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

本研究的目的是调查以健康促进计划为基础的干预效果，并详细描述干预的过程。我们采用了以社区为基础的参与式行动研究方法，包括四个阶段，以居民之间的讨论为基础。此外，我们对参与者的健康促进计划的实践进行了评估。因此，产生了社区老年居民的志愿活动，并建议对社区老年居民的整体健康促进有所帮助。目前的方案被认为有助于初级预防以及卫生和福利政策的规划。

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.