Promoting Cognitive Health: A Formative Research Collaboration of the Healthy Aging Research Network

Autor/inn/en	Laditka, James N.; Beard, Renee L.; Bryant, Lucinda L.; Fetterman, David; Hunter, Rebecca; Ivey, Susan; Logsdon, Rebecca G.; Sharkey, Joseph R.; Wu, Bei
Titel	Promoting Cognitive Health: A Formative Research Collaboration of the Healthy Aging Research Network
Quelle	In: Gerontologist, 49 (2009), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0016-9013
DOI	10.1093/geront/gnp085
Schlagwörter	Health Promotion; Prevention; Physicians; American Indians; Focus Groups; Public Health; Whites; Brain; Cognitive Ability; Aging (Individuals); Older Adults; Life Style; Hispanic Americans; Asian Americans; African Americans; Allied Health Personnel; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Neurological Impairments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; American Indian; Indianer; Gesundheitswesen; White; Weißer; Gehirn; Denkfähigkeit; Aging; Altern; Älterer Erwachsener; Lebensstil; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Afroamerikaner; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung
Abstract	Purpose: Evidence suggests that healthy lifestyles may help maintain cognitive health. The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network, 9 universities collaborating with their communities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is conducting a multiyear research project, begun in 2005, to understand how to translate this knowledge into public health interventions. Design and Methods: This article provides an overview of the study purpose, design, methods, and processes. We examined the literature on promoting cognitive health, convened a meeting of experts in cognitive health and public health interventions, identified research questions, developed a common focus group protocol and survey, established quality control and quality assurance processes, conducted focus groups, and analyzed the resulting data. Results: We conducted 55 focus groups with 450 participants in 2005-2007, and an additional 20 focus groups and in-depth interviews in 2007-2008. Focus groups were in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese, with African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics, non-Hispanic Whites, physicians and other health practitioners, rural and urban residents, individuals caring for family or friends with cognitive impairment, and cognitively impaired individuals. Implications: The data provide a wealth of opportunities for designing public health interventions to promote cognitive health in diverse populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10