title: [Effects of an elder health promotion program using the strategy of elder health leader training in senior citizen halls].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to develop and test the effects of an elder health promotion program and apply strategies for elder health leader training sessions with elders at senior citizen halls.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 49 elders at a senior citizen hall (intervention: 27, control: 22). The elder health promotion program consisted of health education and exercise. A professional leader led the program for 4 weeks, and then an elder health leader and research assistant led for 8 weeks (total 12 weeks). Scales for elder health promoting behaviors, perceived health status, life satisfaction and senior citizen hall capability were used and physical fitness levels were measured. Data were collected between April 21 and July 28, 2010 and analyzed using Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, t-test, and repeated measure ANOVA with SPSS/WIN 12.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health promoting behaviors, physical fitness, perceived health status, and senior citizen hall capacity were significantly better in the experimental group after the intervention compared to the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Study findings indicate that elder health promotion programs applying strategies of elder health leader training are effective and can be recommended as nursing interventions for health promotion of these elders.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Gerontological Health Research Center, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, JinJu, Korea.
authors.forename: Mee Ock
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eun
authors.forename: Eun Sim
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hwang Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: In Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Hyun Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Young-Sil
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Myun Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyung Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Hye Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness; D015397:Program Evaluation