Project Enhance – May 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the new look Project Enhance newsletter, which will be focusing on both EnhanceFitness and EnhanceWellness. The newsletter will be updated monthly and will be emailed to our mailing list, as well being available on our website. Click to open the May 2020...
NCHPAD is proud to partner with EnhanceFitness – Video
We are honored to work with the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability to expand access to #EnhanceFitness ! Thank you EF participants at Lacey Senior Center and EF Master Trainer Cindy Sundem who are featured in this video - be sure to watch!...
Project Enhance and COVID-19: Recommendations for Program Delivery
We’ve received requests for guidance on best practices given the social distancing restrictions in our communities. We recommend that all implementation be done in line with the policies of your organization and the current directives of public health agencies....
Project Enhance – April 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the new look Project Enhance newsletter, which will be focusing on both EnhanceFitness and EnhanceWellness. The newsletter will be updated monthly and will be emailed to our mailing list, as well being available on our website. Click to open the April...
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability Awards Funding to Advance Partnerships for Inclusive Health
The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) at the UAB-Lakeshore Research Collaborative announces awards for the Partnership for Inclusive Health Innovation Grants. These grants, awarded to seven prominent organizations, builds off the...
Project Enhance and ACSM Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Older Adults Committee
Project Enhance is honored to work as part of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Older Adults Committee to contribute to an issue brief on physical activity and aging recently published in the Journal on Active Aging. Mary E....
Enhance®Fitness partnering with NCHPAD to improve participant program access nationally
According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of older Americans will nearly double in size by 2050 due largely to the aging of baby boomers. Among this group are individuals with long-term disability who, because of advances in medicine and...
Dr. Basia Belza presents at ACSM Exercise Is Medicine World Congress
Dr Basia Belza spoke on Physical Activity Across the Life Course at the American College of Sports Medicine Exercise Is Medicine World Congress. Her presentation included Sound Generations and UW Health Promotion Research Center’s EnhanceFitness as an example of an...
Aging Today article – ‘Yes, Exercise is medicine’
The March-April 2019 edition of Aging Today features an article by Paige Denison (Director, Project Enhance) and Mark Stoutenberg (Director of the Masters in Public Health program at University of Tennessee in Chattanooga) titled 'Yes, exercise is medicine - and...
‘Using Evidence-based Programs to promote Age-Friendly Systems’ Webinar
Project Enhance Using Evidence-Based Programs to Promote Age-Friendly Health Systems Part of the Aging and Disability Business Institute Series—a Collaboration of n4a and ASA On April 4th, 2019 Project Enhance Director Paige Denison and Fit & Strong’s Dr. Sue...
NACDD – Advocating for Investment in Chronic Disease Prevention Work
The NACDD released a new white paper titled 'Why Preventing Chronic Disease is Essential - Prevention Works'. Click here to view a PDF of the white...
Attention EW Counselors – New Manual Supplement
EW Counselor Manual Supplement: 'Providing EnhanceWellness to Adults with Long-Term Disability' is now available! The long-awaited EW Counselor Manual Supplement on Providing EnhanceWellness to Adults with Long-Term Disability is available for download on WellWare....