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Understanding And Improving Older Male Participation And Older Adult Adherence In Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs, Chelsie L. Anderson
Understanding And Improving Older Male Participation And Older Adult Adherence In Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs, Chelsie L. Anderson
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The aging population and burden of chronic conditions have led researchers and practitioners to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based programs (EBPs) for older adults. The Healthy Aging Regional Collaborative (HARC) was established to make EBPs including Diabetes Self-Management Program, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Matter of Balance, and EnhanceFitness (EF) accessible in south Florida. According to the REAIM model, reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance determine the impact of EBPs. Evaluation of HARC demonstrated widespread adoption of EBPs by community organizations that reached diverse participants and effectiveness among participants attending the recommended number of sessions, but only 19% of EBP participants …
Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: Self-Management And Health Outcomes, Amanda Rose Lambie
Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: Self-Management And Health Outcomes, Amanda Rose Lambie
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation is comprised of three manuscripts for publication reporting on adults living with cystic fibrosis, self-management behaviors and health outcomes. Chapter I explores what is known about adults living with cystic fibrosis (CF) and the factors impacting their self-management, including the complexities of a health maintenance regime required for survival while integrating and balancing the realities of adulthood. The review of literature provides direction for future research and implications for adult-focused CF studies. Chapter II is a manuscript describing the characteristics of prognostic survival models utilized in adult CF research and provides an overview of their development, validation, predictive …
The Assessment And Utilization Of Patients’ Self-Efficacy For Exercise During Rehabilitation, Kelsey J. Picha
The Assessment And Utilization Of Patients’ Self-Efficacy For Exercise During Rehabilitation, Kelsey J. Picha
Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences
Patient adherence to in-clinic rehabilitation is between 30-70% and even lower for home exercise programs (HEPs). Barriers to patient adherence have been identified and include but are not limited to anxiety, depression, lack of positive feedback, lack of social support, lack of time, low levels of physical activity at baseline, pain during exercise, and low self-efficacy. As clinicians prescribing rehabilitation may not be able to influence all of the identified barriers, they may positively influence others. Self-efficacy, or an individual’s belief in his/her ability to successfully complete a task, is a patient barrier that may be addressed by a clinician …