Older men's participation in community-based men's sheds programmes

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 607-613

  Ormsby, Jennifer ^a   Stanley, Mandy ^a   Jaworski, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leisure activities; Men's sheds; Older men; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649478462     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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