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Session: Quality of Life in the Later Years
3040.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Poster
Quality of Life in the Later Years
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Definition of "sedentary" as a confounding factor in exercise adherence research
Seung-youn Hong, MEd, Susan L. Hughes, DSW, Thomas R. Prohaska, PhD
Board 2Differences in effectiveness of an osteoporosis screening and prevention program between ethnic minority and non-minority postmenopausal women
Wendy M. Whitner, MPH
Board 3Demographic and health factors as predictors of quality of life among older African-American women
Josephine M. Gathura, BSN, C. Unson, PhD
Board 4Quality of life and physical complaints in elderly patients with multiple sclerosis
Joerg Klewer, MD PhD, Dieter Pöhlau, MD PhD, Joachim Kugler, MD PhD
Board 5Factors influencing medication delivery in nursing homes: Implications for how quality of medication use can be improved
Denys Tsz-Wai Lau, PhD, Jane Banaszak-Holl, PhD
Board 6Urinary incontinence in older adults: Prevalence, severity, quality of life issues, and treatment seeking behavior among Medicare beneficiaries
Shaheen Halim, MA, Russell Mardon, PhD
Board 7A model for assisting older cancer patients reduce gaps in accessing care and improving quality of life
Mary Grace Pagaduan, MPH, Hildy Dillon, MPH, Kimberly Frederick, LCSW
Board 8Health Enhancement of the Rural Elderly (HERE): Empowerment through improved health literacy
Marilyn M. Gardner, PhD, M. Susan Jones, MSN, Jan Peeler, MSW
Board 9Subthreshold depression as a predictor of functional decline in community dwelling older adults
Celia F Hybels, PhD, Carl F Pieper, DrPH, Dan G Blazer, MD, PhD, MPH
Board 10Factors associated with ADL decline in Pennsylvania nursing homes
Amy B. Jessop, PhD, MPH, Jocelyn Andrel, MSPH, Naomi Hauser, RN, MPA, CLNC, David Wenner, DO
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA