Factors Associated With Attitudes Toward Older Adults in Social Work Students: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Sol Baik ◽  
Joan K. Davitt
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Attitudes Toward Older Adults

Baccalaureate Social Work Student Attitudes toward Older Adults

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Philip Tan ◽  
MicheleJ. Hawkins ◽  
Ellen Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Attitudes Toward Older Adults

This study investigated the attitudes of baccalaureate social work students concerning older adults using the instrument constructed by Sanders, Montgomery, Pittman, and Balkwell (1984). That instrument assesses respondents' attitudes on 20 distinct characteristics of older women and men in three age categories, the young-old (65–74), the old-old (75–99), and centenarians (100+). Data were obtained from 204 students from an accredited undergraduate social work program in a major south Florida university in the spring semester of 1999. The data revealed that the majority of students (93.8%) had not taken any gerontology classes. Only 6.9% of respondents indicated that they were definitely planning to do their field practicum in a geriatric setting, and 4.0% indicated that they definitely intended to work with older adults. Overall student attitudes toward older adults were generally in the neutral range, however, those attitudes were more negative toward older age categories. Female student attitudes were more positive than male student attitudes. Older women were more positively regarded than their male counterparts. Students who indicated that they were close to older adults and who took gerontology classes had more positive attitudes. Future research and implications for social work education are discussed.

A Systematic Review of Individual, Psychological and Sociocultural Factors Associated with Safe and Risky Sexual Behavior in Older Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Dafne Astrid Gómez Melasio ◽  
Dora Julia Onofre Rodríguez ◽  
Raquel Alicia Benavides Torres ◽  
Pedro Enrique Trujillo Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Factors Associated

Prevalence, diagnostic criteria, and factors associated with sarcopenic obesity in older adults from a low middle income country: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Sortênia Alves Guimarães ◽  
Carolina Araújo dos Santos ◽  
Joice da Silva Castro ◽  
Leidjaira Lopes Juvanhol ◽  
Fabiane Aparecida Canaan Rezende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Middle Income Country ◽  
Income Country ◽  
Sarcopenic Obesity ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Factors Associated
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