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--JOURNAL ARTICLES--

Social activity and healthy aging: a study of aging Danish twins.
McGue M, Christensen K
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2007 April; 10(2): 255-65.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17564515&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Interventions to promote walking: systematic review
David Ogilvie, Charles E. Foster, Helen Rothnie, Nick Cavill, Val Hamilton, Claire F. Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie, on behalf of the Scottish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (SPARColl)
British Medical Journal. 9 June 2007; 334(7605): 1204-1207).
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/334/7605/1204

An innovative approach for building health promotion program capacity: a generic volunteer training curriculum.
Schneider EC, Altpeter M, Whitelaw N.
Gerontologist. 2007 June; 47(3): 398-403.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17565104&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Cognitive functioning in healthy aging: the role of reserve and lifestyle factors early in life.
Fritsch T, McClendon MJ, Smyth KA, Lerner AJ, Friedland RP, Larsen JD.
Gerontologist. 2007 June; 47(3): 307-22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17565095&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Integrating health and social services for older adults: a case study of interagency collaboration.
Vogel A, Ransom P, Wai S, Luisi D.
J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2007 Fall;30(2):199-228.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17557693&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum


--REPORTS--

Growing Older in America: The Health & Retirement Study (2007, .pdf and ASCII text format, 102p.)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralPrograms/BehavioralAndSocialResearch/HRS.htm

Exercise Programs for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Paul G. Shekelle, Margaret Maglione, Walter Mojica, Sally C. Morton, Marika Suttorp, Wenli Tu, Elizabeth Roth, Lara Jungvig, Shannon Rhodes, Shin-Yi Wu, and Laurence Rubenstein
RAND Corporation Reprint (130p.)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1257/

Falls Prevention Interventions in the Medicare Population
Paul G. Shekelle, Margaret Maglione, John T. Chang, Walter Mojica, Sally C. Morton, Marika Suttorp, Elizabeth Roth, Shannon Rhodes, Shin-Yi Wu, and Sydne Newberry
RAND Corporation Reprint (163p.)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1230/


--NEWS-

Fitness Training for the Brain
PsychCentral.com - Boston,MA,USA
For the group sessions, participants learn new information relevant to healthy aging and are tested on their ability to apply the new information. ...
http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/06/18/fitness-training-for-the-brain/

Walkability helps older adults stay healthy, studies say
Seattle Times - United States
"We're pretty confident at this point that a part of healthy aging is independence and actually being able to get places without relying on other people," ...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003745500_neighborhoods13m.html