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NRPA’s Healthy Aging Framework contains strategies, resources and case study examples to help park and recreation agencies leverage their strengths, relationships and resources to advance systems change approaches that support healthy aging.
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With support from the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), NRPA has developed this toolkit to help parks and recreation secure funding for arthritis-appropriate evidence-based interventions.
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NRPA has been supporting the expansion and implementation of Arthritis Appropriate Evidence-Based Interventions (AAEBIs) through local park and recreation agencies. This resource summarizes lessons learned and best practices from nine park and recreation agencies that took part in a remote delivery pilot of four different AAEBIs in 2021.
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Detroit Parks and Recreation (DPR) in Detroit, Michigan; The Juniata Park Older Adult Center (JPOAC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Portland Parks, Recreation and Facilities Management in Portland, Maine, were awarded a Supporting Healthy Aging Through Parks and Recreation grant from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). The grant included funding to provide capacity building support to the agency, no-cost instructor trainings to certify physical activity instructors and support from NRPA. Additionally, a subset of those selected for the grant participate in an 18-month Community of Practice (CoP) where members engage with each other, industry experts and health equity subject matter experts to learn how to offer evidence-based physical activity programs in a way that focuses on equity to ensure all people have access to the health benefits of parks and recreation. Participants work together to learn how to apply NRPA’s Elevating Health Equity Through Parks and Recreation: A Framework for Action (Healthy Equity Framework) and strategize what it means to embark on systems change work that centers on equity in their communities.
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For more information and questions please contact HealthyAginginParks@nrpa.org.
Healthy Aging Framework
