About Us
Our Focus
We Focus On. . .
- Advancing science toward action and policy
- Engaging researchers across disciplines
- Collaborating with national partners to leverage connections and resources
- Working with diverse communities in community-based participatory research (CBPR)
- Conducting multi-site studies using quantitative and qualitative methods
- Applying frameworks for project planning, implementation, and evaluation (e.g., social-ecological model and RE-AIM)
- Implementing interventions at all levels of the social-ecological model, to maximize population reach and impact
- Developing practical, tested assessment and evaluation tools
- Building the science base through scholarly dissemination
- Mentoring to build capacity for healthy aging
- Providing access to experts and state-of-the-field content knowledge in healthy aging
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.