Category: Health & Medicine

In April and July 2020, NCOA surveyed community-based organizations to understand how COVID-19 affected their services to older adults.
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HealthMatters™ Program is an evidence-based health promotion program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Through our community-academic partnerships, we aim to provide high quality evidence-based and evidence-informed health promotion programs and training for people with IDD and their supports in health-friendly communities. Target audience: Target audience includes people with intellectual and developmental disabilities […]
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Las 12 preguntas de la herramienta de detección en línea identifican los riesgos de caídas y ofrece recursos para tomar medidas que reduzcan riesgos.
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Twelve-question online screening tool identifies falls risks and offers resources to take action to reduce them.
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Workplace Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop (virtual real time) is an interactive group workshop delivered via Zoom or similar virtual platform for employed people  living with one or more physical or mental health chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, depression, etc. Participants learn the  self-management skills to manage their conditions on a day to […]
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Workplace Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop (in person) is an interactive workshop for employed people living with one or more physical or mental health chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, depression, etc. Participants learn the skills to manage their conditions on a day to day basis: balancing work and home life, exercise, healthy eating, […]
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Tomando Control de Su Salud (adapted Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) virtual real time is an interactive Spanish language workshop delivered via Zoom or similar virtual platform for those living with one or more physical or mental health chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, depression, etc. Participants learn the to manage their conditions on […]
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Tomando Control de Su Salud Mailed Tool Kit (with or without telephone scripts) is an interactive Spanish language workshop delivered by mailed tool kit with materials that may be supplemented with six weekly scripted group telephone calls for 3-6 people on each call. For those living with one or more physical or mental health chronic […]
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