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THE ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVE AGING PROGRAM OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AMONG INACTIVE MEMBERS OF SENIOR

CITIZENS OF BARANGAY SAN JUAN IRIGA CITY

In accordance with the article “An Analysis of Aging-Related Needs and

Programming across the Extension North Central Region” by Yelland, E., et al.,

(2019), as the U.S. population ages, extension's need for associated organizational

readiness increases. They conducted a needs assessment with a sample of 1,028

Extension professionals in the Extension North Central Region (NCR) to identify the

current scope of aging-related community needs. Health care, chronic disease

prevention and management, housing, and transportation emerged from qualitative

analysis as top aging-related needs. A rank-order analysis identified finances, healthy

aging, and aging-friendly communities as chief community concerns. Additionally, they

stated that the NCR Extension professionals indicated the importance of resources and

programs and the need for community capacity building related to aging issues,

regardless of their programming area and/or responsibilities.

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 As reported by Guerrero, L., et al., (2020), in their study entitled “Community-

Partnered Evaluation of the Aging Mastery Program in Los Angeles Area

Senior Centers” The National Council on Aging's Aging Mastery Program (AMP) aims to

help older adults implement health behavior and lifestyle changes to promote healthy aging and

social engagement. The purpose of the present community-partnered evaluation was to test the

effectiveness of AMP implementation in Los Angeles County to improve participants' quality of

life, global physical and mental health, and patient activation. Experimental, intention-to-treat

analyses found AMP assignment did not affect any measured outcomes. Quasi-experimental,

"as treated" analysis controlling for study site and sociodemographic characteristics indicated

that participants who attended AMP reported more positive changes in global mental health

than the control group. Attending AMP was not associated with changes in quality of life,

physical health, or patient activation. Dose-response analyses among AMP participants who

attended at least one class found that attending more classes was not significantly associated

with greater improvements in mental health. To sum up their study, Experimental, intention-to-

treat analyses did not support the effectiveness of AMP on quality of life, physical or mental

health, or patient activation; quasi-experimental analyses found attending AMP was associated

with improvements in mental health. Recruitment challenges and participants' nonadherence

with condition assignment decreased our ability to detect effects.

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