Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Programs (Older Americans Act Title III D)

Health Promotion

Local partners develop and implement workshops, seminars, and health screening opportunities for Florida’s elders on a variety of health-related topics. Health education programs are available to seniors and technical assistance and information are available to organizations that serve elders.

Health Promotion Related Information

• Mental Health
  • Mental Health America
• Nutrition
  • Human Nutrition and Food Safety, USDA National Agricultural Library
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Information Center
• Oral Health
  • Medline Plus
• Physical Fitness
  • Healthier United States
• Suicide
  • Centers for Disease Control – National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  • Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention
• Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention
  • Prevention in Florida

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Brochures

• Florida Falls Prevention Fact Sheet

Disease Prevention

These programs target health conditions that plague older adults. Local partners develop and implement chronic disease self-management courses, chronic disease prevention courses such as arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, flu, osteoporosis, and stroke. Highly qualified trainers provide evidence-based chronic disease self-management courses to enable seniors to live fuller lives despite chronic illnesses.

Disease Prevention Related Information

• Arthritis
  • Arthritis Foundation
• Cancer
  • American Cancer Society
• Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Heart Association
• Diabetes
  • American Diabetes Association
• Flu
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Seasonal Flu
• Osteoporosis
  • National Osteoporosis Foundation
• Stroke
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Stroke

Falls Prevention – DOEA (elderaffairs.org)