Academic Appointment(s)
- School of Nursing
- School of Medicine/Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology and
- Center on Aging and Health
Research Interests:
- Health promotion and aging in community-dwelling older adults
- Social engagement, health behaviors and health outcomes among older adults (community-based participatory research)
- Risk analysis for loss of independence
Clinical Interests:
- Promoting help-seeking and health behaviors to maintain independence in older adults
Selected publications:
- *Tan, E, Frangakis, C., Carlson, M., Rebok, G., Yu, Q., Ricks, M., Tanner, E. & Fried, L.P. (2007, under review). The long-term relationship between high-intensity senior service and physical activity in older African American women. Journals of Gerontology A.
- Martinez, I., Kim, K., & Tanner, E. (2007, under review). Activity, Adaptation and Aging.
- Tanner, E. (2007). Building community partnerships to analyze healthcare needs and deliver care to rural underserved older adults. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. (under revision)
- *Tanner, E., Roth, D.L. & Martinez, I.L. (2006). Assessing satisfaction with family support in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Aging and Health. (under revision)
- Tanner, E. (2008). Preparing for the challenges of an aging population: The graying of America, Home Healthcare Nurse, 26(1),
- Martinez, I., Frick, K., Glass, T.A., Carlson, M.C., Tanner, E.Ricks, M., Fried, L.P. (2006). Enhancing Health in Older Adults through High impact volunteering: Recruitment and retention for the Experience CorpsR Program in Baltimore, Journal of Urban Health. 1, 1-13.
- Tanner, E. (2005). Recognizing late-life depression. Geriatric Nursing, 26(3), 142-146.
- Tanner, E. (2004). Chronic illness demands for self-management in older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 25(5), 313-317.
- Tanner, E. (2003). Assessing environmental home safety in homebound older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 24(4), 250-254,256.
- Tanner, E. (1998). A social support intervention alone and with reminders improved appointment keeping among patients with chronic illness. [Abstract] Evidenced-based Nursing 1998, July 1:80. Abstract of Tanner, E.K.T., Feldman, R.H. (1997). Strategies for enhancing appointment keeping in low-income chronically ill clients. Nursing Research, 46(4), 342-4.
- Tanner, E., & Lethbridge, D.J. (1998). Educational implications of “real-life” community healthcare delivery to underserved elders by RN baccalaureate nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education, 35(5), 1-4.
- Tanner, E., & Feldman, R. H. L. (1997) Strategies for enhancing appointment keeping in low-income chronically ill clients; Journal of Nursing Research, 46(4), 342-44.
Education/Training:
- B.S. and M.S., nursing (medical/geriatric specialty), University of Maryland
- PhD, Health Behavior and Geronotology, University of Maryland
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