Peter Harmer
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6067564 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Peter Harmer |
| PRENOMES | Peter |
| SOBRENOME | Harmer |
| ASSINATURA | HARMER P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Willamette University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9794-1920 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19)
The on-going Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in China has become the world's leading health headline and is causing major panic and public concerns.On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the new coronavirus outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern. 1 The virus has already had a direct impact on more than 10 million people in the city of Wuhan and has reached other parts of China as wel…
Li and Harmer Respond
Li and Harmer Respond Affiliation Fuzhong Li PhD, and Peter Harmer PhDFuzhong Li is with the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene. Peter Harmer is with the Department of Exercise Science, Willamette University, Salem, OR.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Fuzhong Li, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, 1776 Millrace, Eugene, OR 97403 (e-mail: [email protected]org). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.CON…
Implementing an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Intervention in Community Senior Centers
Objectives. To evaluate the impact of implementing an evidence-based fall prevention intervention in community senior centers. Methods. We used a single-group design to evaluate the Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance (TJQMBB) program’s adoption, population reach, implementation, effectiveness, and maintenance among 36 senior centers in 4 Oregon counties between 2012 and 2016. The primary outcome measure, as part of the effectiveness evaluatio…
Ambient air pollution in China poses a multifaceted health threat to outdoor physical activity
While outdoor physical activity has been shown to promote health and well-being,1 ,2 exercising in environments with high levels of air pollution can increase the risk of health problems ranging from asthma attacks to heart or lung pathologies.3 ,4 The interaction of these two phenomena is of specific significance in China, where outdoor physical activity has been a traditional practice but where rapid industrialisation has led to major degradati…
Obesity and the Built Environment
PURPOSE: Examine variation in obesity among older adults relative to the joint influences of density of neighborhood fast food outlets and residents' behavioral, psychosocial, and sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and multilevel design. SETTING: Census block groups, used as a proxy for neighborhoods, within the metropolitan region's Urban Growth Boundary in Portland, Oregon. SUBJECTS: A total of 1221 residents (mean age, 6…
Built Environment, Adiposity, and Physical Activity in Adults Aged 50–75
Translation of an Effective Tai Chi Intervention Into a Community-Based Falls-Prevention Program
Tai Chi—Moving for Better Balance, a falls-prevention program developed from a randomized controlled trial for community-based use, was evaluated with the RE-AIM framework in 6 community centers. The program had a 100% adoption rate and 87% reach into the target older adult population. All centers implemented the intervention with good fidelity, and participants showed significant improvements in health-related outcome measures. This evidence-bas…
Li and Harmer Respond
Falls Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of Fear of Falling in an Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
This study examined the role of falls self-efficacy as a potential mediator of the exercise and fear-of-falling relationship. The study sample involved 256 community-dwelling older adults aged 70-92 years (M = 77.48, SD = 4.95) who were recruited from a local health care system in Portland, Oregon, and participated in either a Tai Chi (n = 125) or a stretching control (n = 131) exercise intervention, three times per week, for 6 consecutive months…
Fear of Falling in Elderly Persons
This study examined heterogeneity in response patterns of the participants of the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFFE) and their relationships to falls, functional ability, quality of life, and activity restriction measures in a cohort of 256 older people (mean age = 77.5 years). Participants recruited from local primary care clinics were administered the SAFFE instrument, an activity restriction measure, a combination …
Self-Efficacy as a Mediator Between Fear of Falling and Functional Ability in the Elderly
Results substantiate the hypothesized mediational role of falls self-efficacy in fear of falling and underscore the need to consider ways of enhancing falls self-efficacy in interventions aimed at reducing falls and fear of falling
A Didactic Example of Latent Curve Analysis Applicable to the Study of Aging
Objectives: This article provides an example and application of growth curve analysis for modeling individual differences in behavioral rates of change in aging. The latent curve modeling approach to the analysis of change allows researchers to describe change as a continuous process and to address issues related to individual differences in change over time. Methods: Data are used from the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA) on change in activiti…
Approaches to Testing Interaction Effects Using Structural Equation Modeling Methodology
Use of structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology to study interactive relationships among latent variables began with the work of Kenny and Judd (1984) who developed a method of testing interactions involving continuous latent variables by forming products of multiple indicator variables. Until recently, there has been considerable difficulty implementing the method in SEM programs. This article reviews a single indicator approach (Joreskog …
Fear of Falling in Elderly Persons
This study examined heterogeneity in response patterns of the participants of the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFFE) and their relationships to falls, functional ability, quality of life, and activity restriction measures in a cohort of 256 older people (mean age = 77.5 years). Participants recruited from local primary care clinics were administered the SAFFE instrument, an activity restriction measure, a combination …
Translation of an Effective Tai Chi Intervention Into a Community-Based Falls-Prevention Program
Tai Chi—Moving for Better Balance, a falls-prevention program developed from a randomized controlled trial for community-based use, was evaluated with the RE-AIM framework in 6 community centers. The program had a 100% adoption rate and 87% reach into the target older adult population. All centers implemented the intervention with good fidelity, and participants showed significant improvements in health-related outcome measures. This evidence-bas…
Ambient air pollution in China poses a multifaceted health threat to outdoor physical activity
While outdoor physical activity has been shown to promote health and well-being,1 ,2 exercising in environments with high levels of air pollution can increase the risk of health problems ranging from asthma attacks to heart or lung pathologies.3 ,4 The interaction of these two phenomena is of specific significance in China, where outdoor physical activity has been a traditional practice but where rapid industrialisation has led to major degradati…
Falls Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of Fear of Falling in an Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
This study examined the role of falls self-efficacy as a potential mediator of the exercise and fear-of-falling relationship. The study sample involved 256 community-dwelling older adults aged 70-92 years (M = 77.48, SD = 4.95) who were recruited from a local health care system in Portland, Oregon, and participated in either a Tai Chi (n = 125) or a stretching control (n = 131) exercise intervention, three times per week, for 6 consecutive months…
Self-Efficacy as a Mediator Between Fear of Falling and Functional Ability in the Elderly
Results substantiate the hypothesized mediational role of falls self-efficacy in fear of falling and underscore the need to consider ways of enhancing falls self-efficacy in interventions aimed at reducing falls and fear of falling
A Didactic Example of Latent Curve Analysis Applicable to the Study of Aging
Objectives: This article provides an example and application of growth curve analysis for modeling individual differences in behavioral rates of change in aging. The latent curve modeling approach to the analysis of change allows researchers to describe change as a continuous process and to address issues related to individual differences in change over time. Methods: Data are used from the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA) on change in activiti…
Implementing an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Intervention in Community Senior Centers
Objectives. To evaluate the impact of implementing an evidence-based fall prevention intervention in community senior centers. Methods. We used a single-group design to evaluate the Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance (TJQMBB) program’s adoption, population reach, implementation, effectiveness, and maintenance among 36 senior centers in 4 Oregon counties between 2012 and 2016. The primary outcome measure, as part of the effectiveness evaluatio…
Approaches to Testing Interaction Effects Using Structural Equation Modeling Methodology
Use of structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology to study interactive relationships among latent variables began with the work of Kenny and Judd (1984) who developed a method of testing interactions involving continuous latent variables by forming products of multiple indicator variables. Until recently, there has been considerable difficulty implementing the method in SEM programs. This article reviews a single indicator approach (Joreskog …
A Didactic Example of Latent Curve Analysis Applicable to the Study of Aging
Objectives: This article provides an example and application of growth curve analysis for modeling individual differences in behavioral rates of change in aging. The latent curve modeling approach to the analysis of change allows researchers to describe change as a continuous process and to address issues related to individual differences in change over time. Methods: Data are used from the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA) on change in activiti…
Self-Efficacy as a Mediator Between Fear of Falling and Functional Ability in the Elderly
Results substantiate the hypothesized mediational role of falls self-efficacy in fear of falling and underscore the need to consider ways of enhancing falls self-efficacy in interventions aimed at reducing falls and fear of falling
Fear of Falling in Elderly Persons
This study examined heterogeneity in response patterns of the participants of the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFFE) and their relationships to falls, functional ability, quality of life, and activity restriction measures in a cohort of 256 older people (mean age = 77.5 years). Participants recruited from local primary care clinics were administered the SAFFE instrument, an activity restriction measure, a combination …
Falls Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of Fear of Falling in an Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
This study examined the role of falls self-efficacy as a potential mediator of the exercise and fear-of-falling relationship. The study sample involved 256 community-dwelling older adults aged 70-92 years (M = 77.48, SD = 4.95) who were recruited from a local health care system in Portland, Oregon, and participated in either a Tai Chi (n = 125) or a stretching control (n = 131) exercise intervention, three times per week, for 6 consecutive months…
Built Environment, Adiposity, and Physical Activity in Adults Aged 50–75
Translation of an Effective Tai Chi Intervention Into a Community-Based Falls-Prevention Program
Tai Chi—Moving for Better Balance, a falls-prevention program developed from a randomized controlled trial for community-based use, was evaluated with the RE-AIM framework in 6 community centers. The program had a 100% adoption rate and 87% reach into the target older adult population. All centers implemented the intervention with good fidelity, and participants showed significant improvements in health-related outcome measures. This evidence-bas…
Li and Harmer Respond
Obesity and the Built Environment
PURPOSE: Examine variation in obesity among older adults relative to the joint influences of density of neighborhood fast food outlets and residents' behavioral, psychosocial, and sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and multilevel design. SETTING: Census block groups, used as a proxy for neighborhoods, within the metropolitan region's Urban Growth Boundary in Portland, Oregon. SUBJECTS: A total of 1221 residents (mean age, 6…
Ambient air pollution in China poses a multifaceted health threat to outdoor physical activity
While outdoor physical activity has been shown to promote health and well-being,1 ,2 exercising in environments with high levels of air pollution can increase the risk of health problems ranging from asthma attacks to heart or lung pathologies.3 ,4 The interaction of these two phenomena is of specific significance in China, where outdoor physical activity has been a traditional practice but where rapid industrialisation has led to major degradati…
Implementing an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Intervention in Community Senior Centers
Objectives. To evaluate the impact of implementing an evidence-based fall prevention intervention in community senior centers. Methods. We used a single-group design to evaluate the Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance (TJQMBB) program’s adoption, population reach, implementation, effectiveness, and maintenance among 36 senior centers in 4 Oregon counties between 2012 and 2016. The primary outcome measure, as part of the effectiveness evaluatio…
Li and Harmer Respond
Li and Harmer Respond Affiliation Fuzhong Li PhD, and Peter Harmer PhDFuzhong Li is with the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene. Peter Harmer is with the Department of Exercise Science, Willamette University, Salem, OR.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Fuzhong Li, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, 1776 Millrace, Eugene, OR 97403 (e-mail: [email protected]org). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.CON…
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19)
The on-going Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in China has become the world's leading health headline and is causing major panic and public concerns.On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the new coronavirus outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern. 1 The virus has already had a direct impact on more than 10 million people in the city of Wuhan and has reached other parts of China as wel…
Medicine (12 obras) · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (7 obras) · Environmental health (7 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras) · Gerontology (5 obras) · Injury prevention (5 obras) · Physical therapy (5 obras) · Poison control (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras)