Educational program for older adults as a source of health promotion

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dc.contributor.authorBorges, Barbara
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeKops, Bill (Education) Paniago, Maria Cristina (Community Health Sciences) Freire, Maximina (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorRoger, Kerstin (Education/Community Health Sciences) Cap, Orest (Education)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-29T19:37:18Z
dc.date.available2018-06-29T19:37:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-26en_US
dc.date.submitted2018-06-29T02:55:27Zen
dc.degree.disciplineEducational Administration, Foundations and Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative ethnographic study explored how older adults in Brazil and Canada perceive education that has been designed specifically for them and how they understand it to be linked to healthy living and well-being. The purpose of this research was threefold: a) to learn more about and be better able to describe the overall impact of education in the lives of older adults; b) to better understand what older adults imagine the future potential impact of education is for them, including the concepts of healthy living and well-being; and, c) to delineate recommendations for curriculum development as well as broader institutional and policy-related strategies to expand and develop the state of education for older adults with the focus on healthy living and well-being. Four themes emerged from the narratives of the older adult participants, as well as in the narratives of their family members, coordinators and instructors: Fighting Social Isolation, Stimulating Cognitive and Mental State of Well-Being, Fostering Physical Health, and Promoting (Dis)Ageism. The results of this research study show these educational programs for older adults work as a source of health promotion. Once these programs open the door to the opportunities for older adults to learn better strategies to keep their autonomy and independence, as in taking responsibility to make smart health choices such as eating right, being physically active and socializing, the benefits of the educational programs can be reaped.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2018en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/33080
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectEthnographyen_US
dc.subjectEducational program for older adultsen_US
dc.subjectHealth promotionen_US
dc.subjectHealthy livingen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.subject(Dis)Ageismen_US
dc.subjectAgeismen_US
dc.subjectOlder adultsen_US
dc.subjectLifelong learningen_US
dc.subjectEnvelhecimento saudávelen_US
dc.subjectUniversidade da terceira idadeen_US
dc.subjectEducação para idososen_US
dc.titleEducational program for older adults as a source of health promotionen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
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