[Social factors related to awareness of public health care services among elderly adults].
This article presents findings on the association between social ties and the awareness in elderly of seven services. A total of 1,200 persons aged 60 and over were subjects of an interview survey of when 856 subjects provided necessary data for analysis. Subjects lived in two separate communities, Nerima-Ward (a metropolitan area) and Kashimadai-Cho (a rural area). Social ties were classified into six types: living with a person, contact with child (ren) living separately, contact with friend, contact with neighbor, and participation in a community group. The elderly metropolitan residents were significantly less likely to be aware of a greater number of services. Contacts with neighbor and participation in community group predicted service awareness. There were no regional differences in the effect of those ties on service awareness.
Sugisawa
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Department of Health Sociology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.
Takanashi
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Shibata
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Okuyama
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D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D003153:Community Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged