Healthy Aging Network
Principal Investigator
Jim LoGerfo
logerfo@u.washington.
edu
Project Identifier
Prevention Research Centers’ Healthy Aging Research Network—SIP 13-04
Previously SIP: 05-01
Status: Active
University of Washington at Seattle: Health Promotion Research Center (coordinating center)
Texas A&M Health Science Center: Center for Community Health Development
University of Colorado: Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
University of California at Berkeley: Center for Family and Community Health
University of Illinois at Chicago: Illinois Prevention Research Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
University of Pittsburgh: Center for Healthy Aging (contracted by University of Washington)
University of South Carolina: Prevention Research Center
West Virginia University: Centers for Public Health Research and Training
Topics:
Aging & Elderly Health
The Healthy Aging Network is developing a prevention research agenda to increase understanding of the determinants of healthy aging among older adults; to identify interventions that promote healthy aging; and to translate research into sustainable community-based programs throughout the nation. The researchers are identifying the key health-promoting skills and behaviors as well as the organ systems and syndromes that can affect healthy aging. The network members are also consulting with federal and state organizations on establishing local programs for healthy aging and working with national organizations to identify the most effective physical activity programs. The network members and other stakeholders are also conducting a literature review about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cross-cutting interventions for older adults that can affect multiple health outcomes. The results are intended as recommendations to be used by researchers in the network and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services to create a chapter for the Community Guide to Preventive Services* on evidence-based interventions for promoting health in older adults.
In March 2007, the Health Aging Network released a Case Study Report (PDF-800K) to describe the network's functioning and summarize its accomplishments.
Additional information* about the network is available on its Web site.
* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. This link does not constitute an endorsement of this organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
One or more documents on this Web page is available in Portable Document Format
(PDF). You will need Acrobat
Reader (a free application) to view and print these documents.
- Page last reviewed: February 25, 2008
- Page last updated: February 25, 2008
- Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Get email updates
To receive email updates about this site, enter your email address:
Contact Us:
- Prevention Research Centers
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-45
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717 - cdcinfo@cdc.gov