Centers for Excellence in 公共卫生, 老龄化与健康 host community workshop on pandemic-era aging

A room of workshop attendees views a presentation

The event, “Pandemic-信息rmed Initiatives: Nutrition & 健康 in Aging Adults,” was held on May 29.

The University of New England Centers for Excellence in 公共卫生 (CEPH)和老龄化与健康 (CEAH) recently co-hosted a community dissemination workshop on aging in Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic at UNE North: The Center for North Atlantic Studies at UNE.

The event, “Pandemic-信息rmed Initiatives: Nutrition & 健康 in Aging Adults,” was held on May 29 and also acted as a farewell for Tom Meuser, Ph.D., who retired from his role as founding director of CEAH in May. Members of CEAH’s Legacy Scholars program, as well as UNE staff, attended. 罗伯塔·迪多纳托博士.D. served as the event’s discussant, linking key themes and posing questions from the three featured presentations.

梅根•沃尔顿, executive director of the Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA), opened the event by sharing observations and lessons learned from the pandemic. Meuser presented findings from CEAH’s 健康 Scales Project, which included data collected from the Legacy Scholars about their wellness experiences and attitudes.

Michele Polacsek博士.D., M.P.H., professor of public health and director of CEPH; Mary DeSilva, Sc.D., M.S., M.S.F.S., associate director for research in CEPH; and Margaret Gamble, B.A., research assistant and current Master of Social Work student at UNE, presented their latest research titled, “A university-low-income-housing partnership to support food security, 健康的购物, 吃, health and wellness among older adults in rural Maine.”

这个项目, 由波拉塞克领导, evaluated the impact of an innovative, pandemic-responsive nutrition education program titled Enhanced-10 Tips for Adults (e-TTA), a three-year project on food security, 社会化, perceived health and well-being of residents in a rural low-income senior housing setting in Maine.

The research project was supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of 健康 and Human Services (HHS), as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1.2 million, with 75%, or $900,000, funded ACL /美国卫生和公众服务部 and 25%. or $300,000. funded by non- governmental source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, 背书也不是, ACL /美国卫生和公众服务部, 或者是美国.S. 政府.

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