Issue 35, September 16, 2013

The report consists of one component:

• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Community Health Services – Aging, in conjunction with CDC Grand Rounds)

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).

   • Community Health Services

     1. Location tracking: views from the older adult populationexternal icon
        Thomas L, Little L, Briggs P, McInnes L, Jones E, Nicholson J.
        Age Ageing. 2013 Jun 11.
        
     2. The healthy aging research network: resources for building capacity for public health and aging practiceexternal icon
        Wilcox S, Altpeter M, Anderson LA, Belza B, Bryant L, Jones DL, Leith KH, Phelan EA, Satariano WA.
        Am J Health Promot. 2013 Sep-Oct;28(1):2-6.
        
     3. Effects of an assistive technology intervention on older adults with disabilities and their informal caregivers: an exploratory randomized controlled trialexternal icon
        Mortenson WB, Demers L, Fuhrer MJ, Jutai JW, Lenker J, DeRuyter F.
        Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Apr;92(4):297-306.
        
     4. Willingness to pay for quality of life technologies to enhance independent functioning among baby boomers and the elderly adultsexternal icon
        Schulz R, Beach SR, Matthews JT, Courtney K, Devito Dabbs A, Person Mecca L, Sankey SS.
        Gerontologist. 2013 Jul 3.
        
     5. Framing the evidence for health smart homes and home-based consumer health technologies as a public health intervention for independent aging: a systematic reviewexternal icon
        Reeder B, Meyer E, Lazar A, Chaudhuri S, Thompson HJ, Demiris G.
        Int J Med Inform. 2013 Jul;82(7):565-79.
        
     6. Clinical outcome and cost-effectiveness of a synchronous telehealth service for seniors and nonseniors with cardiovascular diseases: quasi-experimental studyexternal icon
        Chen YH, Lin YH, Hung CS, Huang CC, Yeih DF, Chuang PY, Ho YL, Chen MF.
        J Med Internet Res. 2013 ;15(4):e87.
        
     7. Internet use among older adults: association with health needs, psychological capital, and social capitalexternal icon
        Choi NG, Dinitto DM.
        J Med Internet Res. 2013 ;15(5):e97.
        
     8. Environments for healthy aging: linking prevention research and public health practiceexternal icon
        Hunter RH, Anderson LA, Belza B, Bodiford K, Hooker SP, Kochtitzky CS, Marquez DX, Satariano WA.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 ;10:E55.
        
     9. What matters to older people with assisted living needs? A phenomenological analysis of the use and non-use of telehealth and telecareexternal icon
        Greenhalgh T, Wherton J, Sugarhood P, Hinder S, Procter R, Stones R.
        Soc Sci Med. 2013 Sep;93:86-94.
        

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