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Educational Program for Promoting Collaboration Between Community Care Professionals and Convenience Stores
Ayumi Igarashi, Hiroshige Matsumoto, Manami Takaoka, Haruna Kugai, Miho Suzuki, Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2019-09-03
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Convenience stores play an important role in supporting community-dwelling older adults’ lives. This study aimed to describe the development of and to evaluate an educational program to promote collaboration between communities and convenience stores in Japan. We developed the educational program based on interviews of convenience store staff to encourage them to collaborate with health/social care professionals for helping older adults. We conducted pre- and post-program questionnaire surveys of 184 participants to evaluate the program. After the program, the total score for attitudes toward dementia ( p = .010) improved significantly among the convenience store staff. On the contrary, the score for “solidarity and proactiveness,” a subscale for sense of community, improved significantly among health/social care professionals ( p = .003). This educational program can have a significant effect on the perceptions and attitudes for supporting older adults, depending on the participants’ occupations. This educational program could foster community networks, leading to an age-friendly community.
Key findings
- After the program, the total score for attitudes toward dementia ( p = .010) improved significantly among the convenience store staff.
- On the contrary, the score for “solidarity and proactiveness,” a subscale for sense of community, improved significantly among health/social care professionals ( p = .003).
- This educational program can have a significant effect on the perceptions and attitudes for supporting older adults, depending on the participants’ occupations.
Why it matters
In this educational program for 184 participants in Japan, attitudes toward dementia improved significantly among convenience store staff, while a sense of community subscale improved significantly among health and social care professionals. The program may foster community networks, but it did not measure any effect on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Participants184
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 39/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Applied Gerontology) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Journal of Applied Gerontology: journal h-index 92 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 184 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 3 / 7 | Cited 23 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 2.6 citations a year over 9 year(s) since 2019 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 2.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 1 / 6 | Cited by 2 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 14 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani: h-index 26 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | The University of Tokyo: institution h-index 1,463 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 31478434) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 39 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Igarashi, A., Matsumoto, H., Takaoka, M., Kugai, H., Suzuki, M., & Yamamoto‐Mitani, N. (2019). Educational Program for Promoting Collaboration Between Community Care Professionals and Convenience Stores. Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819871878
Vancouver
Igarashi A, Matsumoto H, Takaoka M, Kugai H, Suzuki M, Yamamoto‐Mitani N. Educational Program for Promoting Collaboration Between Community Care Professionals and Convenience Stores. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2019. doi:10.1177/0733464819871878. PMID: 31478434.
BibTeX
@article{igarashi2019-31478434,
author = {Igarashi, Ayumi and Matsumoto, Hiroshige and Takaoka, Manami and Kugai, Haruna and Suzuki, Miho and Yamamoto‐Mitani, Noriko},
title = {{Educational Program for Promoting Collaboration Between Community Care Professionals and Convenience Stores}},
journal = {Journal of Applied Gerontology},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1177/0733464819871878},
pmid = {31478434},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819871878}
}
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