141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor
University of Washington
Health Promotion Research Center
1107 NE 45th
Seattle, WA
USA 98105
Email: basiab@u.washington.edu


Biographical Sketch:
Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN is a professor in the School of Nursing and an investigator with the Health Promotion Research Center at UW. She is the Aljoya Endowed Professor in Aging. As lead of the Coordinating Center for the CDC-funded Healthy Aging Research Network, Dr. Belza oversees regional and national initiatives including several funded studies on environmental and policy change for healthy aging.

Papers:
3376.0 Using GPS to examine active transportation patterns among people aging with mobility disabilities 4004.0 Characteristics of local ymcas who are early adopters of a senior exercise program 5086.0 A conceptual framework for community wayfinding 5086.0 Tools and technologies in facilitating community wayfinding: Opportunities and challenges