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Jeanne Jackson
Researcher at University College Cork
Publications - 36
Citations - 2745
Jeanne Jackson is an academic researcher from University College Cork. The author has contributed to research in topics: Occupational therapy & Occupational science. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 34 publications receiving 2512 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeanne Jackson include University of Southern California.
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Occupational therapy for independent-living older adults. A randomized controlled trial
Florence Clark,Stanley P. Azen,Ruth Zemke,Jeanne Jackson,Mike Carlson,Deborah Mandel,Joel W. Hay,Karen Josephson,Barbara J. Cherry,Colin Hessel,Joycelynne M. Palmer,Loren G. Lipson +11 more
TL;DR: Significant benefits for the OT preventive treatment group were found across various health, function, and quality-of-life domains, and suggest that preventive health programs based on OT may mitigate against the health risks of older adulthood.
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Occupational Science: Academic Innovation in the Service of Occupational Therapy's Future
Florence Clark,Diane Parham,Mike Carlson,Gelya Frank,Jeanne Jackson,Doris Pierce,Robert J. Wolfe,Ruth Zemke +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, occupational science is described, defined, and distinguished from other social sciences and a general systems model is presented as a heuristic to explain occupation and organize knowledge in occupational science.
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Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people: results of the Well Elderly 2 Randomised Controlled Trial
Florence Clark,Jeanne Jackson,Mike Carlson,Chih-Ping Chou,Barbara J. Cherry,Maryalice Jordan-Marsh,Bob G. Knight,Deborah Mandel,Jeanine Blanchard,Douglas A. Granger,Rand R. Wilcox,Mei Ying Lai,Brett White,Joel W. Hay,Claudia Lam,Abbey Marterella,Stanley P. Azen +16 more
TL;DR: A lifestyle-oriented occupational therapy intervention has beneficial effects for ethnically diverse older people recruited from a wide array of community settings and has the potential to help reduce health decline and promote well-being in older people.
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Occupation in Lifestyle Redesign: The Well Elderly Study Occupational Therapy Program
TL;DR: The wide-ranging effectiveness of the Well Elderly Treatment Program supports the occupational therapy profession's emphasis on occupation in affecting health and positions practitioners to extend their services to the realm of preventive interventions.
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Embedding Health-Promoting Changes Into the Daily Lives of Independent-Living Older Adults Long-Term Follow-Up of Occupational Therapy Intervention
Florence Clark,Stanley P. Azen,Mike Carlson,Deborah Mandel,Laurie LaBree,Joel W. Hay,Ruth Zemke,Jeanne Jackson,Loren G. Lipson +8 more
TL;DR: The Well Elderly Study was a randomized trial in independent-living older adults that found significant health, function, and quality of life benefits attributable to a 9-month program in preventive occupational therapy.