Health promotion for inner-city minority elders.
Older people living in large metropolitan areas are often trapped in deteriorating communities and must learn to survive in difficult conditions. Project CAPABLE (Community Advocacy Promoting and Building Lifelines for Elders) provides a haven for 55-year-olds and older who live in a low-income, largely Hispanic neighborhood in Houston, Texas. Using a health-promotion model, Project CAPABLE provides health-promotion and case management services to help these older people remain in their homes and empowers them to assume an active role in their own health promotion.
Wieck
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College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Houston Center 77030, USA. kwieck@venus.twu.edu
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013781:Texas; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*