[article] 
inJournal of Community Health Nursing > Vol.34 No.3 (Jul-Sep) 2017 [03/22/2018] . - p.115-125

Title :	GROW: Green Organic Vegetable Gardens to Promote Older Adult Wellness: a Feasibility Study
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	Strout, Kelley, Author
Publication Date:	2018
Article on page:	p.115-125
Languages :	English (eng) Original Language : English (eng)
Keywords:	Green Organic Vegetable.Older Adult Wellness.Organic Vegetable Gardens.
Abstract:	Protecting older adult’s cognitive health is a public health priority. Wellness behaviors within 6 domains have demonstrated effectiveness in protecting older adult’s cognitive abilities. Interventions targeted to low-income older adults are needed because these populations experience greater social and physical health disparities compared to adults in higher socioeconomic statuses. This study examined the feasibility of engaging independent, community-dwelling older adults living in low-income senior housing in cultivating raised-bed gardens and reviewed the improvements in cognition and nutrition. Ten participants received ergonomic garden tools, seeds, waist-height garden beds, and weekly garden education. Participants planted vegetables of their choosing and tended to their garden beds for 17 weeks. Cognition and nutrition outcomes were measured before and after the intervention. Adults successfully engaged in the intervention throughout the duration and experienced improvement in cognitive and nutrition outcomes.
Link for e-copy:	http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hchn20/current#.VDO0sGeSzr4
Record link:	http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27584

[article] GROW: Green Organic Vegetable Gardens to Promote Older Adult Wellness: a Feasibility Study [printed text] / Strout, Kelley, Author . - 2018 . - p.115-125.
Languages : English (eng) Original Language  : English (eng)
inJournal of Community Health Nursing > Vol.34 No.3 (Jul-Sep) 2017 [03/22/2018] . - p.115-125

Keywords:	Green Organic Vegetable.Older Adult Wellness.Organic Vegetable Gardens.
Abstract:	Protecting older adult’s cognitive health is a public health priority. Wellness behaviors within 6 domains have demonstrated effectiveness in protecting older adult’s cognitive abilities. Interventions targeted to low-income older adults are needed because these populations experience greater social and physical health disparities compared to adults in higher socioeconomic statuses. This study examined the feasibility of engaging independent, community-dwelling older adults living in low-income senior housing in cultivating raised-bed gardens and reviewed the improvements in cognition and nutrition. Ten participants received ergonomic garden tools, seeds, waist-height garden beds, and weekly garden education. Participants planted vegetables of their choosing and tended to their garden beds for 17 weeks. Cognition and nutrition outcomes were measured before and after the intervention. Adults successfully engaged in the intervention throughout the duration and experienced improvement in cognitive and nutrition outcomes.
Link for e-copy:	http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hchn20/current#.VDO0sGeSzr4
Record link:	http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27584