I ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based health promotion; Experience Corps ; Older people; Propensity score matching method; USA; Volunteer program effect

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL WORK; TEACHING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953683111     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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