TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - African-American grandmothers as health educators in the family
JO  - International journal of aging and human development
A1  - Watson, Jeffrey A.
A1  - Randolph, Suzanne M.
A1  - Lyons, James L.
SP  - 343
EP  - 356
VL  - 60
IS  - 4
N2  - More than 18,000 adolescents die each year in the United States from bicycle, motorcycle, car, and truck accidents. This study sought to understand the role of African-American grandmothers as prevention-oriented health educators in the family. Full Model Fitted Regression Analyses were conducted on a sample of African-American grandmothers (N = 105) with 10- to 19-year-old grandchildren. Findings suggest that grandmothers who adopt a proactive, teaching role with their grandchildren are more committed to doing so, confident about doing so, and in a context to do so. In particular, grandmothers who co-reside with their grandchildren are more likely to teach them about how to prevent transportation accidents than those who do not co-reside. These findings could contribute to innovations in existing grandparent education curricula.
LA  - 
SN  - 0091-4150
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -