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Non-Governmental Organizations
Resources
- Growing Smarter, Living Healthier: A Guide to Smart Growth and Active Aging is available to be down-loaded. You may also order a copy on line.
- Fact sheets on Environmental Health
- Posters, Brochures and Other
- Special Topics
- Power Point: Presentations
- EPA Reports
- EPA Reports by Topic
- EPA's Programs
- Links
- Other Resources
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.
The following are some organizations which are involved in research, aging, health, volunteerism or the environment.
- AgeSource / AgeStats Worldwide
- AARP
- Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable communities: Subsidized Housing Opportunities Near Transit and the 50+ Population: An AARP Public Policy Institute research report
- AARP
- Alzheimer's Association
- American
Academy of Family Physicians
- For information about volunteerism resources, visit AARP
Bulletin Online
- Air
Pollution, Heart Disease and Stroke
Exposure to air pollution contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke).
- Alliance for Aging Research
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- American Geriatrics
Society
- The
American Heart Association
- American Public Health Association State Affiliates
- American Lung Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Public Health Association
- American Society on Aging
- Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team
- Association of State and Territorial
Health Organizations
- Civic Ventures
- The Center for Social Gerontology
- Center on an
Aging Society at Georgetown University
- Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups (CWAG)
- The Collaborative on Health
and the Environment
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
- DrugAltert - keeping Eye On Prescription Drugs
- DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive resource featuring information on various medications, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and those currently available or previously distributed worldwide. DrugWatch.com is not affiliated with any pharmaceutical companies or drug manufacturers.
- Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging
- Experience Corps
- The Environmental Council of
the States
- Generations United
- Gerontological Society of America
- Gray Is Green: The National Senior Conservation Corps, enables older Americans to actively participate in creating positive environmental change. It serves as a clearinghouse for older Americans interested in greening their lives, learning about sustainability, developing second careers in conservation, advocating for policy initiatives, and serving as resources for younger people involved in sustainability. www.grayisgreen.org
- 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
- Example: Mainland US English Language Map
- National Academy of Sciences
- 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 Center on Senior Transportation
- National Council on Aging
- National Governors Association
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
- National Indian Council on the Aging,
Inc.
- National Older Driver Research and Training Center
- National Regional Councils
The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) serves as the national voice for regionalism by advocating for regional cooperation as the most effective way to address a variety of community planning and development opportunities and issues. http://www.narc.org/
- 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) [PDF]courtesy of The Merck
Institute of Aging and Health - Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Population Reference Bureau: "Which
U.S. States are the Oldest"?
- Sigma Theta Tau (honor society for nursing)
- Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders
- Teleosis Institute
- US COPD Coalition website
- Western Hardrock Watershed Team