CDC Resources and Tools for Aging Services Professionals

1. CDC Resources and Tools for Aging Services Professionals Angela Johnson Deokar, MPH, CHES, CPHPublic Health Advisor, Healthy Aging Program Centers for Disease Control & Prevention System Integration Kick-Off Meeting Washington, D.C. November 7, 2011

2. Objectives • Provide an overview of aging-related programs and activities at CDC • Share tools and resources • Provide links for finding additional information

3. Aging Services and Public Health Networks Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) National Assn of Chronic Disease Directors 56 State Units on Aging * 57 State Health Department † National Assn of Area Agencies on Aging 629 Area Agencies on Aging * 2794 Local Health Department § National Assn of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) Community Organizations Community Organizations Adapted from Aging States Report; *Accessed www.aoa.gov June 19, 2009 † Accessed www.astho.org June 19, 2009; § 2008 National Profile of Local Health Departments

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Prevention is overarching goal • Science drives what we do • Focus on large-scale impact with known, effective strategies to address them http://www.cdc.gov/WinnableBattles/

5. CDC State Funding Profiles http://wwwn.cdc.gov/FundingProfiles/FundingProfilesRIA/

6. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Community Transformation Grants • Tobacco-free living • Active living and healthy eating • Quality clinical and other preventive services

7. Healthy Aging: The Role of CDC • Provide quality health information • Monitor health status of older Americans • Identify and put into practice what works • Integrate public health prevention expertise with the reach of the aging service network • Facilitate prevention efforts of health care providers and others who serve older adults

8. The Healthy Brain Initiative: National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health A guide for moving cognitive health into public health practice For national and state level agencies and organizations Progress report released August 2011 www.cdc.gov/aging

9. Road Map: Priority Action Items* • “Include cognitive health in Healthy People 2020, a set of health objectives for the nation that will serve as the foundation for state and community public health plans.” • “Develop a population-based surveillance system with longitudinal follow-up that is dedicated to measuring the public health burden of cognitive impairment in the United States.” * The Road Map outlines 44 action items, 10 of which are priority items for immediate action

10. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System • Identify health problems • Core questions • Modules • State-added questions • BRFSS Modules • Impact of cognitive impairment • Caregiving • Plan and assess public health programs • REACH Risk Factor survey www.cdc.gov/brfss/maps/gis_data.htm

11. The Impact of Cognitive ImpairmentBRFSS Module • Purposes: • To advance the understanding about the impact of cognitive impairment among American adults • Provide a window into current and future needs of states and communities related to cognitive impairment • To assist states, policy makers, researchers, CDC and other organizations with “data for action”

12. Assessing the Impact of Cognitive Impairment

13. Assessing the Impact of Cognitive Impairment*BRFSS Participation by State, 2012 Including Not Including Asking question 10 only

14. Data for Action www.cdc.gov/aging

15. Examples of Materials from Healthy Aging Program

16. Translating Research to Practice The Guide to Community Preventive Services Provides information about high-priority interventions • www.thecommunityguide.org

17. Selected CDC CDSMP Investment(Asthma, Arthritis, Diabetes, Heart-2010) = 3 = 4 Programs = 1 = 2

18. Selected Federal CDSMP Investment(CDC, AoA-2010) AoA AoA AoA AoA AoA = 3 = 4 Programs = 1 = 2

19. Additional CDSMP Resource http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/docs/ASMP-executive-summary.pdf

20. Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Address unique needs and challenges in innovative and locally defined ways • Link to Healthy People goals and objectives http://www.cdc.gov/phhsblockgrant/index.htm

21. Evidence Based Fall Prevention Community Programs • Tai Chi Moving for Better Balance, Stepping On, and Otago Exercise Programs • Developed manuals, implementation guides, and train the trainer resources to implement programs in the community • A Resource for Health Care Providers to Assess Fall Risk, and Treat and Refer Patient as Needed • Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries (STEADI) National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlOlder Adult Falls Prevention __________ Rubenstein, Age & Aging, 2006

22. Cooperative Agreement with State Health Department Injury Programs to Implement the Multi-Component Fall Prevention Program (MFPP) • 5-year award to Oregon, New York and Colorado • DIR Core Injury Program Partnership National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlOlder Adult Falls Prevention • Develop Policy Strategies and Materials to Sustain Evidence-Based Efforts __________ Rubenstein, Age & Aging, 2006

23. Additional CDC Resources

25. Contact Information Angela Deokar Public Health Advisor CDC Healthy Aging Program Healthy Brain Initiative ajdeokar@cdc.gov 770-400-5327 The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of CDC or ATSDR