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--

Physical Activity, Public Health, and Aging: Critical Issues and Research Priorities
Thomas Prohaska, Elaine Belansky, Basia Belza, David Buchner, Victor Marshall, Kathleen McTigue, William Satariano, and Sara Wilcox
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2006;61 S267-S273
http://psychsoc.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/61/5/S267?etoc

A Drink to Healthy Aging: The Association Between Older Women's Use of Alcohol and Their Health-Related Quality of Life
Julie Byles, Anne Young, Hiroyuki Furuya, Lynne Parkinson
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; 2006Sep1; 54(9): 1341.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00837.x?ai=100&ui=1cbze&af=T

Preventive Care in Appalachia: Use of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Identify Barriers to Participation in Cholesterol Screenings Among West Virginians
Shelli Deskins, Carole V. Harris, Andrew S. Bradlyn, Lesley Cottrell, Jessica W. Coffman, Julie Olexa, William Neal
The Journal of Rural Health 2006 Sept; 22(4): 367-374.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00060.x

Evaluation of a community-based health promotion program for the elderly: lessons from Seniors CAN.
Collins CC, Benedict J.
Am J Health Promot. 2006 Sep-Oct;21(1):45-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16977912&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum

More to Life Than Just Walking": Older Women's Ways of Staying Healthy and Happy
Lynette Adamson; Glennys Parker
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 October; 14(4).
http://www.humankinetics.com/japa/viewarticle.cfm?jid=4Rh36Qhr2Tu2423v7KuM827j3TwN724K2PxF68de7&aid=6092&site=4Rh36Qhr2Tu2423v7KuM827j3TwN724K2PxF68de7


--REPORTS--

A New Vision of Aging: Helping Older Adults Make Healthier Choices
Center for the Advancement of Health, (March 2006, .pdf format, 51p))
http://www.cfah.org/pdfs/agingreport.pdf

Health Promotion by Design in Long-Term Care Settings
Anjali Joseph
Center for Health Design (2006, .pdf format, 19p.).
http://www.healthdesign.org/research/reports/longtermcare.php


--NEWS--

Ten Ways to Maintain a Healthy Brain
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Irvine, CA (PRWEB) September 11, 2006 -- September is Healthy Aging Month and maintaining a healthy brain is an important part of healthy aging. ...
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb435306.htm

Healthy Aging: To sleep, perchance to even remember
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
By Sharon Johnson.
Our 90-year old friend, let's call her Ellie, had entertained us throughout dinner and been absolutely delightful in a multitude of ways. ...
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0912/life/stories/aging-sept12.htm

UNM looks into dementia causes
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... White matter is also damaged in people who have dementia and Alzheimer's, Aine said. "What we want to do is establish what is healthy aging," Aine said. ...
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/sep/23/unm-looks-dementia-causes/