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This session address issues on the improvement of health status among the elderly. Topics include: fatigue, fatigability, and mortality risk, implications from a 2009 representative health survey of public housing older residents in New York City, program to encourage active and rewarding lives for seniors with hard-to-reach populations, whether there is a gender difference in the association between social network and self-rated health among older adults in urban China, and the development of a Medicare Part D Beneficiary Comprehension Test.

Session Objectives: 1. Identify the effect of physical activity on the relationship between fatigue and mortality. 2. Assess the gender effects in the relationship between social network and self-rated health among older adults in urban China.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)