ARTICLE: PDF OnlyThe interaction model of client health behavior application to the study of community-based eldersCox, Cheryl L. PhD, RNC Author Information Associate Professor Public Health Nursing College of Nursing University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois Advances in Nursing Science 9(1):p 40-57, October 1986. Buy Abstract The Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior (IMCHB) was used to direct a systematic and comprehensive description of community-based elders. The abstract concepts, constructs, factors, and variables described by one element of the model were able to account for 54% of the variance in elders' health status and 47% of the variance in their well-being. The model, as operationalized in this study, pointed to clear demographic, social, and health profiles that identified the elder at risk for decreased health, well-being, and self-care potential. The IMCHB would appear to be a useful framework with which to establish an empirical base on which nursing interventions could be developed. © 1986 Aspen Publishers, Inc.
