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Active Living Every Day on NCOA List of Recommended Programs
The Center for Healthy Aging, part of the National Council on Aging (NCOA), recently added Active Living Every Day to their list of recommended evidence-based health promotion programs. The Center for Healthy Aging Web site states, “The programs listed in this document have a strong science base and a successful track record of implementation in community organizations serving older adults.” To view the list, go to www.healthyagingprograms.com.
To be included on the list of recommended evidence-based programs, a thorough list of selection criteria is used to evaluate the research and outcomes. Nancy Whitelaw, PhD and director of the center, explains, “Those programs that are "recommended" by the Center must have a strong science base, meaning that the program is based upon rigorously conducted research with results published in a peer-reviewed journal. Moreover, the program must have been developed and tested on older adults. The program should also have a successful track record in implementation, in that it has been widely replicated, reaching diverse populations through a variety of community-based settings.”
Active Living Every Day has found great success over the past four years through programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the CDC, and other community health providers. Research findings from these initiatives, in addition to the original Project Active research conducted at the Cooper Institute, prove Active Living Every Day to be an effective program for adults in many settings and stages of life. Program research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health. Copies of ALED research can be found at www.ActiveLiving.info, or by calling 800-747-4457 ext 2522.
The Center for Healthy Aging (www.healthyagingprograms.com) encourages and assists community-based organizations serving older adults to develop and implement evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs. Evidence-based programming translates tested program models or interventions into practical, effective community programs that can provide proven health benefits to participants.
Sources
The Center for Healthy Aging. Recommended Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs. www.healthyagingprograms.com. 2007.
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