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Characteristics of volunteer lay leaders who show longevity in teaching A Matter Of Balance®

dc.contributor.advisorPainter, Janeen_US
dc.contributor.authorFountain, Caroline G.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentOccupational Therapyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-18T20:13:05Z
dc.date.available2014-01-31T13:06:19Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to explore the characteristics of individuals who volunteered to teach the A Matter of Balance® program, an evidence-based health promotion program that relies on trained volunteer lay leaders to educate older adults on the fear of falling. A developed survey was sent to 206 volunteer lay leaders who reside in North Carolina and was distributed through email using the East Carolina University Qualtrics survey software. The response rate was 44% (N=90). The study found limited statistical significance related to the longevity (number of years trained/teaching the course and the number of courses taught per year) of participants involvement in volunteering as a lay leader to characteristics of the participants. These findings may be restricted secondary to the development, organization, and implementation of A Matter of Balance® program including: 1) commitment of volunteers; 2) publicity of program availability throughout the state; and 3) consistency of course teachings, are still not yet matured within the state. The results show individuals who chose to teach A Matter of Balance® were not doing so for a specific purpose or for an indefinite period of time, although the characteristics identified, provide new insights into selecting appropriate people to teach this program in the future and ways to maintain their commitment.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.format.extent51 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3724
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectOccupational Therapyen_US
dc.subjectMatter of Balanceen_US
dc.subjectVolunteersen_US
dc.subjectVolunteeringen_US
dc.subjectVolunteer lay leadersen_US
dc.subject.meshOccupational Therapy--education
dc.subject.meshVoluntary Workers
dc.subject.meshEvidence-Based Practice--manpower
dc.subject.meshPersonnel Loyalty
dc.subject.meshAccidental Falls--prevention & control
dc.subject.meshLeadership
dc.titleCharacteristics of volunteer lay leaders who show longevity in teaching A Matter Of Balance®en_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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