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| | Chronic Disease Directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Last year, CDD and NASUA funded ten state-based projects at approximately $10,000 each, including programs for physical activity promotion, fall prevention and the broader use of preventive health care services. |
 | | “The Healthy Aging Initiative Mini-Grant projects funded by the CDD and the NASUA last fall have demonstrated that with relatively little initial funding, state level collaboration between these two networks can greatly impact the health and well-being of seniors,” said Karen Petersmarck, PhD, MPH, Michigan Department of Community Health and CDD member lead. |
 | | The National Association of State Units on Aging (www.nasua.org), founded in 1964, is a national non-profit membership organization comprised of the 57 state and territorial government agencies on aging. |
| www.chronicdisease.org /NEW/HAI_release.htm (351 words) |
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