Health Services Use and Need of Older Adults at Tucson House Community
dc.contributor.advisor | Badger, Terry | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Stahmer, Elizabeth Ellen | |
dc.creator | Stahmer, Elizabeth Ellen | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-05T14:14:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-12-05T14:14:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193353 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study was based on a condensed version of the Andersen-Newman social-psychological model of health care utilization, and investigated whether the predisposing factors of advanced age, gender, and education level influenced health services utilization and need for health services by older adults residing at Tucson House. This study also explored whether depression impacted the level of need for health services among older adults. It was hypothesized that advancing age, being female, having increased education, and being depressed predisposed an individual to need and utilize health care and related services to a greater extent. A descriptive design was used in the secondary analysis of participant characteristics obtained from potential users of an academic nursing center. The sample included older adults (N=85), 65 years and older, who participated in the Tucson House Health Needs Assessment Project. Findings from the current study did not support the hypotheses or validate the adapted conceptual framework. | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
dc.title | Health Services Use and Need of Older Adults at Tucson House Community | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.chair | Badger, Terry | en_US |
dc.identifier.oclc | 659746477 | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
dc.identifier.proquest | 1910 | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Gerontology | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | MS | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-24T17:40:16Z | |
html.description.abstract | This study was based on a condensed version of the Andersen-Newman social-psychological model of health care utilization, and investigated whether the predisposing factors of advanced age, gender, and education level influenced health services utilization and need for health services by older adults residing at Tucson House. This study also explored whether depression impacted the level of need for health services among older adults. It was hypothesized that advancing age, being female, having increased education, and being depressed predisposed an individual to need and utilize health care and related services to a greater extent. A descriptive design was used in the secondary analysis of participant characteristics obtained from potential users of an academic nursing center. The sample included older adults (N=85), 65 years and older, who participated in the Tucson House Health Needs Assessment Project. Findings from the current study did not support the hypotheses or validate the adapted conceptual framework. |