Health with Older Adults
Stage-based health promotion with the elderly:(Clark, role Co-I)
Apr. 1st, 1999-Mar. 31st, 2006 The major goal of this project was to determine the relative effectiveness of stage-based interventions on both exercise and diet versus single behavior interventions in a community-dwelling older adult population in Rhode Island. Garber, C., Greaney, M. L., Riebe, D., Nigg, C. R., Burbank, P. A., & Clark, P.G. (2010). Physical and mental health-related correlates of physical function in community dwelling older adults: A cross sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 10, 6. Greaney, M. L., Riebe, D., Garber, C. E., Rossi, J. S., Lees, F. D., Burbank, P. A., Nigg, C. R., Ferrone, C. L., & Clark, P. G. (2008). Long-Term Effects of a Stage-Based Intervention for Changing Exercise Intentions and Behavior in Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 48, 358-367. Greaney, M. L., Lees, F. D., Nigg, C. R., Saunders, S. D. , & Clark, P. G., (2006). Recruiting and Retaining Older Adults for Health Promotion Research: The Experience of the SENIOR Project. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 25 (3/4). 3-22. Clark, P. G., Rossi, J. S., Greaney, M. L., Riebe, D., Greene, G., Saunders, S. D., Lees, F., & Nigg, C. R. (2005). Intervening on exercise and nutrition in older adults: The Rhode Island SENIOR Project. Journal of Aging and Health, 17, 753-778. Lees, F. D., Clark, P. G., Nigg, C. R., & Newman, P. (2005). Barriers to Exercise Behavior Among Older Adults: A Focus Group Study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 13, 23-33. Riebe, D., Garber, C. E., Rossi, J. S., Greaney, M. L., Nigg, C. R., Lees, F. D., Burbank, P. M., & Clark, P. G. (2005). Physical activity, physical function, and stages of change in older adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 29, 70-80. Padula, C.A., Rossi, S., Nigg, C., Lees, F., Fey-Yensan, N., Greene, G., & Clark, P. (2003). Using focus groups for instrument development: Application of the transtheoretical model to fruit and vegetable behaviors of older adults. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 22, 13-33. Clark, P.G., Nigg, C.R., Greene, G., Riebe, D., Saunders, S.D., Burbank, P., Dufresne, R., English, C., Garber, C., Lees, F., Luisi, A., Owens, N., Padula, C., Prochaska, J., Rossi, J., Rossi, S., Ruggiero, L., Stillwell, K., Fey-Yensan, N. (2002). The Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders (SENIOR): Translating theory into research. Health Education Research, 17, 552–561. Nigg, C., English, C., Owens, N., Burbank, P., Connolly-Belanger, A., Dufresne, R., Fey-Yensan, N., Garber, C., Luisi, A., Padula, C., Saunders, S., & Clark, P. (2002). Health correlates of exercise behavior and stage change in a community-based exercise intervention for the elderly: A pilot study. Health Promotion Practice, 3, 421-428. |
Validation of 2 Physical Activity Questionnaires in Older Adults:(Clark, role Co-I)
Apr. 1st, 2002-Apr. 1st, 2004 This study involves validation of 2 physical activity questionnaires used in older adults. This is a supplemental grant to the SENIOR project. |