Enhancing health outcomes for Maori elders through an intergenerational cultural exchange and physical activity programme: a cross-sectional baseline study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study offers baseline data for a strengths-based approach emphasizing intergenerational cultural knowledge exchange and physical activity developed through a partnership with kaumātua (Māori elders) and kaumātua service providers. The study aims to identify the baseline characteristics, along with correlates of five key outcomes.

Methods

The study design is a cross-sectional survey. A total of 75 kaumātua from six providers completed two physical functioning tests and a survey that included dependent variables based in a holistic model of health: health-related quality of life (HRQOL), self-rated health, spirituality, life satisfaction, and loneliness.

Results

The findings indicate that there was good reliability and moderate scores on most variables. S

SUBMITTER: Oetzel JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749953 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature