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Filter by:Protecting and improving health is an important intervention in preventing diseases, controlling chronic diseases and delaying their progression. Therefore, appropriate health promotion programs specific to elderly individuals need to be developed. Educational intervention is known to be effective in achieving behavioral change. This study differs from previous studies in that both peer (Intervention-1) and nurse-led (Intervention-2)-led education programs are planned as interventions. This research was designed as a mixed method study to compare the effects of Peer and Nurse Led Health Protection and Promotion Training Programs Based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) on the health behaviors of older people. The research will be carried out in two stages. The first phase was planned as a parallel two-arm non-randomized experimental study. This phase is planned to be carried out between November 2024 and January 2025 in two separate elderly homes in Muratpasa district of Antalya province, where older people are concentrated. The sample size was calculated as 108 older people (Intervention-1: 54, Intervention-2: 54). Intervention will be implemented for 12 weeks with the Health Protection and Promotion Training Program Based on SCT under peer leadership in the Intervention-1 group, and the same interventions will be carried out in the Intervention-2 group under the leadership of a nurse. Primary results of the research; health protection and promotion behavior practice, health promotion behavior practice level, self-efficacy belief and health seeking behavior. Secondary measurement results are; It is an assessment of blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index and cardiovascular disease risk. Results will be measured before and 12 weeks after the intervention with the Health Protection and Promotion Behavior Checklist, Elderly Health Promotion Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Health Seeking Behavior Scale. In the second stage, it was planned to conduct two qualitative phenomenological design studies. In the first qualitative study, the investigators aimed to deeply understand the views of older people who received peer leader intervention and nurse intervention; In the second qualitative study, it was aimed to understand in depth the experiences of the older people as peer leaders in the health protection and promotion training program based on SCT. In the qualitative phase, the data will be based on the maximum diversity sampling method and will be collected through face-to-face in-depth individual interviews in the workshops of both elderly homes with Semi-Structured Interview Forms in February 2025.
- Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) can accelerated the aging process and increase the frailty condition - The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is the gold standard in the geriatric clinical context - Recently, in Italy the first Guidelines about the CGA in different settings for older people has been pubblicated - The CGA can identify older people at high risk of frailty who can benefit from a personalized prevention program - No studies has been investigated the effects of a personalized prevention program (PPP) based on the CGA in a primary care setting - The main hypothesis is that the CGA assessment can result in personalized prevention programs for older subjects in primary care settings with an effect in reducing the hospitalization rate and can be related to the biological paramters in NCDs
Disasters; It is an important public health problem of uncertain time, causing loss of life and property, having severe economic consequences, and causing serious health problems in the long term. In dealing with disasters, it is expected that measures to reduce the damage and losses caused by the hazards that the disaster may cause are taken during the disaster preparedness phase. For this reason, the individuals in the society should be educated before the disaster and their preparedness for the disaster should be ensured. While it is possible for young age groups to access information, participate in public education and self-learning, they need support for their preparedness for disasters because there is no disaster education program specific to older individuals. This project was designed as a single-blind (participant) randomized controlled study in order to examine the effect of the Disaster Preparedness Education Program (SIMAH) based on the Health Belief Model of older people in the society on their preparedness to disasters according to the active control group to which the public education materials prepared by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) will be given. The research was planned to be carried out in a total of six clusters in Antalya province Muratpaşa district and Konyaaltı district between October and December 2023 in older people houses, retirement cafes and district parks where older people are concentrated. The sample size was calculated as 66 older individuals (intervention: 33, control: 33). The SIMAH Program, which includes interactive group training for three months, public education materials prepared by AFAD, and reminder phone messages, will be applied to the initiative group. Public education materials prepared by AFAD will be given to the active control group in the same period. Outcomes will be measured with the Disaster Readiness Scale, the General Disaster Preparedness Belief Scale, and the Individual Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Form, before the intervention, after the training program, and three months later.