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Evidence
Based Disease Prevention
Grants Program
The Administration on Aging (AoA) has launched
a new grants program and a public/private partnership to increase
older people’s access to programs that have proven to be
effective in reducing their risk of disease, disability and injury.
The partnership involves a variety of federal agencies and private
foundations that are coordinating their efforts to support the
implementation of evidence-based prevention programs at the community
level through aging services provider organizations, such as
senior centers, nutrition programs and senior housing projects.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the John A. Hartford Foundation
and the Horizon Foundations
are supporting the partnership.
AoA has committed $6 million over 3
years to fund 13 local projects and a national resource center
on prevention at the National Council on the Aging (NCOA).
The new grants program will demonstrate how the results of
research from HHS’s National Institute
on Aging, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and others can be
effectively translated into practice at the community level through
aging service provider organizations. The program supports the
HHS Secretary’s Steps to a HealthierUS Initiative and AoA’s
Strategic Plan.
The local grant projects focus on interventions in disease self-management,
falls prevention, nutrition, physical activity and medication
management. Each project involves a partnership among local aging
service providers, area agencies on aging, health entities and
a research organization. Click on the links below for additional
information on this initiative.
News October
5, 2005
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, in collaboration with AoA, CDC, NIA and CMS, will
be conducting a special two-day training program this Fall
on Evidence-Based Prevention Program for the Elderly. The program
is designed for state "teams" comprised
of senior staff from both the aging and health networks responsible
for health promotion / disease prevention programs for the elderly.
At a minimum, the state teams must include representatives from
the State Unit on Aging, the State Health Department Chronic
Disease Director's Office, an Area Agency on Aging and a local
community aging service provider organization, such as a senior
center, nutrition program, adult day center, etc. There will
be no registration fee for this workshop and AHRQ will cover
the cost for air travel and hotel for up to 10 state teams.
The
workshop will be held in Chicago, Illinois from 8:30 a.m. on
Monday, December 6, 2004 to 5:00 p.p. Tuesday, December 7, 2004.
ARHQ is sending out invitation packages for this program this
week to all SUAs, State Health Department Chronic Disease Directors,
State Medicaid Agencies, and Area Agencies on Aging. In the invitation,
ARHQ is asking the State Unit on Aging or State Health Department
Chronic Disease Director's Office to take the lead in putting
together the state's "team" and submitting the application
form.
AoA views this training as an important opportunity for
increasing the capacity of the staff in the aging and health
networks to work together to promote the use of evidence-base
prevention programs for the elderly. If you are interested in
participating in this program, it is important that you notify
your State Unit on Aging.
Evidence-Based Disease Prevention Grant Program
FY 2003 Awards: (All in PDF Format)
Disease Self-Management
Falls Prevention
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Medication Management
National Technical Assistance Center on Prevention for
the Elderly
Additional Information:
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