Raymond T Coward
Biographic Data
| ID | 76185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond T Coward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond T |
| FAMILY NAME | Coward |
| SIGNATURE | COWARD R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 203 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Gender Differences in the Risk of Developing Disability among Older Adults with Arthritis
More descriptive and explanatory work needs to focus on gender differences in IADL disability; however, these findings suggest that the gendered nature of the IADL tasks influences gender differences in IADL disability
Residential Differences in Attitudes About Barriers to Using Community‐based Services Among Older Adults
Despite poorer health, rural elders tend to use fewer community‐based services than their urban or suburban counterparts. Researchers have speculated that residential differences in the receipt of community‐based services may be attributable to, among other factors, the attitudes of older adults toward such services. Twelve focus groups were conducted to explore residential variation in the attitudes of older adults toward the use of community‐ba…
Are Expectations for Care Related to the Receipt of Care? an Analysis of Parent Care among Disabled Elders
This investigation explores the relationship between the degree to which older parents expect assistance from their children and the actual amount of care they receive from their children. Combining the theories of reasoned action and intergenerational solidarity, we hypothesize that global expectations (social norms about receiving care) influence specific expectations (behavioral intentions to seek care), but that it is specific expectations th…
Stories of meaning: Lay perspectives on the origin and management of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus among older women in the United States
Race Differences in Filial Responsibility Expectations among Older Parents
Gary R. Lee Bowling Green State University Chuck W. Peek University of Florida* Raymond T. Coward University of New Hampshire** This study examines race differences in extent to which older parents believe that parents are entitled to support from their children. Bivariate analyses show that Blacks have higher filial responsibility expectations than do Whites, and difference is only marginally attenuated by controls for sociodemographic and other…
Rural‐Urban Comparisons of Age and Health at the Time of Nursing Home Admission
This study re‐examines the contention that rural elders admitted to nursing homes are younger and healthier than their counterparts who enter urban facilities. The analysis uses interview data gathered in both urban and rural nursing homes. Residents were inter‐viewed at or near the time of admission regarding their health and circumstances immediately prior to entering the nursing home. The findings indicate few and modest differences between ur…
Evaluation of Bias and Logistics in a Survey of Adults at Increased Risk for Oral Health Decrements
This method of sampling persons at high risk for oral health decrements resulted in only modest bias with respect to the population of interest
Race Differences in the Health of Elders who Live Alone
This investigation was initiated to determine whether older African Americans who live alone are in poorer health than their White counterparts who live under the same circumstances. Data on 5 measures of health were collected in telephone interviews with a stratified random sample of community-dwelling elders (n = 1,189). Analysis of weighted data indicate that there were fewer differences in health by race among older persons who lived alone co…
Effects of potential changes in coresidence on matched older parent-adult child dyads
Attitudes about entering a nursing home: Comparisons of older rural and urban African-American women
Dental Health Attitudes Among Dentate Black and White Adults
OBJECTIVES: Blacks and poor persons share a greater burden of oral disease and are less likely to seek dental care on a regular basis. The role of dental attitudes and knowledge of services on this circumstance is unclear. The authors quantified group differences in dental attitudes and knowledge of services and related them to regularity of dental care use. METHODS: As part of the baseline phase of The Florida Dental Care Study, a longitudinal s…
Differences by Race in the Decline of Health Over Time
Previous research on race differences in health, we believe, has failed to take into account the initial state of health of the respondents. Other research has demonstrated that elders in poor health are more likely to experience a change in their health over time. It is unclear if the greater probability of decline in health observed among African Americans is a result of being more likely to begin such observations in health states that are wor…
Residential Differences in the Use of Pharmacies by Older Adults and Their Communication Experiences with Pharmacists
This investigation compares adults (65 and older) living in two different types of communities on the characteristics of the pharmacies they use and their patterns of communicating with pharmacists. Telephone interviews were conducted with a random sample (N=400) of respondents, half residing in six nonmetropolitan counties (containing no towns of more than 4,000) and the other half in a single city (population approximately 130,000) located with…
Residential Differences in the Incidence of Nursing Home Admissions across a Six-Year Period
Data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging are used to examine the incidence of nursing home admissions over a six-year period (1984-1990) among older adults (70+ at T1) living in four different residential contexts. Bivariate analysis identified significant differences between residence groups. Elders from less urbanized and thinly populated nonmetropolitan counties had the highest likelihood of admissions, while older residents of large metropol…
The influence of community context on the decision to enter a nursing home
Depression among Older Parents: The Role of Intergenerational Exchange
Many studies (e.g., Lee & Ishii-Kuntz, 1987) have reported that psychological well-being of older persons is unrelated to frequency of interaction with adult children. This' does not necessarily mean that relations with children are irrelevant to psychological well-being of elderly parents, however, given that many facets of such relations are not captured by simplistic measures such as frequency of interaction (Mancini & Blieszner, 1989). The ex…
Filial Responsibility Expectations and Patterns of Intergenerational Assistance
Since its introduction some years ago (Bengtson, Olander, & Haddad, 1976), theory of intergenerational solidarity has captured considerable attention as a means of characterizing and explaining relations between nuclear kin in adult years and in old age (e.g., Lawrence, Bennett, & Markides, 1992). Intergenerational solidarity has six components (Bengtson & Roberts, 1991): (a) associational, (b) affectual, (c) consensual, (d) functional, (e) norma…
Residential Differences in Filial Responsibility Expectations Among Older Persons1
This study examines variation in filial responsibility expectations-the extent to which adult children are expected to assist and care for their aging parents-among a sample of 440 older persons. The analysis focuses on the relationship of filial responsibility expectations to residential location and tests the hypothesis that older rural residents have higher expectations for assistance from their children than do older urbanites. Current reside…
Predicting the Receipt of Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance: The Role of Residence and Other Personal and Workplace Characteristics
Americans without health insurance constitute a significant public policy concern. Previous research has demonstrated that rural Americans are more likely to be without coverage. Beyond documenting this comparative disadvantage, however, current research has two specific deficiencies: studies have not examined whether the factors that predict the receipt of employer‐sponsored health insurance are equivalent across residence categories, and few st…
Gender, families, and elder care
Job Satisfaction Among Hospital Nurses: Facility Size and Location Comparisons
Despite recent declines in turnover and vacancy rates, maintaining a stable nursing staff continues to be critical to the effective operation of American hospitals, fob satisfaction is a pivotal element in nurse retention, and organizational theory suggests that some of the factors that influence job satisfaction vary by facility size. This is a study of job satisfaction among a sample of 731 nurses providing direct patient care in 22 hospitals. …
Some “Parting” Thoughts
A Multivariate Assessment of the Effects of Residence on Infant Mortality
This research examines the relationship between residence and infant mortality. The purpose of the study was to identify the effects of maternal residence on infant mortality, using a multivariate model which included both individual and county‐level variables known to be associated with suboptimal birth outcome. Data on all births in Florida during 1987 were drawn from birth and infant death certificates. In addition, information concerning coun…
A longitudinal study of residential differences in the composition of the helping networks of impaired elders
Looking Back on the First Five Years: Growth and Expansion of The Journal of Rural Health
Filial Responsibility Expectations and Patterns of Intergenerational Assistance
Since its introduction some years ago (Bengtson, Olander, & Haddad, 1976), theory of intergenerational solidarity has captured considerable attention as a means of characterizing and explaining relations between nuclear kin in adult years and in old age (e.g., Lawrence, Bennett, & Markides, 1992). Intergenerational solidarity has six components (Bengtson & Roberts, 1991): (a) associational, (b) affectual, (c) consensual, (d) functional, (e) norma…
Race Differences in Filial Responsibility Expectations among Older Parents
Gary R. Lee Bowling Green State University Chuck W. Peek University of Florida* Raymond T. Coward University of New Hampshire** This study examines race differences in extent to which older parents believe that parents are entitled to support from their children. Bivariate analyses show that Blacks have higher filial responsibility expectations than do Whites, and difference is only marginally attenuated by controls for sociodemographic and other…
Stories of meaning: Lay perspectives on the origin and management of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus among older women in the United States
Are Expectations for Care Related to the Receipt of Care? an Analysis of Parent Care among Disabled Elders
This investigation explores the relationship between the degree to which older parents expect assistance from their children and the actual amount of care they receive from their children. Combining the theories of reasoned action and intergenerational solidarity, we hypothesize that global expectations (social norms about receiving care) influence specific expectations (behavioral intentions to seek care), but that it is specific expectations th…
Residential Location and Proximity to Children Among Impaired Elderly Parents1
The availability of adult children as potential caregivers is particularly critical to the rural elderly because of the dearth of health and human services in rural areas. This paper analyzes proximity to adult children among a large sample of older persons with some degree of functional impairment, employing four residence categories and two indicators of proximity: coresidence with a child, and residence within a half-hour's travel time. Result…
Depression among Older Parents: The Role of Intergenerational Exchange
Many studies (e.g., Lee & Ishii-Kuntz, 1987) have reported that psychological well-being of older persons is unrelated to frequency of interaction with adult children. This' does not necessarily mean that relations with children are irrelevant to psychological well-being of elderly parents, however, given that many facets of such relations are not captured by simplistic measures such as frequency of interaction (Mancini & Blieszner, 1989). The ex…
Differences by Race in the Decline of Health Over Time
Previous research on race differences in health, we believe, has failed to take into account the initial state of health of the respondents. Other research has demonstrated that elders in poor health are more likely to experience a change in their health over time. It is unclear if the greater probability of decline in health observed among African Americans is a result of being more likely to begin such observations in health states that are wor…
Residential Differences in Filial Responsibility Expectations Among Older Persons1
This study examines variation in filial responsibility expectations-the extent to which adult children are expected to assist and care for their aging parents-among a sample of 440 older persons. The analysis focuses on the relationship of filial responsibility expectations to residential location and tests the hypothesis that older rural residents have higher expectations for assistance from their children than do older urbanites. Current reside…
Residential Differences in the Incidence of Nursing Home Admissions across a Six-Year Period
Data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging are used to examine the incidence of nursing home admissions over a six-year period (1984-1990) among older adults (70+ at T1) living in four different residential contexts. Bivariate analysis identified significant differences between residence groups. Elders from less urbanized and thinly populated nonmetropolitan counties had the highest likelihood of admissions, while older residents of large metropol…
The concept of a continuum of residence: Comparing activities of daily living among the elderly
A longitudinal study of residential differences in the composition of the helping networks of impaired elders
The influence of community context on the decision to enter a nursing home
Gender Differences in the Risk of Developing Disability among Older Adults with Arthritis
More descriptive and explanatory work needs to focus on gender differences in IADL disability; however, these findings suggest that the gendered nature of the IADL tasks influences gender differences in IADL disability
Race Differences in the Health of Elders who Live Alone
This investigation was initiated to determine whether older African Americans who live alone are in poorer health than their White counterparts who live under the same circumstances. Data on 5 measures of health were collected in telephone interviews with a stratified random sample of community-dwelling elders (n = 1,189). Analysis of weighted data indicate that there were fewer differences in health by race among older persons who lived alone co…
Effects of potential changes in coresidence on matched older parent-adult child dyads
Attitudes about entering a nursing home: Comparisons of older rural and urban African-American women
The Involvement of Anthropologists in Contract Evaluations: The Federal Perspective1
The Involvement of Anthropologists in Contract Evaluations: The Federal Perspective1
Recall and Recall-Organization Behaviors of Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Children
In a sort-recall task 20 field-independent children at two age levels (Grades 1 and 4) recalled a greater number of items and achieved greater degrees of organization in their recall output when compared with 20 field-dependent children. However, in a standard viewing-recall task, where taxonomic exemplars were presented in a randomly arranged array and where subjects were not encouraged to initiate active study behavior, field-dependent and fiel…
The Family in Rural Society
The Family in Rural Society
The Family in Rural Society
Old Wine in a New Bottle: Hopes and Aspirations for a New Journal
The Elderly in Rural Society: Every Fourth Elder
Lean … But Not Intended to be Mean
Social Support Networks and the Care of the Elderly: Theory, Research, and Practice
Barbershops and BMWs: Will the Real Rural America Please Stand Up
Residence Differences in the Health Status of Elders
Using data from the 1984 Supplement on Aging to the National Health Interview Survey, this study examined residential differences on a selected group of health status measures among persons 65 years of age and older (N = 11,497). Mean values on indicators of health and impairment for each of the residence categories were examined before and after adjusting for distributional differences in background and demographic characteristics which are asso…
Another Step Forward
The concept of a continuum of residence: Comparing activities of daily living among the elderly
Looking Back on the First Five Years: Growth and Expansion of The Journal of Rural Health
Rural America in the 1980s: A Context for Rural Health Research
The decade of the 1980s was a roller coaster ride for many rural Americans, rural health care providers, and scholars of rural life. The “rural renaissance” of the late 1970s and early 1980s was followed by the economic “farm crisis” of the mid‐1980s and, in the late 1980s, by a resurgence of interest and policy making related to small towns and rural communities. It was a tempestuous time. Perhaps such fluctuations in national attention and conc…
The Health Status, Health Services Utilization, and Support Networks of the Rural Elderly: A Decade Review
Research from the 1980s on several dimensions of health and health care among the rural elderly is reviewed. Following a brief discussion of the demographic patterns and life conditions of the rural elderly, the current state of knowledge regarding health status, health services utilization, and the potential for informal and familial care of the elderly is examined. The review concentrates on studies that include comparisons between rural and ur…
Residential Location and Proximity to Children Among Impaired Elderly Parents1
The availability of adult children as potential caregivers is particularly critical to the rural elderly because of the dearth of health and human services in rural areas. This paper analyzes proximity to adult children among a large sample of older persons with some degree of functional impairment, employing four residence categories and two indicators of proximity: coresidence with a child, and residence within a half-hour's travel time. Result…
Some “Parting” Thoughts
A Multivariate Assessment of the Effects of Residence on Infant Mortality
This research examines the relationship between residence and infant mortality. The purpose of the study was to identify the effects of maternal residence on infant mortality, using a multivariate model which included both individual and county‐level variables known to be associated with suboptimal birth outcome. Data on all births in Florida during 1987 were drawn from birth and infant death certificates. In addition, information concerning coun…
A longitudinal study of residential differences in the composition of the helping networks of impaired elders
Gender, families, and elder care
Job Satisfaction Among Hospital Nurses: Facility Size and Location Comparisons
Despite recent declines in turnover and vacancy rates, maintaining a stable nursing staff continues to be critical to the effective operation of American hospitals, fob satisfaction is a pivotal element in nurse retention, and organizational theory suggests that some of the factors that influence job satisfaction vary by facility size. This is a study of job satisfaction among a sample of 731 nurses providing direct patient care in 22 hospitals. …
Predicting the Receipt of Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance: The Role of Residence and Other Personal and Workplace Characteristics
Americans without health insurance constitute a significant public policy concern. Previous research has demonstrated that rural Americans are more likely to be without coverage. Beyond documenting this comparative disadvantage, however, current research has two specific deficiencies: studies have not examined whether the factors that predict the receipt of employer‐sponsored health insurance are equivalent across residence categories, and few st…
Filial Responsibility Expectations and Patterns of Intergenerational Assistance
Since its introduction some years ago (Bengtson, Olander, & Haddad, 1976), theory of intergenerational solidarity has captured considerable attention as a means of characterizing and explaining relations between nuclear kin in adult years and in old age (e.g., Lawrence, Bennett, & Markides, 1992). Intergenerational solidarity has six components (Bengtson & Roberts, 1991): (a) associational, (b) affectual, (c) consensual, (d) functional, (e) norma…
Residential Differences in Filial Responsibility Expectations Among Older Persons1
This study examines variation in filial responsibility expectations-the extent to which adult children are expected to assist and care for their aging parents-among a sample of 440 older persons. The analysis focuses on the relationship of filial responsibility expectations to residential location and tests the hypothesis that older rural residents have higher expectations for assistance from their children than do older urbanites. Current reside…
Medicine (24 works) · Psychology (24 works) · Gerontology (23 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (15 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (10 works) · Residence (10 works) · Demography (9 works)