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The Gerontologist Advance Access originally published online on June 2, 2009
The Gerontologist 2009 49(S1):S108-S111; doi:10.1093/geront/gnp074
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

From Message to Motivation: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Rebecca G. Logsdon, PhD1,2, Angela K. Hochhalter, PhD3, Joseph R. Sharkey, PhD, MPH4 and on behalf of the members of the Healthy Aging Research Network Promoting Cognitive Health Workgroup

2 Department of Psychosocial & Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Scott & White Healthcare, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple
4 Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station

1 Address correspondence to Rebecca G. Logsdon, PhD, University of Washington School of Nursing, 9709 3rd Avenue NE, Suite 507, Seattle, WA 98115. E-mail: logsdon@u.washington.edu

Received February 17, 2009; Accepted February 17, 2009

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This special issue of The Gerontologist, "Promoting Cognitive Health in Diverse Populations of Older Adults," represents an important, empirically based contribution to our understanding of how ethnically, culturally, linguistically, and geographically diverse groups think about aging well and brain health. The reports describe a research database to further the development of public health messages targeting diverse groups of older Americans. In addition, the special issue provides information about preferences and practicalities of physical activity programs for older adults with and without cognitive impairment, and identifies gaps in scientific and public knowledge regarding specific guidelines for activities to improve cognitive health.

The Forum (Anderson et al., 2009) provides a context for the special issue with a review of the current . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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