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Assessment of a Community-Based Exercise Program for Older Adults in a Mixed Rural/Urban Catchment Area: Silver Sneakers in Central Pennsylvania

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Description
Study assessing the Silver Sneakers program, a federally funded, community-based exercise program for older adults, based on interviews with program staff in central Pennsylvania. Discusses rural/urban access to the program, facilities that offer the programs, and closures due to COVID-19.
Author(s)
Eileen Flores, Sage Nakawa, Robbin Moyer, Shirley M. Bluethmann
Citation
Preventing Chronic Disease, 19, 210283
Date
01/2022
Tagged as
Elderly population · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania