• Submission Title: Stage-based Health Promotion with the Elderly
• Principal Investigator: Phillip G. Clark, Sc.D.
• Institution: University of Rhode Island
• Grant Number: 1 R01 AG16588-01
• Program Official: Dr. Sidney Stahl

This study applies the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change (TTM) to the elderly and studies the effects of targeting both physical activity and nutritional behavior singly and in combination. The investigators plan to recruit 250 community-based older people for each of four treatment groups (i.e., interventions directed toward physical activity; nutrition; physical activity and nutrition combined; and a control). While the TTM has been successful in younger populations, this is one of the first examinations of multiple behavioral change in an elderly population. Modifying existing educational materials, expert feedback reports, and coaching phone calls for an elderly population, this project is significant because of its potential for preventing or postponing chronic health problems associated with old age.

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The SENIOR Project

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