New & Notable Research Publications

2006

Altpeter, M.; Bryant, L.; Schneider, E.; Whitelaw, N. (2006). Evidence-based health practice: Knowing and using what works for older adults. Home Health Care Quarterly: The Journal of Community Care 25(1/2): 1-11. [abstract]

Arcury, Thomas A.; Bell, Ronny A.; Snively, Beverly M.; Smith, Shannon L.; Skelly, Anne H.; Wetmore, Lindsay K.; Quandt, Sara A. (2006). Complementary and alternative medicine use as health self-management: rural older adults with diabetes. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 61B(2): S62-S70.

Bolda, Elise J.; Saucier, Paul; Maddox, George L.; Wetle, Terrie; Isaacs Lowe, Jane. (2006). Governance and management structures for community partnerships: experiences from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Partnerships for Older Adults program. The Gerontologist 46(3): 391-97.

Bond, Stewart M.; Neelon, Virginia, J.; Belyea, Michael J. (2006). Delirium in hospitalized older cancer patients. Oncology Nursing Forum 33(6): 1075-83.

Bryant, Lucinda L; Altpeter, Mary; Whitelaw, Nancy A. (2006). Evaluation of health promotion programs for older adults: an introduction. Journal of Applied Gerontology 25(3): 197-213.

Buhr, Gwendolen T.; Kuchibhatla, Maragatha; Clipp, Elizabeth C. (2006). Caregivers' reasons for nursing home placement: clues for improving discussions with families prior to the transition. The Gerontologist 46(1): 52-61.

Calleson, Diane C.; Sloane, Philip D.; Cohen, Lauren W. (2006). Effectiveness of mailing "Bathing Without a Battle" to all US nursing homes. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 27(1): 67-79.

Carlton-LaNey, I.(2006). 'Doing the Lord's work': African American elders' civic engagement. Generations 30: 47-50.

Carlton-LaNey, Iris. African Americans Aging in the Rural South. Durham, NC: Sourwood Press, 2006.

Folts, W. Edward. (2006). Introduction to the special issue on elderly volunteerism. Educational Gerontology 32(5): 309-311.

Haas, William H.; Bradley, Don E.; Longino, Charles F., Jr.; Stoller, Eleanor P.; Serow, William J. (2006). In retirement migration, who counts? A methodological question with economic policy implications. The Gerontologist 46(6): 815-20.

Hart, L. G.; Skillman, S. M.; Hagopian, A.; Fordyce, M.; Thompson, M.; Konrad, T. R. International Medical Graduate (IMG) physicians in the U.S.: Changes since 1981. (2006). In Rotem, A.; Perfilieva, G.; Dal Poz, M. R.; Doan, B. D. H. National Health Workforce assessment of the past and agenda for the future: Proceedings of an international symposium. Paris: Centre de Sociologie et de Demographie Medicale.

Hagestad, Gunhild; Uhlenberg, Peter. (2006). Should we be concerned about age segregation? Some theoretical and empirical explorations. Research on Aging 28 (6): 638-653. 

He, Yaohua H.; Colantonio, A.; Marshall, Victor W. (2006). The relationship between career instability and health condition in older workers: a longitudinal analysis. In L. O. Stone (Ed.), New Frontiers of Research on Retirement (pp. 321-342). Ottawa, Ontario: Statistics Canada.

Heflin, Mitchell T. (2006). The Senior Mentor Program at Duke University School of Medicine. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 27(2): 49-58.

Howard, Daniel L.; Bunch, Carol D.; Mundia, Wilberforce O. (2006). Comparing United States versus international medical school graduate physicians who serve African-American and white elderly. HSR: Health Services Research 41(6): 2155-81.

James, Sherman A.; Fowler-Brown, Angela; Raghunathan, Trevillore E.; Van Hoewyk, John. L. (2006). Life-course socioeconomic position and obesity in African American women: the Pitt County Study. American Journal of Public Health 96(3): 554-60.

Lachs, Mark; Bachman, Ronet; Williams, Christianna S.; Kossack, Alice; Bove, Carolyn; O'Leary, John R. (2006). Violent crime victimization increases the risk of nursing home placement in older adults. The Gerontologist 46(5): 583-589.

Lang, J. E.; Anderson, L.; Logerfo, J.; Sharkey, J.; Belansky, E.; Bryant, L.; Prohaska, T.; Altpeter, M.; Marshall, V.; Satariano, W.; Ivey, S.; Bayles, C.; Pluto, D.; Wilcox, S.; Goins, R. T.; Byrd, R.C. (2006). The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network. Preventing Chronic Disease 3(1): A17.

Lee, Shoou-Yih D.; Gazmararian, Julie A.; Arozullah, Ahsan M. (2006). Health literacy and social support among elderly Medicare enrollees in a managed care plan. The Journal of Applied Gerontology 25(4): 324-37.

Mitchell, R.; Ash, S. L.; McClelland, J. W. (2006). Nutrition education among low-income older adults: A randomized intervention trial in congregate nutrition sites. Health Education & Behavior 33(3): 374-92.

Morrow, Dan; Clark, Dan; Wanzhu, Tu; Wu, Jingwei; Weiner, Michael; Steinley, Douglas; Murray, Michael D. (2006). Correlates of health literacy in patients with chronic heart failure. The Gerontologist 46(5): 669-676.

Muir, Kenneth B. (2006). Measuring the benefits of mentoring for foster grandparents: A research note. Educational Gerontology 32(5): 379-87.

Munn, Jean C.; Zimmerman, Sheryl. (2006). A good death for residents of long-term care: family members speak. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care 2(3): 45-59.

Nash, Bradley; Bradley, Dana Burr. (2006). Federal policies and local realities: The case of Appalachian senior programs. Educational Gerontology 32(5): 351-65.

Otterbourg, Robert K. Kiplinger's Retire & Thrive, Fourth Edition: How More Than 50 People Redefined Their Retirement Lifestyles. Chicago: Kaplan Publishing, 2006.

Park, Nan Sook; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Sloane, Philip D.; Gruber-Baldini, Ann L.; Eckert, Kevin J. (2006). An empirical typology of residential care/assisted living based on a four-state study. The Gerontologist 46(2): 238-48.

Pathman, D. E.; Ricketts, T. C.; Konrad, T. R. (2006). How adults' access to outpatient physician services relates to the local supply of primary care physicians in the rural southeast. Health Services Research 41(1): 79-102.

Peacock, James R.; Flythe, M. K.; Jones, K. (2006). A service-learning collaboration: A graduate gerontology program and a foster grandparent program. Educational Gerontology 32(5): 335-49.

Peacock, James R.; O'Quin, J. (2006). Higher education and foster grandparent programs: exploring mutual benefits. Educational Gerontology 32(5): 367-78.

Prohaska, Thomas; Belansky, Elaine; Belza, Basia; Buchner, David; Marshall, Victor; McTigue, Kathleen; Satariano, William; Wilcox, Sara. (2006). Physical activity, public health, and aging: critical issues and research priorities. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 61: S267-S273.

Quandt, Sara A.; Stafford, Jeanette M.; Bell, Ronny A.; Smith, Shannon L.; Snively, Beverly M.; Arcury, Thomas A. (2006). Predictors of falls in a multiethnic population of older rural adults with diabetes. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 61A(4): 394-398.

Rabiner, Donna J.; O'Keeffe, Janet; Brown, David. (2006). Financial exploitation of older persons: challenges and opportunities to identify, prevent, and address it in the United States. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 18(2): 47-68.

Reitzes, Donald C.; Mutran, Elizabeth J. (2006). Lingering identities in retirement. The Sociological Quarterly 47(2): 333-59.

Resnick, B.; Simpson, M.; Bercovitz, A.; Galik, E.; Gruber-Baldini, A.; Zimmerman, S.; Magaziner, J. (2006). Pilot testing of the restorative care intervention: impact on residents. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 32(3): 39-47.

Rosenberg, E.; Letrero, I. (2006). Using age, cohort and period to study elderly volunteerism. Educational Gerontology 32(5): 313-334.

Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie; Schatschneider, Chris; Blazer, Dan G. (2006). Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of physical functioning among community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Aging and Health 18(6): 852-867.

Sauer, Jennifer H. (2006). Caught in the NET: a survey of Raleigh-Durham area residents 40+ about online use and safety. Washington, DC: AARP.

Shadlen, Marie-Florence; Siscovik, David; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Dulberg, Corinne; Kuller, Lewis H.; Jackson, Sharon. (2006). Education, cognitive test scores, and Black-White differences in dementia risk. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54(6): 898-905.

Shenk, Dena; Groger, Lisa (eds.). Aging Education in a Global Context. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2006. (Published simultaneously as Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol. 6, no. 1).

Shuey, Kim M.; O'Rand, Angela M. Changing demographics and new pension risks. Research on Aging 28(3): 317-340.

Sudha, S.; Mutran, Elizabeth J.; Williams, Ishan C.; Suchindran, Chirayath. (2006). Childbearing history and self-reported well-being in later life: contrasting older African American and white women. Research on Aging 28(5): 599-621.

Shumaker, Sally A.; Legault, Claudine; Coker, Laura H. (2006). Behavior-based interventions to enhance cognitive functioning and independence in older adults. JAMA 296(23): 2852-4.

Williams, Christianna S.; Tinetti, Mary E.; Kasl, Stanislav V.; Peduzzi, Peter N. (2006). The role of pain in the recovery of instrumental and social functioning after hip fracture. Journal of Aging and Health 18(5): 743-762.

Wilmoth, Janet M.; Longino, Charles F., Jr. (2006). Demographic trends that will shape U.S. policy in the twenty-first century. Research on Aging 28(3): 269-288.

Zimmerman, Sheryl; Mitchell, C. Madeline; Chen, Cory K.; Morgan, Leslie A.; Gruber-Baldini, Ann L.; Sloane, Philip D.; Eckert, J. Kevin; Munn, Jean. (2006). An observation of assisted living environments: space use and behavior. Journal of Gerontological Social Work 49(3): 185-203.