Partnership Building and Implementation of an Integrated Healthy-Aging Program

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• Alternative Title:
  Prog Community Health Partnersh
• Personal Author:
  Zgibor, Janice C. ; Schlenk, Elizabeth A. ; Vater, Laura ; Kola, Sushma ; Vander Bilt, Joni ; Woody, Sarah ; Jacob, Mini E. ; Lo-Ciganic, Wei-Hsuan ; Brenckle, Allison ; Brandenstein, Jane ; Kwoh, C. Kent ; Boudreau, Robert ; Albert, Steven ; Conroy, Margaret ; Rodgers, Elizabeth ; Newman, Anne B.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Evidence-based interventions exist for prevention of chronic disease in older adults. Partnering with community organizations may provide a mechanism for disseminating these interventions.
  
  Objective
  
  To describe the partnership and program implementation by the Arthritis Foundation (AF) and the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  Methods
  
  The AF Exercise Program (AFEP; an existing evidence-based program) was enhanced with the “10 Keys”™ to Healthy Aging (a prevention-focused program bundling the most common risk factors for chronic disease and disability in older adults and applies behavior change strategies to enhance prevention). The program was delivered in 20 sessions over 10 weeks by community health workers in a cluster-randomized trial.
  
  Lessons Learned
  
  Partnering with an organization having an existing infrastructure supports program delivery at the community level. This partnership provided programming in 54 sites across Pittsburgh and surrounding communities.
  
  Conclusions
  
  This collaborative partnership created a productive synergy maximizing strengths in both research and program delivery.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Aged, 80 And Over Aging Cluster Analysis Community-Based Participatory Research Community Health Workers Cooperative Behavior Delivery Of Health Care, Integrated Exercise Female Health Promotion Health Services For The Aged Humans Male Middle Aged Program Evaluation

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• Source:
  Prog Community Health Partnersh. 10(1):123-132.
• Pubmed ID:
  27018361
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5988248
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP001918/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48DP001918/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7280ab97daf9e694cc4ec32a580636ba4f5f4106138c6d419a88e26f7c86c6ec
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55604/cdc_55604_DS1.pdf
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