About Us
Overview
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Aging Research Network (HAN), in operation since 2001, works to develop and implement a national research and dissemination agenda related to the public health aspects of healthy aging, with a particular focus on communities and populations that bear a disproportionate burden of illness and disease.
HAN receives core funding from the CDC Healthy Aging Program, a part of the Division of Adult and Community Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The HAN Coordinating Center, under the leadership of Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN, is located at the University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center.
HAN's Member Center universities are a subset of CDC's Prevention Research Centers located in Schools of Public Health throughout the United States. Strong partnerships with community-based groups are fundamental to HAN's success.
Our mission is to. . .
- Better understand the determinants of healthy aging in older adult populations
- Identify interventions that promote healthy aging
- Assist in the translation of effective healthy aging interventions into sustainable community-based programs throughout the nation
Healthy Aging
The development and maintenance of optimal physical, mental, and social well-being and function in older adults.
For healthy aging, we need safe physical environments and communities that support attitudes and behaviors leading to health and well-being, and effective use of health services and community programs to prevent or minimize the effects of acute and chronic disease.