title: Evaluation of a consumer-personal assistant training project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated a personal assistance services (PAS) training programme that aimed to improve the consumer and personal assistant relationship and increase consumer and personal assistant knowledge on health and wellness issues.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 87 consumers and 53 personal assistants were enrolled in this longitudinal intervention study. Consumers and personal assistants in the intervention group participated in a six-hour in-person PAS training programme.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Consumers and personal assistants who participated in the training had increased knowledge at both three and six months post-training compared to consumers and personal assistants who were in the non-treatment group. There were no differences in consumer/personal assistant relationship variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future studies should examine the impact of PAS training programmes on health behaviours needed to decrease secondary conditions.
authors: Department of Health Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. SchoppL@health.missouri.edu
authors: Laura H
authors: LH
authors: Schopp
authors: Mary J
authors: MJ
authors: Clark
authors: Kristofer J
authors: KJ
authors: Hagglund
authors: Emily K
authors: EK
authors: Mokelke
authors: Brian J
authors: BJ
authors: Stout
authors: Micah O
authors: MO
authors: Mazurek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006704:Homemaker Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation