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moving ahead STRATEGIES AND TOOLS TO PLAN, CONDUCT, AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE Community-Based Physical Activity Programs FOR Older ADULTS: A BRIEF GUIDE A PUBLICATION OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS HEALTHY AGING RESEARCH NETWORK ABOUT THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS-HEALTHY AGING RESEARCH NETWORK CDC s Prevention Research Centers-Healthy Aging Research Network (PRC-HAN) has developed a research agenda on the determinants of healthy aging and on interventions that promote healthy aging. The nine university members of the PRC-HAN, a subset of 33 Prevention Research Centers located throughout the United States, provide the PRC-HAN with the expertise necessary to address topic areas within the research agenda. As with all PRC research Programs , there is a strong focus on partnering with Community-Based groups to develop Programs that improve health, with a special emphasis on those communities and populations that bear a disproportionate burden of illness and disease.
TIME TO GET MOVING, KEEP MOVING Encouraging older adults to become and stay active has developed into an important public health priority. While the physical and emotional benefits of exercise are increasingly well known, just 40 percent of older adults are engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity.
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