The Effect of a Health Promotion Program Reconsidering New Social Roles of Elderly People in the Community

本研究旨在探讨以健康促进计划为基础的介入效果，并详细描述介入过程。本研究采“社区参与式行动研究法”，以居民讨论为基础，分四个阶段进行。此外，我们还评估了参与者对健康促进计划的实践。结果，社区老年居民的志愿活动产生，并建议有益于社区老年居民的健康促进作为一个整体。目前的方案被认为有助于初级预防和卫生与福利政策的规划。

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the intervention based on a health promotion program and to describe the process of the intervention in detail. We adopted 'community-based participatory action research approach' consisting of four stages based on discussions among the residents. Further, we evaluated the participants' practice for health promotion program. As a result, voluntary activities of the elderly residents in the community were produced and there were suggested to be useful to health promotion of the elderly residents in the community as a whole. The present program was considered to contribute to primary prevention and the planning of policies for health and welfare.