Partnership building and implementation of an integrated healthy-aging program

Janice C. Zgibor; Elizabeth A. Schlenk; Laura Vater; Sushma Kola; Joni Vander Bilt; Sarah Woody; Mini E. Jacob; Wei Hsuan Lo-Ciganic; Allison Brenckle; Jane Brandenstein; C. Kent Kwoh; Robert Boudreau; Steven Albert; Margaret Conroy; Elizabeth Rodgers; Anne B. Newman

doi:10.1353/cpr.2016.0001

Partnership building and implementation of an integrated healthy-aging program

Janice C. Zgibor, Elizabeth A. Schlenk, Laura Vater, Sushma Kola, Joni Vander Bilt, Sarah Woody, Mini E. Jacob, Wei Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Allison Brenckle, Jane Brandenstein, C. Kent Kwoh, Robert Boudreau, Steven Albert, Margaret Conroy, Elizabeth Rodgers, Anne B. Newman

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Background: Evidence-based interventions exist for prevention of chronic disease in older adults. Partnering with community organizations may provide a mechanism for disseminating these interventions. Objective: To describe the partnership and program implementation by the Arthritis Foundation (AF) and the University of Pittsburgh. Methods: The AF Exercise Program (AFEP; an existing evidence-based program) was enhanced with the “10 Keys”™ to Healthy Aging (a prevention-focused program bundling the most common risk factors for chronic disease and disability in older adults and applies behavior change strategies to enhance prevention). The program was delivered in 20 sessions over 10 weeks by community health workers in a cluster-randomized trial. Lessons Learned: Partnering with an organization having an existing infrastructure supports program delivery at the community level. This partnership provided programming in 54 sites across Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. Conclusions: This collaborative partnership created a productive synergy maximizing strengths in both research and program delivery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	123-132
Number of pages	10
Journal	Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2016.0001
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

Keywords

Community
Exercise
Healthy aging
Partnership
Prevention
Preventive behavior

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Education
Sociology and Political Science

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Zgibor, J. C., Schlenk, E. A., Vater, L., Kola, S., Vander Bilt, J., Woody, S., Jacob, M. E., Lo-Ciganic, W. H., Brenckle, A., Brandenstein, J., Kent Kwoh, C., Boudreau, R., Albert, S., Conroy, M., Rodgers, E., & Newman, A. B. (2016). Partnership building and implementation of an integrated healthy-aging program. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 10(1), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2016.0001

Zgibor, JC, Schlenk, EA, Vater, L, Kola, S, Vander Bilt, J, Woody, S, Jacob, ME, Lo-Ciganic, WH, Brenckle, A, Brandenstein, J, Kent Kwoh, C, Boudreau, R, Albert, S, Conroy, M, Rodgers, E & Newman, AB 2016, 'Partnership building and implementation of an integrated healthy-aging program', Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2016.0001

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