Purpose: Prevalence estimates of healthy behaviors and preventive care among older
adults have not received sufficient attention, despite important health benefits such as …

One hundred and seventy-seven persons 65 years of age or older were compared to 997
younger adults with respect to compliance with 20 recommended health-seeking behaviors …

Background. Why older persons engage in varying amounts of health maintenance activity
is becoming both an increasingly important policy issue and a topic of interest to health …

A sample of 172 community-resident older adults (aged 64-96) were interviewed to
investigate correlates of their preventively oriented, health-related practices. Four health …

The changing nature of disease risks and functional health status with aging suggests the
need to focus health promotion efforts in the older population where they will be most …

Secular trends in morbidity, mortality, and risk factor prevalence highlight the importance of
adopting a life-span approach to the study of health-related behaviors. To help address this …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the attitudes toward and practice of health prevention and advance
planning measures by a group of community‐dwelling older adults and to examine the effect …

Objectives To examine the outcomes of the Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone study, which
was designed to evaluate whether it is possible to delay deterioration if a health‐promoting …

Objectives: This study sought to identify older patients' perceptions of primary care providers'
influence on their likelihood of improving diet and physical activity. Methods: 104 adults …

Background. Research has found that the elderly are the age group that is the least likely to
engage in preventive health behaviors, even though these behaviors continue to benefit …