Are you looking for easy-to-understand information on health topics that pertains to older adults and their families? Look no further than Healthy You, the free public health resource page from the APHA's award-winning newspaper, The Nation’s Health.
Each month, Healthy You provides facts, tips and information on a single public health topic in an easy-to-understand, public-friendly style. Healthy You topics cover a wide range of subjects, including many that pertain to seniors, their families, friends, or grandchildren.
Healthy You can be downloaded for free at www.healthfactsheets.org, and can be copied, reprinted and distributed. Pass out copies at your heath fair or on campus, hang it in your office or health department or hand it out at a community meeting. You can also link to Healthy You on your Web site or include it in your print or online newsletter!
Previous issues of Healthy You have addressed talking to your doctor, hearing protection, water safety, green living, oral health, heart disease prevention, food-borne illnesses, stress, emergency preparedness and more. More than two dozen tipsheets are available on the Web site.
The Nation’s Health wants to hear from you! Readers of Healthy You are encouraged to submit questions, comments and topics you would like to learn more about to nations.health@apha.org. Let us know how you’re using Healthy You to reach the older adult population.