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Embracing Age-Inclusive Practices: Joint Strategies from Gerontology and Behavioral Medicine
Date: January 15, 2025
Time: 2 pm ET
This webinar will address the critical issue of ageist beliefs and practices that impact older adults' health and inclusion in behavioral medicine research. Older adults can benefit significantly from health promotion interventions to reduce high rates of chronic disease risk and barriers to quality of life exacerbated by social determinants. However, ageism has deep roots in our society and presents an “upstream” factor that threatens their health, social functioning, participation in research, and exclusion from digital interventions. Addressing ageism with evidence-based strategies is the first step to ensuring that everyone can access essential health promotion resources with aging, yet many behavioral medicine professionals have not received training in this area. This issue is relevant to all SBM members, as ageism impacts not only those directly studying aging but also the design, delivery, and effectiveness of health interventions across the lifespan.
To address these awareness and training gaps in our field, the Organizational Partners Committee (OPC) has brought together a multidisciplinary panel of leaders from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and SBM Aging SIG for a multidisciplinary panel. The expertise of the GSA in gerontology and aging is essential to complement the behavioral health expertise of the SBM, ensuring a comprehensive approach to combating ageism. The panelists will provide an overview of age-inclusive language and evidence-based communication strategies from the National Center to Reframe Aging. The panelists will demonstrate how these strategies can be integrated into the design, recruitment, data collection, and dissemination phases of behavioral medicine studies across specialties.
Representing GSA, Patricia D'Antonio will discuss how bias against older people affects societal practices and policies, offering strategies from the National Center to Reframe Aging to improve public understanding and use person-centered language. Representing the SBM Aging SIG, Drs. Ryan Mace and Meghan Mattos will provide actionable strategies to eliminate ageist beliefs and practices that contribute to the “digital divide” and improve the recruitment, enrollment, and retention of older adults in behavioral medicine research. By fostering collaboration between SBM and GSA, this webinar aims to equip SBM members with the knowledge and tools necessary to address ageism toward the design of inclusivity and effective health promotion interventions for all.
Learning Objectives:
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Attendees will be able to identify how ageist beliefs and practices negatively affect older adults' health, social functioning, and participation in behavioral medicine research.
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Attendees will learn to apply evidence-based communication strategies and age-inclusive language from the National Center to Reframe Aging across research, clinical, and educational contexts.
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Attendees will acquire specific strategies to address the digital divide, improving the recruitment, enrollment, and retention of older adults in internet-based and digital health interventions, ensuring their research and interventions are accessible to older populations.
Speakers:
Patricia D'Antonio BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP (she/her/hers)
Patricia M. "Trish" D'Antonio is the Vice President of Policy and Professional Affairs for The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and a board-certified geriatric pharmacist. She directs GSA’s policy initiatives, develops relationships with organizations in the aging arena, and represents GSA on several policy coalitions. Trish also serves as the Executive Director for the National Center to Reframe Aging and previously held significant roles in pharmacy regulation and policy development.
Ryan Mace, PhD
Dr. Ryan Mace is a clinical health psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR). As an emerging leader in behavioral medicine in aging, Dr. Mace is the current chair of the SBM Aging SIG, active member of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), and has received honors such as the 2024 Mather Institute Innovative Research on Aging Award. His clinical research focuses on the integration of mindfulness, lifestyle behaviors, and digital health to prevent Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) in diverse aging populations.
Meghan K. Mattos, PhD, RN (she/her/hers)
Dr. Meghan Mattos is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and the School of Medicine Center for Behavioral Health and Technology. She is on the Editorial Board for Innovation in Aging and Internet Interventions, recipient of the 2023 Lucie Young Kelly Faculty Leadership Award, and committed to improving access to healthcare services for older adults and underserved communities. Her research focuses on the prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment in older adults using Internet-based approaches.
Moderator:
Heather Derry-Vick, PhD (she/her/hers)
Dr. Heather Derry-Vick is an Assistant Faculty Member at the Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health's Center for Discovery and Innovation. Informed by her background as a clinical psychologist, her research examines how psychosocial factors, such as stressful experiences or anxiety symptoms, interact with cancer and other health conditions as people age. She also tests behavioral interventions aimed to reduce the impact of stress on those with cancer, with a special focus on older adults. As the outgoing co-chair of the Aging SIG, she is passionate about maximizing older adults’ access to and benefits from behavioral research and interventions.
Member Price: Free
Non- Member Price: $45
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