Dr. Howard Frumkin, dean of public health at the University of Washington, will be the keynote speaker at the Aging Readiness Task Force’s free Jan. 20 workshop on healthy communities.
The workshop will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Red Cross Building, 605 Barnes St., at Vancouver Barracks.
Frumkin is former director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He will discuss how the design and planning of urban and rural areas influence public health.
Frumkin has written extensively on urban sprawl and building healthy communities.
Clark County’s 60-and-older population is projected to nearly double by 2025, when experts estimate one in four residents will be 60 or older. Older adults who practice good physical, psychological and social behaviors are more likely to remain healthy, live independently and incur fewer health-related costs.
