SUMMARY: This policy note examines the role that Area Agencies on Aging and
other Older Americans Act-based aging services providers can play to increase the
use of clinical preventive services by adults age 50 and older. Recommended strategies
include building on existing health promotion and disease prevention programs,
and partnering with public health departments, health care systems and other private
entities to promote and offer CPS as a regular service in the community. This note
includes real world examples and links to resources that can help providers of aging
services initiate similar efforts in their own communities. Related opportunities to
provide clinical preventive services for state, local and tribal public health departments,
community health centers, and nonclinical community-based organizations
are the focus of other policy notes in this “Opportunity Knocks for Preventive
Health” series¹ which highlights the promise of collaboration between diverse types
of community-based organizations to improve the health of older Americans.