An Ageism Education Program The purpose of this study was to deter

The study utilized a two-group pretest/posttest design in which half of the sample of the sample of nurses were randomly assigned to the intervention (the experimental group) and half of the sample were randomly assigned to a waiting list (the control group). Prior to the intervention, all nurses completed

A two group pretest/posttest experimental design was used for this study. All subjects (N=40) were nurses who completed a voluntary sign-up sheet posted at nurses' desks in a large local nursing home. Once 40 nurses signed the sheet, 20 were randomly assigned to the experimental condition (nurses exposed to the intervention) and 20 were randomly assigned to the control condition (nurses not exposed to the intervention but merely kept on the waiting list).

Prior to initiation of the intervention, both groups of nurses completed the Knowledge of Physical Aging Questionnaire which measured the degree to which they correctly recognized the physical signs of aging. Nurses also completed a Semantic Differential measuring the degree to which they held positive attitudes toward older people. Following the intervention both groups of nurses again completed the two test instruments.

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he study; it consisted of 10 bipolar adjectives such as good-bad and pretty-ugly that are rated on a five-point scale. T-test results showed that preschoolers who participated in the teaching units had significantly more positive attitudes about older people than the preschoolers who did not, whereas the control group did not change significantly. It was concluded that aging education for preschool children can help to achieve positive attitudes toward age and aging. Finally, ageism education has been found to produce positive change in health care providers. Huber, Reno and McKenney (1992) compared long-term care employees' attitude and knowledge about myths of ageing and normal age changes, before and after exposure to formal educational sessions. The researchers investigated whether there was a difference in knowledge level and change in attitudes of long-term care employees after educational sessions. The subjects for this study were defined as persons who had any contact with the residents at St Charles Care Center. The final data set used in the analysis contained 84 observations. Each participant attended three one-hour classes which consisted of simulation of handicaps, normal age-related changes, and myths and re
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