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A community-based assessment of heat-related morbidity in North Philadelphia
J Mattern1, S Garrigan, S B Kennedy
1MCP-Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA.
Abstract:
A 6-month community-based study designed to (1) determine the perceptions and barriers affecting the overall quality of life of isolated older adults greater than 65 years of age, (2) assess their risk factors, health attitudes, and beliefs concerning their susceptibility to heat-related conditions, and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of an age-specific innovative intervention program consisting of a specially marked clock-like thermometer and other creative educational materials was conducted among 34 participants during the spring and summer of 1997 in north Philadelphia. The study objectives were measured at preintervention (baseline) and at 8 weeks postintervention follow-up using a 24-item pretest/posttest self-administered questionnaire. We report the short-term benefit of our intervention, theorize that innovative strategies targeting at-risk older adults should be culturally sensitive and age-specifically appropriate, and recommend that more vigorous research methods should be implemented to lend credence to our findings.
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