Health Promotion Strategies
Health promotion helps us spread vital information about how to take care of ourselves and stay healthy. Learn about health promotion and disease prevention programs that teach participants about a healthy diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes.
Guides
- How To Use Incentives: A Guide for ACL CDSME and Falls Prevention Grantees— NCOA overview
of the most common types of incentives and how to use them effectively - Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusivity: A Best Practices Guide for Health Education Providers —
Guide from the National Council on Aging to help health educators provide inclusive
programs and events for everyone - Guidelines for Delivering Telewellness Programs to Older Adults With Disabilities— TechSAge
guidelines for designing wellness classes delivered via video conferencing for older adults with disabilities - Dementia Training Resources for Professionals and Volunteers — List of resources for professionals, caregivers, and volunteers
- Health Promotion — ACL information on evidence-based programs
- Title III-D FAQ (COVID-19) — ACL responses to questions about Title III-D programs during the pandemic
- High Obesity Program— CDC-funded program to increase access to healthier foods and safe and accessible places for physical activity
- Navigating Older Americans Act Title III-D — Best practices for selecting and delivering evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs, with a focus on the delivery of programs in remote formats
- Rethink Your Drink— CDC guidance to choosing fluids and limiting sugar-sweetened beverages
- Setting Plans Into Motion Spotlight: Healthy Eating— Healthy changes to manage living with Type 2 diabetes from the American Diabetes Association
- Take Charge of Your Diabetes: Healthy Ears— CDC information on how diabetes affects hearing and balance and tips to manage
- 4 Ways Falls Prevention and CDSME Grantees Are Reaching Underserved Populations —Strategies organizations use to engage underserved populations from the National Council on Aging
- Chronic Conditions and Fall Risk: Cross-Promoting Programs Across the Continuum of Care— NCOA article on how engaging participants and providers encourages community partnerships and collaboration
- Increasing Completion of Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Workshops — Tip sheet from the National Council on Aging offering strategies to improve participant completion of evidence-based health promotion programs in the community
- Managing Staff Transitions and Maintaining Evidence-Based Program Delivery Capacity — Tips for preparing for staff transitions and organizational changes
- Recruiting and Supporting Volunteers as Evidence-Based Program Leaders — Best practices from the National Council on Aging to address challenges in recruiting and retaining volunteer leaders
- Diabetes Guide to Foods of African Heritage— Resource from the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists
- Engaging People with Disabilities in Evidence-Based Programs — Tip sheet from the National Council on Aging offering best practices for making evidence-based programs more accessible and inclusive
- Maximizing Complete and Accurate Data — Tip sheet from the National Council on Aging for establishing quality assurance processes for data collection
- Loss of Taste and Smell— Cleveland Clinic discussion of possible medical causes for the loss of taste and smell with treatment suggestions
Fact Sheets
- About Evidence-Based Programs — Overview from the National Council on Aging outlining the benefits of evidence-based programs
- Occupational Wellness Tip Sheet — Tips to utilize your participants' skills to benefit your program and community
- Physical Wellness Tip Sheet — Tip sheet to help incorporate more evidence-based physical activity programs into your senior nutrition program
- Nutrition Medicare Benefits — Information on eight Medicare-covered preventive services
- Healthy Blood Pressure for Healthy Hearts— NIH tip sheet on taking control for your blood pressure
- Making the Move to DASH (Dietary Approaches To Stop Hypertension)— Tips from NIH to make DASH work for you
- Collecting Participant and Partner Data for ACL Chronic Disease Self-Management and Falls Prevention Evidence-Based Programs — Guidance from the National Council on Aging on data from experienced grantees on improving the data collection process
Tools & Toolkits
- OAA Approved Evidence-Based Programs — Spreadsheet with evidence-based programs approved for funding through the Older Americans Act Title III-D
- Food Is Medicine— Resources to prevent and manage diet-related diseases and promote well-being through food and nutrition
- Title III-D Monitoring Tool — Customizable Word template for evaluating whether activities meet OAA requirements
- How To Recruit Older Adults for Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs on Social Media— NCOA toolkit to help your organization recruit more older adults to your evidence-based CDSME programs
- Sarcopenia Resources— Handouts from HHS Office of Women's Health to help clients prevent and treat age-related muscle loss
- Move Your Way— Campaign materials from Health.gov for promoting physical activity among older adults
- How To Get Your Community Moving With Move Your Way (YouTube)— Two-minute video
- On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans— NIH toolkit explaining heart disease and its risk factors
- Rural Community Health Toolkit— Information from RHIhub on developing a rural health program
- Rural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention— Toolkit from RHIhub for identifying and implementing a health promotion program
- Tools for Action— Resources for promoting public health priorities from Healthy People 2030
- Eating Well in Later Life— Booklet for older adults and caregivers to avoid unintentional weight loss
- Diabetes Food Hub— Recipes and meal planning resources to support living with diabetes from the American Diabetes Association
- Native Diabetes Wellness Program— CDC program to help prevent Type 2 diabetes
Presentations
- Grand Rounds for Evidence-Based Program Providers— Series where ACL grantees share how they are delivering evidence-based programs in the virtual/remote environment, successes of their work, and lessons learned
- Understanding High Blood Pressure and Sarcopenia Among Older Americans— One-hour webinar from the Office on Women's Health on the relationship between sarcopenia and high blood pressure and how addressing one may assist with addressing the other
- You Are Stronger than Sarcopenia (YouTube)— Three-minute video from the Office on Women's Health highlighting a story from a lived experience advocate
- The Confidence To Empower Older Adults (YouTube)— Eight-minute network spotlight on providing nutrition education and evidence-based programming for older adults while also finding personal benefits within the work
- Dissemination and Implementation of Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs: Reach and Effectiveness— One-hour NCOA webinar that describes the implementation of chronic disease self-management programs by ACL grantees during 2014-2022 (free registration required to view the video)
- Improving the Health Span of Older Adults Through Nutrition (YouTube)— Tufts University webinar series
- Health & Well-being Webinar (YouTube)— One-hour webinar on the value of health and well-being programs and partnerships and how to reach older adults, with accompanying presentation Health & Well-Being Slides, Health & Well-Being Tip Sheet, and Health & Well-Being Takeaways
- Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (YouTube)— Two-minute video from Virginia's Commonwealth Council on Aging and No Wrong Door explains how CDSME can help manage chronic disease in older adults
Reports
- Older Americans 2020: Key Indicators of Well-Being— Latest data from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
- State Units on Aging Survey of Title III-D Evidence-Based Program Delivery — Report from the National Council on Aging summarizing key findings and recommendations to enhance technical assistance for state units on aging (SUAs)
- National Study of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program — Overview from the National Council on Aging that summarizes the study and highlights key improvements in health and well-being
- Successful Strategies and Lessons Learned from Implementing Evidence-Based Programs in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities — Summary discussions by grantees and professionals who participated in listening sessions focused on program implementation