The New Hampshire Public Health Association (NHPHA) supports access to a full array of screening, assessment, treatment, and preventive services for New Hampshire's elderly population. Routine screening will result in early detection of pathology and more cost effective, and often less invasive, treatments - as well as reduced morbidity and mortality. The NHPHA supports:
Resources:
Glass, Anne P. and Lusine Nahapetyan, “Discussions by Elders and Adult Children about End-of-Life Preparation and Preferences,” Preventing Chronic Disease 5:1 (January 2008).
Kodner, Dennis L. “Consumer-directed Services: Lessons and Implications for Integrated Systems of Care,” International Journal of Integrated Care, 3: e12 (April -June. 2003).
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Elderly and Adult Service. “New Hampshire State Plan on Aging: October 1, 2005-September 30, 2007”
http://www.dhhs.state....t-Plan/spoa.htm
McGuire, Lisa C., Tara W. Strine, Catherine A. Okoro, Indu B. Ahluwalia, and Earl S. Ford. “Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors among Older U.S. Adults with and Without Disabilities, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003.” Preventing Chronic Disease 4:1 A09 (January 2007).
Shenson, Douglas, William Benson and Andree C. Harris, “Expanding the Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services through Community Collaboration: The SPARC Model,” Preventing Chronic Disease 5:1 A20 (January 2008).
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging. “Growing Older in America: The Health and Retirement Study” (March 2007). NIH Publication No. 07-5757
http://www.nia.nih.gov...esearch/HRS.htm
US Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, “2008 Older Americans: Key Indicators of Well-Being”, http://www.agingstats..../Data_2008.aspx
