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Judging from the number of populace jogging, limbering up in aerobics and devouring information upon nutrition and diet, it might appear that preventing illness through a healthy life way has become second nature to Americans.

That may be pure for some groups--especially the younger generation--but many older the community have a long way to walk in transplanting new information and serviceable intentions into action.

Helping them to make that change and to leave their armchairs to join the nation's health and fitness move are several national programs and center in the aging network.

AoA permanent funds Center at AARP

The National Center upon Health Promotion and Aging was created in 1988 from a 3-year cooperative agreement between the American Association of Retired human frames (AARP) and the Administration forward Aging.

The Center is commonly providing intensive technical assistance forward health promotion for older ones to eight State Units forward Aging in California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky novel Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, and southerly Carolina and to five states (Arkansas, Louisiana, of recent origin Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) in Region IV of the Administration in succession Aging's outreach network.

devises include statewide walking, smoking cessation and cardiovascular risk reduction programs; nutrition, mental health and caregiver support projects: and general health promotion plans for older people

common of the Center's current special regards is development of outreach strategies to gain health information to minority and low-income somewhat old As part of that effort, a video was not long ago completed on health promotion programs for older black Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans.

The Center maintains a Health Promotion Library, which emphasizes "how to" information in written materials and videos deduceed from programs throughout the shire Drawing on this collection, the Center has prepared three of the best quality listings of resource organizations, parts and pamphlets on "Health Promotion for Older Adults," "Mental Health and Wellness and Older Adults," and "Nutrition and Older Adults."

The Center also distributes a newsletter Perspectives in Health Promotion and Aging. Each issue addresses a particular health disturb such as arthritis or stopping smoking, and describes programs in different states related to that topic as well as relevant health promotion materials.

For more information about the Center and its publications, contact:

Robin Mockenhaupt

National Resource Center upon Health Promotion and Aging

1909 K highway N.W.

Washington, DC 20049

(202) 728-4476

The Center's Newsletter

The Center's newsletter Perspectives in Health Promotion and Aging, was formerly called Program Memo and used to be issued from the Healthy Older People Campaign in HHS' Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) The Healthy Older commonalty Campaign was one of the first nationwide programs to focus in succession changing the life style of older nation through eating right, exercising regularly, using medications safely, giving up smoking, and preventing injuries. Although the Campaign has been scaled back, superior materials focused on each of those goals and information forward model programs are still available from: ODPHP National Health Information Center PO receptacle 1133, Washington, D.C. 20013-1133. The phone is 1-800-336-4797 In Maryland, call (301) 565-4167

united of the last issues of Program Memo listed several valuable sources of information forward health promotion and aging, including: the Pawtucket Heart Health Program, Memorial Hospital, survey Street, Pawtucket, R.I. 02860; the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention at the Health Promotion Resource Center 1000 Welch Rd Palo Alto, CA 94304-1885 (a catalog of the Center's materials is available free) and "PATCH" (Planned Approach to Community Health), a series of six training workshops evolveed by the Centers for Disease reign over PATCH is concerned that despite all the knowledge about changing health habits gained from major community demonstration programs, application of that knowledge is still rare. The workshops focus upon how to motivate and organize the community to do health promotion, aggregate data to determine the major health risks of residents, and devise work plans to decrease those risks. For more information, write to Center for Disease regulate 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., (Mail Stop 45) Atlanta, GA 30333 or contact thrust Nelson at CDC (404) 488-4921

Another well adapted source of health promotion information is AARP's concede Health Advocacy Services division which publishes a wide range of booklet and audiovisual materials. For a catalog (Stock No. C-48) listing those materials, write to AARP/Fulfillment, 1909 K highway N.W., Washington, D.C. 20049. AARP, in conjunction with the R Cros and Dartmouth literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning also developed "Staying Healthy after 50" a 10-session education program now being used in 70 sites nationwide. For information in succession that program, contact your local R Cros chapter.