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CDSME Marketing Toolkit

As CDSME grantees, you can help your community understand and manage chronic conditions by encouraging older adults to participate in your chronic disease self-management programs. Use the resources in this toolkit to recruit more older adults to participate in your CDSME program.
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CDSME Marketing Toolkit Materials

Promotional Flyers

These promo flyers can help you recruit participants for CDSME programs.
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Social Media Tools

Use these images and sample social media posts to help promote your CDSME programs.
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Sample Text Messages

Send a quick text to expand the reach of your CDSME program.
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Key Facts and FAQ

Get answers to the most commonly asked questions about CDSME, plus some facts to share.
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Most older adults are living with chronic diseases. An estimated 93% have at least one, and nearly 79% live with two or more.

NCOA receives funding from the Administration for Community Living/Administraiton on Aging (ACL/AoA), which awards grants to state and tribal organizations to expand and sustain chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs arcoss the country. These evidence-based programs are proven to help older adults manage chronic conditions and improve their quality of life.

NCOA is committed to ensuring everyone has the information they need to understand chronic conditions and benefit from NCOA's chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs. The evidence-based programs provide life-changing education, a supportive community, and hope for a healthier future.

Use our toolkit to recruit more participants in your CDSME program.

Full CDSME Marketing Toolkit

Find and download all toolkit resources below:

These resources were created as part of a project that is 100% funded by a grant totaling $10 million awarded to NCOA by the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It does not necessarily reflect the official views of, or endorsement by, ACL, HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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