Aging Initiative

2009

Symposium on Aging and the Environment

Promoting Environmental Consciousness and Reducing Prescription Drug Misuse Through the Use of a Citizen Mail-Back Program (PDF) (39 pp, 1.4MB,  About PDF)
February 3, 2009
Lenard W. Kaye

New Partners for Smart Growth Conference

Excellence In Building Healthy Communities For Active Aging (PDF) (27 pp, 5.5MB,  About PDF)
January 2009
Achievement Award Winner
Portland Bureau of Transportation, Donna Green

Commitment Award Winner (PDF) (28 pp, 1.6MB,  About PDF)
January 2009
City of Satellite Beach, Florida, Mayor Mark Brimer

2008

Gerontological Society of America 2008 Conference

Implementing a Consumer Pharmaceutical Mailback Program (PDF) (34 pp, 514K,  About PDF)
November 24, 2008.
Jennifer A. Crittenden, Lenard W. Kaye, Jason Charland, Stevan Gressit

PSI Dialogue Meeting on Pharmaceuticals in Sacramento, CA, June 2008

Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program Models (PDF) (14 pp, 1.2MB,  About PDF)
December 2, 2008.
David Stitzhal, Full Circle Environmental, Inc., Seattle, Washington

Public Comment Background Presentation

Proposed Addition of Hazardous Pharmaceutical Wastes to the Federal Universal Waste Program (PDF) (12 pp, 332K,  About PDF)
December 1, 2008.
Lisa Lauer, Office of Solid Waste, EPA

Long Island 2008 Conference Presentation

Intergenerational Programs and Policy: From Vision to Practice Conference (PDF) (38 pp, 6.3 MB,  About PDF)
November 7, 2008.
Matt Kaplan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Intergenerational Programs and Aging, Penn State University

American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference

Evidence Shows How to Build Healthier Communities (31 pp, 3.2 MB,  About PDF)
James Sallis, PhD.
San Diego State University

The Reconstruction of America (PDF) (26 pp, 1.2MB,  About PDF)
Arthur C. Nelson, Ph.D., FAICP
Presidential Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
Director of Metropolitan Research
University of Utah

Impact of theBuilt Environment on the Health of Older Adults (PDF) (28 pp, 1.95MB,  About PDF)
Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD MPH
National Center for Environmental HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
acd7@cdc.gov
American Public Health Association San Diego, October 28, 2008

Getting the Message Out About Brain Health: A Cross Cultural Comparison of Older Adults’Media Awareness and Communication Needs on How to Maintain a Healthy Brain (PDF) (20 pp, 340K,  About PDF)
Daniela B. Friedman, PhD, James N. Laditka, DA, PhD, Rebecca Hunter, MEd, Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA, BeiWu, PhD, Sarah B. Laditka, PhD, Winston Tseng, PhD, Sara J. Corwin, MPH, PhD, RuiLiu, MPH, and Anna E. Mathews, MS

Society for Human Ecology 2008 Annual Conference, September 11, 2008

Safe Medicine Disposal for Me (PDF) (34 pp, 9.67MB,  About PDF)
Lenard Kaye, D.S.W./Ph.D., Director and Professor
UMaine Center on Aging

Discarded Drugs as Environmental Contaminants (PDF) (30 pp, 826K,  About PDF)
Ilene S. Ruhoy, MD, PhDChristian G. Daughton, PhD
U.S. EPAORD, NERL, Las Vegas

Prudent Disposal of Unused Medications: Public Policy and Legislation (30 pp, 828K,  About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, US EPA, Aging Initiative

2008 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting

Use of Heat Illness Investigation Data in the Cal/OSHA Regulatory Process (PDF) (26pp, 613K,  About PDF)
Amalia Neidhardt MPH, CIH, DOSH –Cal/OSHA
Dr. Janice Prudhomme, CDPH Public Health Medical Officer

7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference: February 7, 2008

Surfing the Age Tsunami: Smart Growth and the Age Wave (PDF) (7 pp, 595K,  About PDF)
Brett Van Akkeren, US EPA

Lifelong Communities: A regional approach to aging (PDF) (24 pp, 529K,  About PDF)
Atlanta Regional Commission , Kathryn Lawler

Baby Boomers Get Smart: Local Strategie to Prepare for the Aging Boom February 8, 2008 (6 pp, 163K,  About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, US EPA

Baby Boomers Get Smart: Local and State Strategies to Prepare for the Aging Population, (38 pp, 680K,  About PDF)
Sandy Markwood, CEO, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.

Elder-Ready and Environmentally-Friendly Communities: The Town od Culpeper and Copper Ridge, (22 pp, 5.44MB,  About PDF)
Chuck Stephenson, PE. Town Engineer/Planning Director, Town of Culpeper, Virginia

2007

Gerontological Society of America 2007 Annual Meeting

Older Adults As a Sensitive Population – Considerations in Risk Assessment (16pp, 894K,  About PDF)
Anna M. Fan, Robert A. Howd, George Alexeeff

2007 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

Symposium: Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging

Learning Network for Active Aging: Challenges and Success to Date (PDF) (16pp, 1.9MB,  About PDF)
Marica Ory, PhD, Cathy Liles, MPH, etc.

Effects of the Rural Built Enviornment on Physical Activity (PDF) (26pp, 183K,  About PDF)
Stephanie S. Frost, MAOM, R.Turner Goins PhD, Department of Community Medicine, Center on Aging, West Virginia University

Best Practice PA Programs: Findings from the National Impact Study (PDF) (31pp, 282K, About PDF)
Rachel Seymour, PhD; Susan Hughes, DSW; Richard Campbell, PhD; Karumah Cosey, BA

Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging (PDF) (46pp, 795K, About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, Senior Advisor, US EPA Aging Initiative

Symposium: Environment and Aging

Residential Modifications and Physical Decline among Community-Dwelling Elderly: Results of a Survey-Weighted Propensit Model (PDF) (17pp, 72K, About PDF)
Sze Yan Liu, MPH and Kate L. Lapane, PhD, Brown University

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging 2007 Annual Meeting

Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging (PDF) (43 pp, 4.39MB, About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, US EPA Aging Inititiative.

Physical Activity: Exploring This Important Component of Healthy Aging, Across the Continuum (PDF) (68 pp, 2.24MB, About PDF). Mira Trufasiu, MSG, Manager Partners in Care Foundation - Los Angeles, CA and Serena Sanker, MS, Senior Program Assoc. National Council on Aging - Washington, DC

American Planning Association Annual Meeting 2007

Integrating Smart Growth and Active Aging: Promoting Community Planning to Address the Needs of an Aging Population (PDF) (42 pp, 770 K, About PDF). Sandy Markwood, CEO National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Active Aging: Achievable through Planning. Marcia Ory, PhD. MPH, Active for Life National Program Office (PDF) (28 pp, 770 K, About PDF)

Integrating Active Aging and Smart Growth, Kathy Sykes, Senior Advisor Aging Initiative, USEPA (PDF) (34 pp, 770 K, About PDF)

2006

A State Perspective on the Environmental Health Effects on Older Adults (PDF, 22 pp., 513 kb, About PDF) -- Henry Anderson, MD, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, WI Division of Public Health, June 6, 2006 Annual Conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

2005

Workshop on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment -- EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV, August 23-25, 2005

Presentations and Abstracts: Workshop on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment -- EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV, August 23-25, 2005

Effects of an Aging Population on Ecology and Environmental Quality (PDF) (PDF, 16 pp., 741 K, About PDF)
by Patricia Bradley, US EPA - Presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Human Ecology, October 14, 2005

Aging of Atlanta: Preparing for the Region's Future (PDF) (PDF, 26 pp., 4,746 K, About PDF) -- Presentation by Kathryn Lawler, EPA grantee, at the annual meeting of the Society for Human Ecology, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 14, 2005

"Health Effects and What We Know and Can Do About Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults (PDF)" (PDF, 46 pp., 2,370 K). CSTE Annual Meeting 2005, on June 8, 2005, presented by Wayne Cascio, MD, Professor of Medicine and Cheif, Division of Cardiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University.

"Health Hazards of Air Pollution and Prevention Efforts," a presentation at the annual conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists on June 9, 2004 by Susan Stone, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. (PDF) (5pp, 76 K)

Aging Initiative

• Aging Initiative Background Presentation (PDF) (20 pp, 484 K)
  • Without Graphics (PDF) (20 pp, 211 K)
    
    
• What is the EPA Aging Initiative? (PDF) (1 pp, 39 K)