Welcome to PubAlerts. This is a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center. Our goal is 
to alert you to new publications in the area of Healthy Aging, drawing from a wide pool of sources. 
Please contact one of the library staff at aginginfo@unc.edu if you have comments or suggestions.


--JOURNAL ARTICLES--

Health promotion in older adults. Prescribing exercise for the frail and home bound.
Struck BD, Ross KM.
Geriatrics. 2006 May;61(5):22-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16649815&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

Community nurses' health promotion work with older people
Phyllis Runciman; Hazel Watson; Jean McIntosh; Debbie Tolson
Journal of Advanced Nursing 2006 July; 55(1) :46-.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03882.x

Engaging Older Adults in High Impact Volunteering that Enhances Health: Recruitment and Retention in the Experience Corps((R)) Baltimore.
Martinez IL, Frick K, Glass TA, Carlson M, Tanner E, Ricks M, Fried LP.
J Urban Health. 2006 Jun 7; [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.springerlink.com/(mfmmq1zkwklog5i4ocecymvg)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,26;journal,1,44;linkingpublicationresults,1:119977,1

Volunteering: A Physical Activity Intervention for Older Adults-The Experience Corps((R)) Program in Baltimore.
Tan EJ, Xue QL, Li T, Carlson MC, Fried LP.
J Urban Health. 2006 Jun 9; [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.springerlink.com/(mfmmq1zkwklog5i4ocecymvg)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,26;journal,1,44;linkingpublicationresults,1:119977,1

Healthy Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: A Low-Cost Approach to Facilitating Healthy Aging
Paul J. Masotti, Robert Fick, Ana Johnson-Masotti, and Stuart MacLeod
Am J Public Health. published 30 May 2006
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/AJPH.2005.068262v1?ct=ct

Healthy Aging: Transitions
Susan Ladwig, Elizabeth Fee, and Theodore M. Brown
Am J Public Health. published 30 May 2006
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/AJPH.2006.090506v1?ct=ct

Identification of Genes Involved in Healthy Aging and Longevity
JENS WEIBEL, MORTEN DRAeBY SORENSEN, and PETER KRISTENSEN
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 2006;  1067(1): p. 317-322
http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/content/abstract/1067/1/317?ct=ct

Healthier aging: reaching and teaching older adults.
Mauk KL.
Holist Nurs Pract. 2006 May-Jun;20(3):158. No abstract available.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/321/293/89063937w5/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A145980719&dyn=4!xrn_9_0_A145980719?sw_aep=ncliveuncch


--REPORTS--

Physical Activity Survey, 2006
Teresa A. Keenan (April 2006, .pdf format, 9p.)
http://www.aarp.org/research/health/healthquality/fitness_06.html


--NEWS--

Secrets of healthy aging
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
Healthy aging involves both body, mind and spirit, not just visiting doctors and taking prescriptions, seniors who jammed a health forum were told Thursday. ...
http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_3788679

Nutrition And Healthy Aging
WSBtv.com - Atlanta,GA,USA
Older adults face health problems unique to their age group, so their food and nutrition habits can be crucial for "healthy aging.". ...
http://www.wsbtv.com/health/9197812/detail.html

Senior center's turning into `wellness' havens for aging boomers
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... "Many boomers are young at heart and don't necessarily feel they need programs for seniors," says Karen Roper, director of the county's Office on Aging. ...
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/14590485.htm