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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Ruth Palombo, MS, RD, Director, Office of Elder Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108, 617-624-5437, ruth.palombo@state.ma.us, Rick Greene, MSW, Office of State and Community Programs, Administration on Aging, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite4757, Washington, DC 20201, Andree Harris, Healthcare and Aging Studies Branch-CDC/NCCDPHP/DACH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K-40, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, Suzanne M. Smith, MD, MPH, Health Care and Aging Studies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, MS K-45, Atlanta, GA 30341, Anne McHugh, MS, MA Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108, Anne Annunziada, Consultant, MA Department of Public Health, 7 Treetop Court, Burlington, MA 01803, Wee Lock Ooi, PhD, Statistics and Evaluation, MA Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, and Greg Case, MA, Program Associate, National Association of State Units on Aging, 1201 15th Street, NW Suite 350, Washington, DC 20005-2800.
ABSTRACT: The goal of the Aging States Project is to bring together the respective strengths and expertise of the public health and aging networks to better meet our shared responsibility for ensuring optimal health for our nation’s rapidly aging society. The project, a partnership between CDC, AoA, state health departments (SHDs), and state units on aging (SUAs), has compiled information on health-related needs, activities, and partnerships related to older adults served by SHDs and SUAs. This information has been gathered through a written needs assessment instrument sent to every SHD and SUA. The responses to this instrument and information collected through follow-up site visits to selected states will be presented. A range of health promotion/disease prevention activities for older adults within public health and aging networks were identified. Successful programmatic efforts, best practices and opportunities for collaboration between SHDs and SUAs were identified as well as barriers and challenges to addressing the needs of older adults. The Aging States Project provides rich data for designing programs and policies to address the health promotion/disease prevention needs of older adults as well as for enhancing collaborative activities at the state and local levels. Learnings from this project will enable states to serve older adults more effectively and expand opportunities for older adults to engage in health promotion/disease prevention activities.
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Keywords: Health Promotion, Aging
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.