Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health2003
Promotion of health and physical activity improves the mental health of elderly immigrants: results of a group randomised controlled trial among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands aged 45 and over.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Do health education initiatives assist socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Behaviour change interventions to promote health and well-being among older migrants: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- What makes community-based physical activity programs for culturally and linguistically diverse older adults effective? A systematic review.Australasian journal on ageing · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of adaptations of evidence-based public health interventions globally.Implementation science : IS · 2018Pooled it
- Narratives of community engagement: a systematic review-derived conceptual framework for public health interventions.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in ethnic minority groups in Europe: a DEDIPAC study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Pooled it
- Health promotion programme design and efficacy in relation to ageing persons with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2005Pooled it
- Culturally Adapted, Clinician-Led, Bilingual Group Exercise Program for Older Migrant Adults: Single-Arm Pre-Post-Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The sex difference in self-rated health among older Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands: an exploratory study of contributing determinants.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Interventions to improve the mental health or mental well-being of migrants and ethnic minority groups in Europe: A scoping review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- Knowledge on preconceptional folic acid supplementation and intention to seek for preconception care among men and women in an urban city: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Article
- Systematic review of health branding: growth of a promising practice.Translational behavioral medicine · 2015Review
- Physical inactivity is strongly associated with anxiety and depression in Iraqi immigrants to Sweden: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Ethnic health care advisors: a good strategy to improve the access to health care and social welfare services for ethnic minorities?Journal of community health · 2009Article
- Physical activity in culturally and linguistically diverse migrant groups to Western society: a review of barriers, enablers and experiences.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2009Review
- The self-reported health of immigrant groups in Switzerland.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2008Article
- The Mosque Campaign: a cardiovascular prevention program for female Turkish immigrants.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2006Article
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Abstract
objectivesOlder immigrants from non-industrialised countries are a growing group, they have comparatively many health problems and are often hard to reach through health promotion and other preventive services. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a short health education and physical exercise programme on the health and the physical activity of Turkish first generation elderly immigrants.
designRandomised controlled trial.
settingWelfare services in six Dutch cities.
participants126 people born in Turkey and aged 45 years and over, of whom 92 completed the trial.
interventionEight, two hour sessions consisting of health education and exercises. Topics in health education focused on means to maintain a good health. Education was adapted to the culture and knowledge of older Turks and offered by a Turkish peer educator, in Turkish.
main outcome measuresPhysical and mental wellbeing, and mental health based on the SF-12/36; knowledge on health and disease; physical activity.
resultsParticipants were highly disadvantaged; 52% had not completed primary school and 49% had considerable problems in speaking Dutch. Participants in the intervention group showed an improvement in mental health (effect size: 0.38 SD (95% confidence intervals 0.03 to 0.73), p=0.03); the oldest subgroup also in mental wellbeing (effect size 0.75 SD (0.22 to 1.28), p=0.01). No improvements were seen in physical wellbeing and activity, nor in knowledge.
conclusionsHealth education and physical exercise improve the mental state of deprived immigrants. Painstaking cultural adaptations to contents and method of delivery are essential to reach this effect.
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