Testing the Senior Exercise Self-efficacy Project (SESEP) for use with urban dwelling minority older adults.

Objectives: To test the feasibility and effectiveness of the Senior Exercise Self-efficacy Project (SESEP).

Design: A feasibility study using a randomized control trial.

Sample: The total sample included 166 persons, with a mean age of 73 years (SD=8.

Baseline characteristics of workers at ten New York City employers recruited for a private-public research collaborative.

Objective: To describe a public-private collaborative and present results from the administration of a baseline health risk assessment (HRA).

Methods: A custom-designed HRA was made available to 31,535 New York workers, and 5539 (17.6%) completed the survey.

Integrating health and social services for older adults: a case study of interagency collaboration.

As public housing residents age in place, they require health and social services outside of those traditionally offered by housing authorities. A promising response to these emerging needs is for housing authorities to collaborate with local public health departments to deliver coordinated services to older adult residents. Aging residents' health needs include health promotion activities, preventive health services, health education, and mental health services, among others.

Motivating minority older adults to exercise.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore with minority older adults their experience in the Senior Exercise Self-Efficacy Pilot Program (SESEP) and establish what aspects of the SESEP helped the participants engage in exercise and what decreased their willingness to exercise. A total of 148 older adults from 12 Senior Centers participated. The majority of the participants were African American (77%), and female (79%) and the average age was 72.

Reliability and validity of the self-efficacy for exercise and outcome expectations for exercise scales with minority older adults.

Older African Americans and Latinos tend to exercise less than older Whites and are more likely to have chronic diseases that could benefit from exercise. Measurement of self-efficacy of exercise and exercise outcome expectations in this older population is required if exercise is to be monitored carefully and enhanced in this population. The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale (SEE) and Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale (OEE) in a sample of African American and Latino older adults.