title: Patterns of health promotion programs for older adults in local health departments.
abstract: Questionnaires were sent to all 2561 members of the National Association of County Health Officers in 1996; only 492 (19.2%) responded. Almost all departments have health promotion or disease prevention programs available to older adults, but only three-fifths specifically target older adults with these programs. Most of those programs are clinical preventive services, including immunizations.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Levin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011635:Public Health Administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States