Pravention und Gesundheitsforderung
Volume 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-297

Health promotion of elderly Turkish immigrants: Possibilities, limits and results of interventions [Gesundheitsförderung älterer türkischer Migrantinnen: Möglichkeiten, Grenzen und Ergebnisse von Interventionen] (Article)

Schattschneider R.* , Buchcik J. , Westenhöfer J. , Deneke C. , Schmoecker M.
  • a Department Pflege und Management, Hamburg, Germany, Competence Center Gesundheit, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Alexanderstr. 1, Hamburg, 20099, Germany
  • b Department Gesundheitswissenschaften, Hamburg, Germany, Competence Center Gesundheit, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Alexanderstr. 1, Hamburg, 20099, Germany
  • c Department Gesundheitswissenschaften, Hamburg, Germany, Competence Center Gesundheit, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Alexanderstr. 1, Hamburg, 20099, Germany
  • d Department Gesundheitswissenschaften, Hamburg, Germany, Competence Center Gesundheit, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Alexanderstr. 1, Hamburg, 20099, Germany
  • e Department Soziale Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany, Competence Center Gesundheit, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Alexanderstr. 1, Hamburg, 20099, Germany

Abstract

Background: Elderly persons with an immigration background often face health problems due to specific living and working conditions. Focussing on this target group, health courses which concentrate on nutrition and exercise have been developed and tried out in three interventions within the “Sağlik” project (Turkish: health).Purpose of this study (question): Based on instruments for evaluation which are immanent within the courses, the following questions are answered: which knowledge is transferred subject to what kind of conditions of intervention? What kinds of learning targets can be achieved? What are the limits of the interventions?Material and methods: Health courses are characterized by a subjective data collection. While courses are undertaken data is gathered on account of documenting personal goals and achievements. Moreover, a status of course-related knowledge or behavior is queried at the end of the intervention.Results and discussion: It is crucial that the interventions cause changes in behavior. Within the given project’s perspective, however, these changes could only be followed up to the end of the intervention. Apart from this it became evident that the health courses undertaken can only reach persons who implicitly intend or are prepared for changes in behavior. Therefore, with respect to the perspective of the project it can be asked how behavior promoting health can be constantly supported. Furthermore, it remains to be clarified whether and how people can be reached if they do not give preference to healthy behavior. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Author Keywords

Exercise Health promotion Evaluation nutrition elderly immigrants

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84939889407&doi=10.1007%2fs11553-014-0443-4&partnerID=40&md5=ca45a7921953c8efe4742a2e9f6e50c8
DOI: 10.1007/s11553-014-0443-4
ISSN: 18616755
Cited by: 1
Original Language: German