==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #28 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center March 3, 2003 ==========================<>============================== NC CONFERENCE ON AGING- CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS DEADLINE March 15, 2003 is the deadline to submit proposals for presentations to be made at the NC Conference on Aging in September, 2003. Please visit the conference web page at http://www.aging.unc.edu/nccoa/index.html and click on "Call for Presentations" for more information. <<<<>>>> STUDENT COMPETITION: THE BEAUTY OF AGING UNVEILED The UNC-CH Interdisciplinary Certificate in Aging is sponsoring a campus-wide student competition, "The Beauty of Aging Unveiled." The UNC Institute on Aging is pleased to support this project. All students are invited to participate in the creative contest. Winners will receive cash prizes and a television appearance on the locally produced show, "In Praise of Age". Entries are due March 31, 2003. More details and application information are available at http://www.aging.unc.edu/certificate/beautyofaging.pdf <<<<>>>> NCOA LAUNCHES COMPETITION FOR NATION'S "BEST" PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS The National Council On Aging has announced that it will sponsor a new national competition to identify the "best" physical activity programming for older adults. The competition will award $1,000 to 10 community-based organizations that achieve excellence in physical activity programming targeted at improving the health and well being of older Americans. NCOA also announced the launch of a three-year initiative, supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to help community service organizations offer high quality, accessible physical activity programming for older Americans. The centerpiece of the initiative will be a national "census" of physical activity programs that will create a searchable database of local programs run by senior centers, community centers, YMCAs, and other organizations. For the award application and more information about the selection criteria, please visit www.ncoa.org/content.cfm?sectionID=186#top. <<<<>>>> IOA ECRA SEMINAR SCHEDULED FOR APRIL The UNC Institute on Aging's Ethnicity, Culture, Race and Aging Research Seminar Series, together with the Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO) would like to extend an invitation to a seminar presented by Jennie Ward Robinson, Ph.D., Director of Medical and Scientific Affairs, The Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, "The Science Mission of the Alzheimer's Association: Implications for Cultural and Ethnic Research." The seminar is scheduled for Thursday, April 17th, at UNC's School of Public Health, Room 1301 McGavran-Greenberg, at 12:15 p.m., with a reception to follow in the Rosenau Lounge. <<<<>>>> HAWORTH PRESS TO INTRODUCE NEW JOURNAL The new Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, from Haworth Press, will be a forum where gerontologists, educators, medical professionals, and urban studies researchers can stay abreast of the latest practice methods and public policy initiatives. It will offer program evaluations and suggestions, new training and practice techniques, reviews of articles and editorials from readers, reflecting a variety of disciplines. The journal will be available online and will be available for free to print subscribers and library users. For more information, to obtain a free sample copy of the charter issue for review, or to purchase a subscription, go to: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=j194. <<<<>>>> AGING IN NC FORUM Check out the Aging in NC Forum for the latest job postings, news, and discussion: http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/board.html <<<<>>>> NEW & NOTABLE Kincaid, Cynthia; Peacock, James R. (2003). The effect of a wall mural on decreasing four types of door-testing behaviors. Journal of Applied Gerontology 22 (1): 76-88. Reed, Peter S.; Foley, Kristie Long; Hatch, John; Mutran, Elizabeth J. (2003). Recruitment of older African Americans for survey research: a process evaluation of the community and church-based strategy in the Durham Elders Project. The Gerontologist 43 (1): 52-61. This research comes from our Center on Minority Aging. Peter Reed is a CPHAR doctoral fellow at the IOA, Kristie Long Foley is a graduate of the UNC Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education and is currently in the Dept. of Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest University. John Hatch is in the Dept. of Public Health Education, North Carolina Central University, and Betty Mutran is Director of the Center on Minority Aging, UNC Institute on Aging. <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging http://www.ncmha.org/index.php3 The National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging provides opportunities for professional, consumer and government organizations to work together towards improving the availability and quality of mental health preventive and treatment strategies to older Americans and their families through education, research and increased public awareness. The organization's web site features a history, list of member organizations, directory of state and local aging coalitions and an events calendar with a form for submitting event notices on the national, regional, state or local level. This web site and others have been selected for inclusion in AGELIB, the Institute on Aging's database of aging resources. You can search AGELIB at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/agelib/. <<<<>>>> UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC March 4, 2003 - SEMINAR - Thomas Lynch Seminar. Sponsored by Project Compassion, Chapel Hill, NC. http://www.project-compassion.org/events.htm March 6, 2003 - Racewalking Clinic. Sponsored by: NC Senior Games. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Carolina Pines Community Center, Raleigh. March 18, 2003 - LECTURE - "Successful Aging: the Subjective Side." Linda K. George. George L. Maddox Jr. Lecture sponsored by the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. 5 pm, Searle Center, Duke University, Durham. March 20, 2003 - IOA SEMINAR SERIES (CPHAR PROSEMINAR) - Financial Aspects of Aging. Edward Norton, Zhou Yang, and Sally Stearns, UNC-CH Dept. of Health Policy and Administration. 12:00pm, 730 Airport Road, Chapel Hill. March 27, 2003 - IOA SEMINAR SERIES (ECRA) - Studying multiple family members in aging research: Conceptual and measurement issues. Megan Lewis, UNC-CH Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education; and Sharon Williams, Institute on Aging. 12:00pm, 730 Airport Road, Chapel Hill. <<<<>>>> NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE These are a few of the recent acquisitions of the IOA Information Center. Our entire collection of resources (including print materials, full text electronic materials, and web sites) is searchable via our database, AGELIB, at http://aging.unc.edu/infocenter/agelib/. Eyler, Amy A. (ed.) (2002). Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in a diverse sample of women : the women's cardiovascular health network project. New York: Haworth Medical Press. IOA call number: HMP 2002 Hewitt, Paul S.; Campbell, John Creighton; Usui, Chikako. (2003). The demographic dilemma: Japan's aging society. Washington: Woodrow Wilson Center Asia Program. Available online: http://wwics.si.edu/topics/pubs/asiarpt_107.pdf International Longevity Center-USA. (2002). Clinical trials and older persons: the need for greater representation. New York: International Longevity Center-USA. Available online: http://www.ilcusa.org/_lib/pdf/clinicaltrialsib.pdf Redfoot, Donald L.; Pandya, Donald L. (2002). Before the boom: trends in long-term supportive services for older Americans with disabilities. Washington: AARP Public Policy Institute. Available online: http://research.aarp.org/health/2002_15_trends.pdf United States: General Accounting Office. (2003). Older workers: employment assistance focuses on subsidized jobs and job search, but revised performance measures could improve access to other services. 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