A social model for health promotion for an aging population: Initial evidence on the experience corps model Export

@article{citeulike:4123828, abstract = {Abstract\ \ This report evaluates whether a program for older volunteers, designed for both benerativity and health promotion, leads to short-term improvements inmultiple behavioral risk factors and positive effects on intermediary risk factors for disability and other morbidities. The Experience Corps® places older volunteers in public elementary schools in roles designed to meet schools' needs and increase the social, physical, and cognitive activity of the volunteers. This article reports on a pilot randomized trial in Baltimore, Maryland. The 128 volunteers were 60–86 years old; 95\% were African American. At follow-up of 4–8 months, physical activity, strength, people one could turn to for help, and cognitive activity increased significantly, and walking speed decreased significantly less, in participants compared to controls. In this pilot trial, physical, cognitive, and social activity increased, suggesting the potential for the Experience Corps to improve health for an aging population and simultaneously improve educational outcomes for children.}, author = {Fried, Linda and Carlson, Michelle and Freedman, Marc and Frick, Kevin and Glass, Thomas and Hill, Joel and Mcgill, Sylvia and Rebok, George and Seeman, Teresa and Tielsch, James and Wasik, Barbara and Zeger, Scott}, citeulike-article-id = {4123828}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jurban/jth094}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/8m764282u1575628}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/jurban/jth094}, journal = {Journal of Urban Health}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {64--78}, posted-at = {2009-03-03 16:41:08}, priority = {3}, title = {A social model for health promotion for an aging population: Initial evidence on the experience corps model}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jurban/jth094}, volume = {81}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4123828 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4123828 N2 - Abstract  This report evaluates whether a program for older volunteers, designed for both benerativity and health promotion, leads to short-term improvements inmultiple behavioral risk factors and positive effects on intermediary risk factors for disability and other morbidities. The Experience Corps® places older volunteers in public elementary schools in roles designed to meet schools’ needs and increase the social, physical, and cognitive activity of the volunteers. This article reports on a pilot randomized trial in Baltimore, Maryland. The 128 volunteers were 60–86 years old; 95% were African American. At follow-up of 4–8 months, physical activity, strength, people one could turn to for help, and cognitive activity increased significantly, and walking speed decreased significantly less, in participants compared to controls. In this pilot trial, physical, cognitive, and social activity increased, suggesting the potential for the Experience Corps to improve health for an aging population and simultaneously improve educational outcomes for children. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Urban Health EP - 78 TI - A social model for health promotion for an aging population: Initial evidence on the experience corps model VL - 81 SP - 64 AU - Fried, Linda AU - Carlson, Michelle AU - Freedman, Marc AU - Frick, Kevin AU - Glass, Thomas AU - Hill, Joel AU - Mcgill, Sylvia AU - Rebok, George AU - Seeman, Teresa AU - Tielsch, James AU - Wasik, Barbara AU - Zeger, Scott PY - 2004/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jurban/jth094 ER -