title: The healthy aging research network: resources for building capacity for public health and aging practice.
abstract: There is an urgent need to translate science into practice and help enhance the capacity of professionals to deliver evidence-based programming. We describe contributions of the Healthy Aging Research Network in building professional capacity through online modules, issue briefs, monographs, and tools focused on health promotion practice, physical activity, mental health, and environment and policy. We also describe practice partnerships and research activities that helped inform product development and ways these products have been incorporated into real-world practice to illustrate possibilities for future applications. Our work aims to bridge the research-to-practice gap to meet the demands of an aging population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise Science and Prevention Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, PHRC 1st Floor, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. wilcoxs@mailbox.sc.edu
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altpeter
authors.forename: Lynda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Basia
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Belza
authors.forename: Lucinda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Dina L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Katherine H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Leith
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Phelan
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Satariano
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D057191:Capacity Building; D003479:Curriculum; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012106:Research; D014481:United States