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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Taking Charge: Social Support Dynamics among Older Adults and Their Significant Others in COVID-19 Vaccination and Mitigation Efforts.

Mark Brennan-Ing, Yiyi Wu, Jasmine A Manalel, Ruth Finkelstein

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors.

Mark Brennan-IngBrookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10035, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9071-6659
Yiyi WuBrookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10035, USA.
Jasmine A ManalelBrookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10035, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0291-6293
Ruth FinkelsteinBrookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10035, USA.

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Abstract

Older people have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and are often portrayed as passive victims of this global health crisis. However, older adults do take responsibility for their own health and that of others in large part through social network dynamics. The purpose of this study was to understand the processes whereby older adults' social networks shape their own health behaviors, and vice versa, in the context of COVID-19 vaccination and other mitigation efforts. Qualitative data from 77 older adults between ages 65 and 94 obtained through focus groups or individual interview participants were analyzed. Participant narratives demonstrated the reciprocal nature of social support and health behaviors and provided evidence that COVID-19-related health behaviors in this population were motivated by social support, altruism, and life experience. These findings emphasize older adults' active role as health promoters in their families and communities, keeping themselves and their significant others safe from COVID infection. Implications for the role of older adults in community health promotion efforts are discussed.

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COVID-19AgedAged, 80 and overCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansPandemicsSocial SupportVaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19health behaviorhealth messagingolder adultssocial support

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PMID36981778
PMCPMC10049188

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