Findings in Global Health Promotion Reported from Asia University (Evaluation of a Successful Aging Promotion Intervention Program for Middle-aged Adults In Taiwan)

2019 MAY 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily -- Current study results on Health and Medicine - Global Health Promotion have been published. According to news reporting from Taichung, Taiwan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study was to implement and evaluate a successful aging intervention program for middle-aged private insurance beneficiaries. The participants were recruited from the staff and middle-aged clients for the experimental and control groups of a private insurance company.”

Financial support for this research came from Shin-Kong Life Insurance Co..

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Asia University, “The two client (experimental and control) groups were matched by comparable age groups, gender, education, and purchased insurance types. The intervention program provided for the staff and the experimental group consisted of a series of educational courses on the topics about successful aging and preparation for 4 months. In total, there were 40 staff members, in addition to the 74 members of the experimental group and 60 members of the control group participating in the study. After the intervention, the rate of physical activity and exercise significantly improved for the staff and for the intervention group. There were significant improvements in behaviors associated with doing exercise and living a less sedentary lifestyle and in the utilization of health examinations, and improvements in fitness and blood pressure.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The successful aging intervention program significantly improved awareness of successful aging, exercise behavior and fitness.”

For more information on this research see: Evaluation of a Successful Aging Promotion Intervention Program for Middle-aged Adults In Taiwan. Global Health Promotion, 2019;26(1):81-90. Global Health Promotion can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Global Health Promotion - ped.sagepub.com)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting H.C. Hsu, Asia University, Dept. of Health Care Administration, 500 Lioufeng Rd, Taichung 41354, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include S.H. Chuang, S.W. Hsu, H.J. Tung, J.Y. Wang, L.T. Kuo, F.Y. Tseng, A.T. Po, S.C. Chang and M.M. Lee.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975917702087. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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