Factors Associated with Enrollment of Older Adults into a Physical Activity Promotion Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12798693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kris Mills (University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), Kris M Mills (University of California, San Francisco), Anita L Stewart (0000-0002-4967-9013, University of California, San Francisco), Abby C King (0000-0002-7949-8811, Sanford Medical School), Karen Roihz (University of California, San Francisco), Peter G Sepsis (Lifeguard Health Care), Philip L Ritter (0000-0002-2528-6354, Stanford Medical School), Walter M Bortz (0000-0002-0936-4164, Palo Alto Medical Foundation) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 96-113 |
| Publication date | 1996-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089826439600800105 |
| PMID | 10160566 |
| OpenAlex | W1991964100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article investigates the extent to which a proactive two-phased recruitment approach resulted in recruitment of a representative sample of older adults from two lower income congregate housing facilities into a physical activity promotion program. Enrollees were similar to nonenrollees with respect to education, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, self-rated health, physical functioning, psychological distress, exercise frequency, level of social contact, having a confidant, use of alcohol, and smoking status. However, enrollees were younger, more likely to speak English as a primary language, less likely to be completely sedentary, and more likely to be overweight. Overall, 21% of the target population were recruited into the program. Recruitment strategies such as those used in this study appeared to enable enrollment of a reasonably representative sample of a small well-defined population
Distress · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health promotion · Marital status · Mental health · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Promotion (chess · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Public health · Sample (material · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology
Identifying recruitment strategies to improve the reach of evidence-based health promotion, disease prevention, and disease self-management interventions
Increasing Physical Exercise Levels
Job Characteristics and Leisure Physical Activity
Engaging ‘hard to reach’ groups in health promotion
A review of relationships between active living and determinants of health
Who Participates in Chronic Disease Self-management (CDSM) Programs? Differences Between Participants and Nonparticipants in a Population of Multimorbid Older Adults
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |