Strategies

Offer group educational, social, creative, musical, or physical activities that promote social interactions, regular attendance, and community involvement among older adults

Establish partnerships between farmers and consumers in which consumers purchase a share of a farm’s products in advance

Provide outreach and support to assist those whose employers do not offer affordable coverage, who are self-employed, or who are unemployed

Increase healthy options in vending machines by reducing the price of healthy choices, increasing the number of healthy choices compared to unhealthy choices, etc.

Regulate mental health insurance to increase access to mental health services, including treatment for substance use disorders

Place motivational signs on or near stairwells, elevators, and escalators that encourage individuals to use stairs

Provide health care services on school premises to attending elementary, middle, and high school students; physical and mental health services provided by teams of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians

Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc.