Development of Personalized Health Messages to Promote Engagement in Advance Care Planning.

Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Published Date:

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop and test the acceptability of personalized intervention materials to promote advance care planning (ACP) based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), in which readiness to change is a critical organizing construct.

Authors

  • Terri R Fried
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
  • Colleen A Redding
    Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
  • Mark L Robbins
    Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
  • Andrea L Paiva
    Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
  • John R O'Leary
    Program on Aging, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
  • Lynne Iannone
    Program on Aging, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.