Correlates of Preventive Health Behavior in Late Life

作者：William Rakowski, Mara Julius, Tom Hickey, Jeffrey B. Halter · 发表于：Research on Aging · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.1177/0164027587093001 · 被引用次数：61 · 研究领域：Health disparities and outcomes、Health and Wellbeing Research、Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention

A sample of 172 community-resident older adults (aged 64-96) were interviewed to investigate correlates of their preventively oriented, health-related practices. Four health practice groupings were used: Information-Seeking, Regular Health Routines, Medical and Self-Examination, and Risk Avoidance. Results indicated modest associations among individual behaviors and among the four health practice groups. Gender (i.e., women) and a supportive family environment were among the consistent predictors of good health practices, although each of the four behavior groups tended to have its own set of major predictors.