Does social participation improve self-rated health in the older population? A quasi-experimental intervention study - Ichida, Yukinobu; Hirai, Hiroshi; Kondo, Katsunori; Kawachi, Ichiro; Takeda, Tokunori; Endo, Hideki (Social science & medicine (1982), 2013)
Keywords: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ageing; Aging; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Causality; Citizens; Clinical outcomes; Community; Correlation analysis; Diagnostic Self Evaluation; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Disease prevention; Elderly; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health; Health behavior; Health care; Health promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Health Surveys; Humans; Instrumental variable; Intervention; Japan; Male; Medical sciences; Methodology (Data Collection); Miscellaneous; Older people; Participation; Program Evaluation; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Social capital; Social Participation; Social psychology; Asia; Japan; Intervention; Instrumental variable; Japan; Causality; Social participation; Community; Social capital; Human; Statistical analysis; Self evaluation; Health; Authorized capital; Experimental study; Statistical method; Improvement; Social medicine; Elderly; Age; Social aspect