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Innovations in Healthy Living

Abstract

Have you been curious about National Geographic's Blue Zones, five areas across the world where people live much longer than the US? Seventeen nursing students and their professor traveled to Sardinia, Italy, the zone with the most male centenarians, to study up-close the lifestyles that have increased their longevity.

Author Details

Jessica L. Naber, PhD, MSN, RN, School of Nursing, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, USA

Sigma Membership

Delta Epsilon

Lead Author Affiliation

Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Health Promotion, Healthy Lifestyle, Study Abroad

Conference Name

Nursing Education Research Conference 2018

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing

Conference Location

Washington, DC, USA

Conference Year

2018

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It's good to be blue: A nursing study abroad Blue Zone experience in Sardinia, Italy

Washington, DC, USA

Have you been curious about National Geographic's Blue Zones, five areas across the world where people live much longer than the US? Seventeen nursing students and their professor traveled to Sardinia, Italy, the zone with the most male centenarians, to study up-close the lifestyles that have increased their longevity.