The National Association of Senior Health Professionals to Serve as a Member of the Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Network Organized by the American Society on Aging and the Roybal Institute of Applied Gerontology

Each year brings about proof of new and effective strategies to promote health and further prevent disease and morbidity. One way to ensure that this developing knowledge is applied effectively is to organize it into a systematic program or model of HP/DP strategies that is replicable across a variety of settings and providers.

The American Society on Aging and the Roybal Institute of Applied Gerontology at California State University have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control to develop such a model. The model will facilitate the conduct of outreach, dissemination of information, service delivery, staff training and a better understanding of the changing health and social service needs of an aging and more diverse population by organizations whose mission is to promote and improve the public's health.

The model will also incorporate interchangeable components suitable for a wide range of health and functional issues affecting older adults. In addition to disease specific messages, the model will address consortium-building, use of the media, culturally sensitive approaches, and effective strategies for working with older adults and the aging network.