Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Laditka, JN; Beard, RL; Bryant, LL; Fetterman, D; Hunter, R; Ivey, S; Logsdon, RG; Sharkey, JR; Wu, B
Published in: The Gerontologist
June 2009

Evidence suggests that healthy lifestyles may help maintain cognitive health. The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network, 9 universities collaborating with their communities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is conducting a multiyear research project, begun in 2005, to understand how to translate this knowledge into public health interventions.This article provides an overview of the study purpose, design, methods, and processes. We examined the literature on promoting cognitive health, convened a meeting of experts in cognitive health and public health interventions, identified research questions, developed a common focus group protocol and survey, established quality control and quality assurance processes, conducted focus groups, and analyzed the resulting data.We conducted 55 focus groups with 450 participants in 2005-2007, and an additional 20 focus groups and in-depth interviews in 2007-2008. Focus groups were in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese, with African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics, non-Hispanic Whites, physicians and other health practitioners, rural and urban residents, individuals caring for family or friends with cognitive impairment, and cognitively impaired individuals.The data provide a wealth of opportunities for designing public health interventions to promote cognitive health in diverse populations.

Duke Scholars

Published In

The Gerontologist

DOI

EISSN

1758-5341

ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

June 2009

Volume

49 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

S12 / S17

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Research Design
  • Qualitative Research
  • Program Development
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Health Promotion
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Laditka, J. N., Beard, R. L., Bryant, L. L., Fetterman, D., Hunter, R., Ivey, S., … Wu, B. (2009). Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network. The Gerontologist, 49 Suppl 1, S12–S17. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnp085
Laditka, James N., Renée L. Beard, Lucinda L. Bryant, David Fetterman, Rebecca Hunter, Susan Ivey, Rebecca G. Logsdon, Joseph R. Sharkey, and Bei Wu. “Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network.The Gerontologist 49 Suppl 1 (June 2009): S12–17. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnp085.
Laditka JN, Beard RL, Bryant LL, Fetterman D, Hunter R, Ivey S, et al. Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network. The Gerontologist. 2009 Jun;49 Suppl 1:S12–7.
Laditka, James N., et al. “Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network.The Gerontologist, vol. 49 Suppl 1, June 2009, pp. S12–17. Epmc, doi:10.1093/geront/gnp085.
Laditka JN, Beard RL, Bryant LL, Fetterman D, Hunter R, Ivey S, Logsdon RG, Sharkey JR, Wu B. Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network. The Gerontologist. 2009 Jun;49 Suppl 1:S12–S17.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Gerontologist

DOI

EISSN

1758-5341

ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

June 2009

Volume

49 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

S12 / S17

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Research Design
  • Qualitative Research
  • Program Development
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Health Promotion