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Motivate: Oral Health Leads To Total Health, Jennifer Crittenden, Lenard W. Kaye, Labrini Nelligan, Denise O'Connell, Carole Mackenzie
Motivate: Oral Health Leads To Total Health, Jennifer Crittenden, Lenard W. Kaye, Labrini Nelligan, Denise O'Connell, Carole Mackenzie
Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation
MOTIVATE: Maine’s Oral Team-Based Initiative: Vital Access To Education was established to raise awareness about the connection between oral health and systemic health among older adults. This poster highlights the research conducted by MOTIVATE and their principle findings
A Whole Woman Strategy And Action Plan To Raise National Awareness About Osteoporosis, Lenard W. Kaye, Majorie A. Harris, Clifford Rosen
A Whole Woman Strategy And Action Plan To Raise National Awareness About Osteoporosis, Lenard W. Kaye, Majorie A. Harris, Clifford Rosen
Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation
The University of Maine Center on Aging, in partnership with the Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education, was one of three grantees taking part in a U.S. Administration on Aging-funded project to develop a national osteoporosis awareness and action plan targeting postmenopausal women
The University of Maine Center on Aging’s portion of the research entailed several phases of activity. Initially, focus groups were conducted with 147 ethnically and racially diverse older women around the country (Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, California, and Kansas) to determine where older women obtain their health information, what they consider reliable and unreliable informational sources, …