Self-Help Support Groups For Older Women: Rebuilding Elder Networks Through Personal Empowerment

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ISBN: 9781560324621 | 1560324627
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Copyright: 8/1/1997

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This work is based upon a research study whose purpose was to collect new information about the special benefits and drawbacks of formal organizations' efforts at social network building for older women. It provides scientific evidence to assess self-help programming for this group.

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Acknowledgments
Contributors
Preface
Aging and the Older Woman	p. 1
Informal Support Networks and Self-Help	p. 15
A Story of Empowerment: The Case of the SOWN Program	p. 27
Characteristics of Older Women and Peer Facilitators in Self-Help Groups	p. 37
The Organization of Self-Help Group Programs	p. 49
Patterns of Participation and the Personal Process of Group Self-Help	p. 63
Impact of Self-Help Groups	p. 75
Self-Help Support Group Programs in the United States	p. 87
Issues and Practice Principles Arising from an Archetypal Self-Help Group	p. 105
Recommendations for Promoting the Effectiveness of Self-Help Support Groups	p. 117
References	p. 131
Techniques Used to Analyze Project Information and Determine Representativeness of Project Participants	p. 141
Where to Turn for Information	p. 143
Index	p. 149
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Self-Help Support Groups For Older Women: Rebuilding Elder Networks Through Personal Empowerment

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