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Factors Associated with Enrollment of Older Adults into a Physical Activity Promotion Program

Kris M. Mills, MA

University of California, San Francisco

Anita L. Stewart, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

Abby C. King, PhD

Sanford Medical School

Karen Roihz, BA

University of California, San Francisco

Peter G. Sepsis, MS, MPH

Lifeguard Health Care

Philip L. Ritter, PhD

Stanford Medical School

Walter M. Bortz, II, MD

Palo Alto Medical Foundation

This article investigates the extent to which a proactive two-phased recruitment approach resulted in recruitment of a representative sample of older adults from two lower income congregate housing facilities into a physical activity promotion program. Enrollees were similar to nonenrollees with respect to education, gender, Marital status, race/ethnicity, self-rated health, physical functioning, psychological distress, exercise frequency, level of social contact, having a confidant, use of alcohol, and smoking stats. However, enrollees were young, more likely to speak English as a primary language, less likely to be completely sedentary, and more likely to be overweight Overall, 21% of the target population wee recruited into the program. Recruitment strategies such as those used in this study appeared to enable enrollment of a reasonably representative sample of a small well-defined population.

Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 8, No. 1, 96-113 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/089826439600800105
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