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This chapter supports the mission of the Strategic Health Initiative on Aging of the American College of Sports Medicine. Preparation of this chapter was also partially supported by funding from the Prevention Research Center’s Healthy Aging Research Network Special Interest Projects (CDC #U48 DP001924) and the National Institute on Aging for its support of the Community Resource Center for Senior Health (1RC4AG038183). The opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the American College of Sports Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or National Institutes of Health.

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Ory, M.G., Towne, S.D., Stevens, A.B., Park, C.H., Chodzko-Zajko, W.J. (2015). Implementing and Disseminating Exercise Programs for Older Adult Populations. In: Sullivan, G., Pomidor, A. (eds) Exercise for Aging Adults. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16095-5_12

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