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Editorial |
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| Authors: | Deepthi M. Reddy Linda P. Fried Cynthia Rand Sylvia McGill Crystal F. Simpson |
| Affiliation: | 1. Center on Aging and Health, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A;2. Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.;3. Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A |
| Abstract: | The present study was conducted to determine whether older adults can learn and retain information on asthma and play a role as community health workers to teach children about asthma. A total of 36 older adults and 28 students in grades K-6 participated. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to participants. Improvement in older adult scores after training was significant (p =. 001), and improvement persisted through the conclusion of teaching sessions (p = 0.001). The increase in lower student scores was significant (p = 0.050). Results suggest that older adults can learn and retain asthma information and schoolchildren can learn asthma-related information taught by older adults. |
| Keywords: | older adults Experience Corps volunteers asthma schoolchildren |