About These Resources

The resources below have been selectively chosen to be useful to those interested in healthy aging programs that deal with chronic disease. Following the links below will bring you to a more detailed description of each resource and a link to the resource itself. Please contact us with comments or suggestions.

Checklists, Questionnaires and Tests

• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Tool

Fact Sheets/Brochures

• Asthma & Adults

• Cancer Facts for People Over 50

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Fact Sheet

• Living With Asthma: Special Concerns for Older Adults

• Self-Management @ Stanford: Online Healthier Living with Diabetes Study (Fact sheet)

• Self-Management @ Stanford: Online Healthier Living with Diabetes Study (Recruitment Flyer)

• Seniors and Asthma Fact Sheets

Issue Briefs

• CDSMP: The Effects on Healthcare Utilization

• Cultural Competence in Health Care: Is It Important for People With Chronic Conditions?

Leaders and Staff Evaluation

• CDSMP Leader Evaluation Form

Manuals and Guides

• A Physician's Guide to Nutrition in Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults

• Planning for Healthy Communities: Reducing the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Through Healthier Environments and Lifestyles

Outcomes Evaluation

• Evaluating Outcomes (for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program)

Policies and Procedures

• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Translation Policy

Presentation Slides

• Addressing the Chronic Care Challenge Through Collaborative Care

• Healthy Aging: Why Does It Matter?

Program Summary

• Evidence-Based Program Summary: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

Reports

• A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke

• Care Coordination for People With Chronic Conditions

• Challenges and Successes in Implementing the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

• Chronic Conditions: Making the Case for Ongoing Care

• Exemplary State Programs

• National Arthritis Action Plan: Executive Summary

• Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease

• Review of Findings on CDSMP Outcomes

• Review of Literature on Self-Management of Chronic Illnesses and Behavior Change

• The 2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What it Means to You

Study Findings

• CDSMP: The Effects on Healthcare Utilization

• Chronic Care: Making the Case for Ongoing Care

Toolkits

• Bone Health and Osteoporosis Outreach Toolkit

• Harvest Health: Replication Report

• Healthy Changes Replication Report

• NCOA Model Health Programs Toolkit: Healthy Changes

• Partners on the PATH: Replication Report

• The Chronic Care Model

• The Heart Truth Online Toolkit

• Your Game Plan for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes: Health Care Provider's Toolkit

Websites - Health Information

• Arthritis Resource Center

• Diabetes Education and Research Center

• HealingWell.com: On Diseases, Disorders and Chronic Illness

• Healthy Aging for Older Adults

• Improving Chronic Illness Care

• National Diabetes Education Program

• Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center

• Osteoporosis Education Project: Rethinking Osteoporosis

• Partnership for Solutions: Better Lives for People With Chronic Conditions

• The Arthritis Source

Websites - Organizations

• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

• Stanford Patient Education Research Center: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program