Monday, 11/15/2021, 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.   ARCHIVED EVENT

Location: Online

2021-11-15 NIA/RCMAR Webinar at GSA: Applying the Science of Behavior Change to intervention development for diverse older adultsThe speakers in this webinar intend to move the understanding of how social and psychological factors shape health related behavior change by highlighting variations in mechanisms that create and sustain health behavior changes.

In this webinar, participants:

• Will be exposed to various theoretical frameworks for behavior change, and how these have been developed and applied to diverse populations
• Hear examples of how various approaches can be used to improve behavioral interventions and healthy lifestyles for diverse aging populations
• Identify areas of needed research to better apply these principles to interventions for diverse older adults, especially for the development of interventions for Alzheimer’s caregivers.

Presented by NIA/RCMAR Webinar at GSA.

Speakers:

Lisa Onken, NIH/NIA, The Stage Model

Michelle Carlson, John Hopkins University, Experience Corps Study

Jun Ma, University of Illinois Chicago, Problem Solving Therapy

Fadel Zeidan, UC San Diego, Neural mechanisms of Mindfulness and Pain

Donald Edmondson, The NIH Science of Behavior Change program

Vincent Mor, NIA IMPACT Collaboratory

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