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Non-Governmental Organizations
This information will help you learn more about the research that is being done to date to further the Aging Initiative including a summary of EPA projects or supported projects and various fact sheets and reports developed by EPA.
- Fact sheets on Environmental Health
- Posters, Brochures and Other
- Special Topics
- Power Point: Presentations
- EPA's Programs
- Links
- Other Resources
Non-Governmental Organizations
The following are some organizations which are involved in research, aging, health, volunteerism or the environment.
- American
Academy of Family Physicians
- For information about volunteerism resources, visit AARP
Bulletin Online
- Alliance for Aging Research
- American Geriatrics
Society
- The
American Heart Association
- American Public Health Association State Affiliates
- Air
Pollution, Heart Disease and Stroke
Exposure to air pollution contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke).
- American Lung Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Public Health Association
- American Society on Aging
- Association of State and Territorial
Health Organizations
- Civic Ventures
- The Center for Social Gerontology
- Center on an
Aging Society at Georgetown University
- The Collaborative on Health
and the Environment
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
- Environmental Alliance for Senior
Involvement
- Experience Corps
- The Environmental Council of
the States
- Generations United
- Gerontological Society of America
- Great Old Broads for Wilderness
- International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
- Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy's (IATP) Food and Health Program
- Institute for the Future of Aging Services
- The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations
(LCAO)represents approximately 50 national organizations concerned with
the health and well being of older Americans.
- Modern Language Association provides
maps using the 2000 Census information on linguistical and cultural
composition of the United States. The language maps provide information
on the concentration of langauge speakers in zip codes and counties.
http://www.mla.org/census_main
- National Academy of Sciences
Example: Mainland US English Language Map
- National Association of Area Agencies
on Aging
- National
Asian Pacific Center on Aging
- National Association
for Hispanic Elderly (Asociación Nacional Pro Personas Mayores)
- National Association of Counties
- National Association of Nutrition
and Aging Services Programs
- National Association of State Units
on Aging
- National Gerontological Nursing Association
- National Caucus and Center on
Black Aged
- National Council on Aging
- National Governors Association
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
- National Indian Council on the Aging,
Inc.
- Pan American Health Organization
- PAHO/Merck Institute of Aging & Health
Report on the State of Aging and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]courtesy of The Merck
Institute of Aging and Health
- Population Reference Bureau: "Which
U.S. States are the Oldest"?
- Sigma Theta Tau(honor society for nursing)
- Teleosis Institute
- US COPD Coalition website