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AFPHS 6Cs Training and Implementation Guide

Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Initiative 6Cs Training and Implementation Guide is designed to increase the knowledge and expertise needed to understand and expand public health’s role in improving and supporting older adult health and well-being at all levels.

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Generations Journal

The June 2025 edition of the Generations Journal of the American Society on Aging was guest edited by AFPHS team members Megan Wolfe and Karon Phillips.

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Partnering with the YMCA to Advance Age-Friendly Work

Explore the well-known and subtle ways YMCAs across the country support healthy aging.

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What's Public Health Got to do With... Caregiver Support?

Home health and personal care aids were the largest occupation in the United States in 2023, with about 3.7 million people working in a paid caregiving role. However, in addition to paid professionals, the caregiver workforce consists of 53 million unpaid caregivers who provide support to loved ones.

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Aligning the 10 Essential Public Health Services & the AFPHs 6Cs

The brief illustrates the alignment between Age-Friendly Public Health Systems’ 6Cs Framework for Supporting Healthy Aging and the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Taken together, both frameworks give public health practitioners tools to support healthy aging.

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Recognition Program

Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition Program

TFAH is supporting state and local health departments as they work to adopt healthy aging as a core public health function through the AFPHS Recognition Program. This program provides states and local health departments with the opportunity to receive recognition for their work to support the health of older adults.

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