Healthy Aging Topics

Physical Activity

A national survey of health and supportive services in the aging network
National Council on the Aging / Summer 2001

Active for Life
Active for Life / Accessed December 2005

Active Living by Design
University of North Carolina: School of Public Health /

Active living for older adults : management strategies for healthy and livable communities
International City/County Management Association / September 2003

Active Living Leadership
Active Living Leadership / Accessed September 2004

Be Active North Carolina
Be Active North Carolina / last accessed March 2005

Best practices in physical activity
National Council on the Aging. Center for Health Aging / 2004

Canada's physical activity guide to healthy active living for older adults
Health Canada / 2001

Designing safe and effective physical activity programs
NCOA Center for Healthy Aging; University of Illinois Department of Kinesiology / c2005

Eat Smart, Move More...North Carolina
North Carolina. Dept. of Health and Human Services; North Carolina. Division of Public Health / accessed March 2005

Exercise : a guide from the National Institute on Aging
United States: National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Aging / June, 2001

First Step to Active Health
The Hygenic Corporation / c2004

Fitness and nutrition : the prescription for healthy aging : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session
United States: Congress: Senate: Special Committee on Aging / March 11, 2003

Growing older - staying well : ageing and physical activity in everyday life
World Health Organization: Ageing and Health Programme / 1998

Health promotion strategies for community health services : an evidence-based planning framework for nutrition, physical activity and healthy weight
Australia. Victoria Government Department of Human Services. Public Health Division / 1998

International Council on Active Aging
International Council on Active Aging / Accessed April 2004

International Society for Aging and Physical Activity
International Society for Aging and Physical Activity / c2002

Leisure-time physical activity among adults : United States, 1997–98
Schoenborn, Charlotte A.; Barnes, Patricia M.; National Center for Health Statistics / April 7, 2002

Maintaining healthy lifestyles : a lifetime of choices
International Longevity Center- USA / 2000

MEDLINEplus health information : exercise for seniors
National Library of Medicine / October 28, 2003

Moving ahead : strategies and tools to plan, conduct and maintain effective community-based physical activity programs for older adults : a brief guide
Belza B.; PRC-HAN Physical Activity Conference Planning Workgroup / 2007

National blueprint : increasing physical activity among adults age 50 and older
AARP; American College of Sports Medicine; American Geriatrics Society; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Institute on Aging; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / 2001

National Blueprint : Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older : Blueprint Partners Website
Active Aging Partnership /

NIHSeniorHealth
National Institutes of Health /

Physical activity and health : a report of the Surgeon General
United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services / c1996

Physical activity and the older adult : resources for people working with older adults
Minnesota Council on Physical Activity and Sports / Accessed April 2004

Physical activity evaluation handbook
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion / 2002

Physical activity fundamental to preventing disease
United States: Dept of Health and Human Services: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation / June 20, 2002

Physical Activity Survey, 2006
Keenan, Teresa A.; AARP (Organization) / April 2006

Project Enhance
Senior Services of Seattle/King County / last accessed Jan 2006

Successful active aging programs
American College of Sports Medicine. Interest Group on Aging / 2002

Synthesis of AARP research in physical activity, 1999-2003
AARP / January 2004

The active aging toolkit : promoting physical activity in older adults for healthcare providers
The Hygenic Corporation / February, 2004

The Heidelberg Guidelines for promoting physical activity among older persons
World Health Organization: Ageing and Health Programme / 1996

The role of physical activity in healthy ageing
Heikkinen, Riitta-Liisa; World Health Organization: Ageing and Health Programme / [1998]

The state of aging and health in America 2004
Merck Institute of Aging & Health; United States. Centers for Disease Control / 2004

Tools & tips
Active for Life / last accessed May 2006

You can! Steps to healthier aging
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Administration on Aging / Accessed 10/12/04

Healthy Communities

Active Living Leadership
Active Living Leadership / Accessed September 2004

AdvantAge Initiative : Improving Communities for an Aging Society
Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Center for Home Care Policy and Research /