Manon Parisien

Biographic Data

ID4099803
NAMEManon Parisien
GIVEN NAMESManon
FAMILY NAMEParisien
SIGNATUREPARISIEN M
AFFILIATIONSCentre de Santé et de Services Sociaux Cavendish
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Older adults’ experience as peer educators in health promotion programs

    Samuel Turcotte, R Leduc et al.ARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2021References: 3

    Introduction Peer-led health promotion programs rely on community members to promote health-enhancing changes among their peers. Such programs are growing in popularity and, as a useful and relevant strategy to promote older adults’ social participation, have shown benefit to participants’ physical and psychological health. Little is known, however, about the experience of older adults involved as peer educators in health promotion programs. Meth…

  • Leisure practice and its relations to cognitive vitality for seniors attending community organizations

    Louis-Pierre Auger, Baptiste Fournier et al.ARTICLEWorld Leisure & Recreation2019Cited by: 1References: 4

    The purpose of this study was to explore the relations between certain dimensions of leisure practice and cognitive vitality in seniors and identify which of their sociodemographic and health characteristics (SHC) are related to leisure practice. A cross-sectional analysis of leisure practice, cognitive performance, self-perceived memory and SHC was performed among 294 French-speaking Canadian seniors attending community centres (255 women, avera…

  • Participe-présent: Co-construction d’un programme visant la participation communautaire des aînés qui vivent des difficultés psychosociales

    Open AccessManon Parisien, Kareen Nour et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2017

    Contexte Plusieurs aînés québécois vivent avec des problèmes de santé mentale (PSM) ou des difficultés psychosociales telles que l’isolement, le deuil et la détresse psychologique. Ces personnes cumulent plusieurs formes d’exclusion sociale. Cet article relate le développement et décrit les composantes d’un programme visant à promouvoir la participation communautaire de cette population. Méthode Une démarche de co-construction de pratiques innova…

  • Intersectoral Co-construction of a Community-Based Workshop for Respectful Sharing of Public Transportation

    Agathe Lorthios-Guilledroit, Kareen Nour et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2014References: 14

    Challenges of seniors’ use of public transportation and efforts to minimize them call upon intersectoral action. A seniors’ community group partnered with a local health agency to develop an intergenerational workshop aiming to promote respectful sharing of public transportation among teenagers. This article describes the steps of an intersectoral and interdisciplinary co-construction process in which high schools, a local health agency, the tran…

  • Moving Forward in Fall Prevention: An Intervention to Improve Balance Among Older Adults in Real-World Settings

    Yvonne Robitaille, Sophie Laforest et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005References: 30

    Objectives. We investigated the effectiveness of a group-based exercise intervention to improve balancing ability among older adults delivered in natural settings by staff in local community organizations. Methods. The main component of the intervention consisted of biweekly group-based exercise sessions conducted over 12 weeks by a professional, coupled with home-based exercises. In a quasiexperimental design, 10 community organizations working …