Evidence-based programs that are proven to improve the quality of life for adults with arthritis.

Arthritis-Appropriate, Evidence-Based Interventions (AAEBIs) are programs that have been shown to improve arthritis symptoms, such as pain or limitations in function. These programs have to meet a list of criteria and can include but are not limited to community-based settings, clinical settings, and virtual settings. The criteria were initially created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Arthritis Program and are now adapted and upheld by the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (OAAA). An AAEBI review process ensures that programs are supported scientifically, address arthritis-related symptoms, and can be reasonably implemented. The list of fully reviewed and approved AAEBIs will continue to grow as more programs apply to be considered.

The current list of approved Arthritis-Appropriate Evidence-Based Interventions highlights two types of programs: Physical Activity programs and Self-Management Education programs. Physical Activity programs are designed to help increase physical activity safely and comfortably. Self-Management Education programs are designed to teach individuals how to cope with arthritis-related symptoms and how to adopt healthy behaviors to maintain active and fulfilling lives. Both types of interventions reflect effective prevention and management strategies for addressing arthritis.

Did you know that some AAEBIs are also considered Evidence-Based Falls-Prevention Programs by The National Council on Aging? Learn more about these programs in this short flyer!

This year, the OAAA has expanded the menu of AAEBI programs to 23 by adding two programs to the list of recognized AAEBIs.

These newly recognized programs expand the current list of recognized Lifestyle Management Programs for arthritis. All programs – existing and newly recognized – are described below.

If you are interested in having your program considered as an AAEBI, our application cycle will re-open in 2025. You can learn more about the process HERE!

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Physical Activity Cross-Sectional Table

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	Active Living Every Day	AEA Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program	AEA Arthritis Aquatic Program	Enhance Fitness	Fit and Strong!	Good Life with osteoArthritis: Denmark (GLA:D)	My Knee Exercise Program	Otago Exercise Program	Tai Chi for Arthritis	Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance	Walk With Ease + Camine Con Gusto (Spanish version of WWE)
Priority Audience	Adults of all ages are referred by a variety of organizations such as worksites, hospitals, community health programs, colleges, fitness centers, older adult programs and residences, and grant-funded initiatives.	Adults suffering from arthritis and similar conditions, seniors, active and sedentary adults	Adults with arthritis, related rheumatic diseases or musculoskeletal conditions, ranging from people who are older, sedentary and very limited by impaired joint mobility to those who are relatively active with only mild joint involvement	Older adults from frail to fit and people aging with disability	Older adults with osteoarthritis in lower extremities	People with symptoms of knee and hip osteoarthritis (regardless of stage of osteoarthritis)	People with knee osteoarthritis	Almost anyone can use this program with appropriate adaptations, from frail to fit and people aging with disability.	Almost anyone can use this program with appropriate adaptation for individual conditions, especially people with arthritis or other chronic conditions, who are sedentary, and would like to improve their activities levels, physical function and wellness of body and mind.	Older adults with leg muscles weakness, abnormal gait, walking difficulty, or at risk of falling. Also people with movement or balance disorders	People with arthritis and people who seek to improve physical activity levels
Program Content	Active Living Every Day is an evidence-based behavior change program. The approach is unique because it addresses the root causes of inactivity rather than simply prescribing exercise. Using facilitated group-based problem-solving methods to integrate physical activity into everyday living, participants learn the skills they need to become and stay physically active.	• Exercise planning • Low impact exercises • Stretching • Balance exercises • Strengthening exercises • Sitting, staning, or lying exercises • Daily living skills	A recreational group exercise program conducted in warm water that consists of two levels, Basic and Plus. Exercises in the Basic level: • Improve range of motion • Increase Muscle strength and endurance • Reduce pain and stiffness • Maintain or improve mobility, muscle strength and functional ability. Also includes Endurance-building routines, relaxation exercises and health education topics.	• Fitness Assessment • Cardiovascular Exercise • Dynamic/Static Balance Work • Strength Training with Weights as Appropriate • Flexibility exercises • Socialization	• Stretching • Balance exercises • Range of motion exercises • Resistance exercises • Exercises that mimic daily activities • Problem-solving and self-management skill building • Plan ongoing personal exercise programs	Neuromuscular exercise program: • Aerobic warm-up • 10 exercises (4 levels of difficulty) for core and lower body • Cool-down (stretch and gait training) Self-management educational sessions: • Knowledge about osteoarthritis and evidence-based treatment • Exercise and self-management strategies	• Osteoarthritis education information • A recommended 6 month leg strengthening exercise program • guidance to increase general physical activity levels	17 exercises in total: • 5 strengthening • 12 balance	Gentle tai chi exercises that can be adapted by almost anyone to improve control of: • Arthritis symptoms • Balance • Reduce falls • Improve flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular fitness. • Improve immunity • Reduce stress to gain more tranquility	An evidence-based fall prevention program derived from a contemporary routine known as Simplified 24-Form Tai Ji Quan (pronounced tye gee chuwan). TJQMBB consists of an 8-form core with built-in Tai Ji Quan - Mini Therapeutic Movements®.	• Health education • Stretching and strengthening • Warm-up and cool-down exercises • 10-35 minute walk
Program Benefits/Goals/Outcomes	This program allows participants to: • Identify and address barriers to physical activity • Increase self-confidence about becoming physically active • Create realistic goals and rewards for physical activity • Develop Social Support • Recover from lapses in physical activity	• Improved range of motion • Improved stability • Better health • Increased motor skills	• Overall sense of well-being • Better quality of life • Reduce pain/inflammation • Increase social interaction • Fun, safe and effective way to promote better health • Improved joint function • Increased Muscular Strength	• Maintains or improves physical function • Protects against falls and fall injury • Decreases depression • Provides a social benefit • Promotes a physically active lifestyle • Reduces medical-care utilization costs (~$945/participant annually) • Saves healthcare costs for managed care plans • Decreases skilled nursing costs • Decreases unplanned hospitalizations	• Improve exercise frequency • Reduce arthritis-related joint pain and stiffness • Increase strength • Improve confidence in ability to exercise	Results from more thank 75,000 participants show: • Decreased pain • Reduced intake of pain killers • Improved chair stands capacity • Increased walking speed • Improved quality of life • Cost-effective	• Reduced knee pain • Improved physical function • Improved quality of life • Improved pain self-efficacy	The Otago program is a structured and progressive exercise program with the goal of improving: • Lower extremity strength • Balance • Mobility. These exercises can be progressed, and when ready, the participants is prescribed a walking program	• Relief of arthritis pain • Improve balance • Feel better with oneself • Improve self-efficacy • Reduce falls • Improve physical function and health in general	• Improving postural stability • Awareness and mindful control of body positioning in space • Functional walking • Movement symmetry and coordination • Range of motion around the ankle and hip joints • Lower-extremity muscle strength • Global cognitive function. • Improved balance • Improved physical performance • Preventing falls and injurious falls	The overall goals of the Walk With Ease Program are: • To promote education about successful physical activity for people with arthritis • To promote education about arthritis self-management and walking safely and comfortably • To encourage participants to continue their walking program and explore other exercise and self-management programs that deliver proven benefits for people with arthritis.
Program Format	• In-person class/group • 1-on-1in-person • Remote delivery by phone, email, or video conferencing	• In-person class/group • Virtual self-directed	• In-person group	• Instructor Led In-person class/group sessions • Virtual class/group sessions	• Instructor-led in-person group sessions	• In-person, group based supervised sessions • Virtual format available in some countries	• Virtual self-directed/self paced	• In-person 1-on-1 • In-person class/group • Remote delivery by phone, email or video conference • Virtual class/group • At home/self-directed	• In-person class/group sessions • At home/self directed with video	• In-person class/group • In-person at home • Online group	• Self-Directed • Group format with Instructor
Class Size	8-15 participants (maximum of 20)	5-25 participants	No greater than 20 participants	10-25 participants	20-25 participants	• Commonly 5-8 participants (recommended no more than 12)	N/A, self-directed	• N/A for self-directed • 1-on-1 • 10-20 for group session	1 to 20 participants for in-person session		• N/A for Self-Directed • For Group ideal class size is 12 - 15 participants per leader.
	Active Living Every Day	AEA Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program	AEA Arthritis Aquatic Program	Enhance Fitness	Fit & Strong!	Good Life with osteoArthritis: Denmark (GLA:D)	My Knee Exercise Program	Otago Exercise Program	Tai Chi for Arthritis	Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance	Walk With Ease + Camine Con Gusto (Spanish version of WWE)
Program Sessions/Duration	1-hour, 1 time per week	30 to 60 minutes, 2-3 times per week	1 hour, 2-3 times a week	1 hour, 3 times per week	90 minutes, 3 times per week	Self-management education sessions: • 60-90 minutes, once weekly for 2 weeks ( some clinics offer a third session lead by former participant) Neuromuscular exercise sessions: • 60 minutes, 2 times per week for 6 weeks	• 30 minutes recommended per each session, 3 times a week	• 30-60 minutes, 2-3 times per week	• 1 hour, 1-2 times a week • Encouraged to practice most days for 15-30 minutes	• 1 hour, 1-2 times a week • Encouraged 1 hour per week	1 hour, 3 times per week (group)
Total Program Length	12 weeks	Ongoing	• 11 weeks • Ongoing if desired	• Most are ongoing. • 16 weeks for pre & post measurement	8 weeks	6-8 weeks	3, 8-week recommended regimens totalling 24 weeks (6-months)	• Best results are seen when participation exceeds 17 weeks • Group sessions often offered in 8-week segments	• 8 to 16 weeks • Ongoing if desired	• 12-24 weeks • Encouraged 24 weeks	6 weeks
Instructor Qualifications	• A trained facilitator who may have a background as a wellness coach, certified fitness instructor, nurse, teacher, public health professional, or a lay leader. • At least 1 trained facilitator is needed per class.	• AFEP trained • CPR/AED	• AFAP Certification • CPR/AED • Must have either lifeguard or water safety certification	• 12 hours of specialized EnhanceFitness Master training • Nationally recognized fitness certification or equivalent strongly recommended	Certified exercise instructor or Master Trainers for A Matter of Balance or Chronic Disease Self-Management Program.	• Certified health care practitioner (most commonly physiotherapist) • GLA:D certified (2-day course on osteoarthritis, evidence-based treatment, registry-based effect evaluation, practical training on delivery of the neuromuscular exercise program and self-management education)	N/A	• Instructors need to be trained in the Otago program • Online training (directed to physical therapists)	Instructor certified by the Tai Chi for Health Institute and CRP	• Preferred trained lay leader/facilitator, fitness instructor, physical therapist, occupational therapist, nurse, certified fitness instructor • Individuals who are interested in teaching this community-based fall prevention program must receive training through authorized TJQMBB trainers.	• Online WWE Leader training. • At least one trained leader per group. • Current certification in CPR is required. (Live skills training required; online-only courses are not acceptable.) First aid certification is strongly recommended. • Professional liability insurance coverage with an aggregate/single occurrence limit not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for personal injury or property damage, unless covered by the host facility’s comprehensive or professional liability insurance policy.
	Active Living Every Day	AEA Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program	AEA Arthritis Aquatic Program	Enhance Fitness	Fit & Strong!	Good Life with osteoArthritis: Denmark (GLA:D)	My Knee Exercise Program	Otago Exercise Program	Tai Chi for Arthritis	Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance	Walk With Ease + Camine Con Gusto (Spanish version of WWE)
Program Licensing	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	No
Language Offerings	• English	• English • Korean • Spanish	• Spanish	• Classes offered at sites in 16 languages. (Languages noted are spoken by participants & instructors in class, not language of class materials). • Class and instructor training materials are available in English and Mandarin	• English • Spanish	• English (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) • Danish (Denmark) • German (Switzerland, Austria, Germany) • Chinese (China) • French (Switzerland) • Italian (Switzerland) • Dutch (The Netherlands)	• English		• English • Chinese • Spanish		• English • Spanish - Camine Con Gusto
Approximate Costs	• The Active Living Every Day, Third Edition text is required and costs $49.95 per book. Bulk discounts apply on quantities of 25 or more. • The Active Living Every Day Facilitator Training Course/Facilitator package is $399 per facilitator. Bulk discounts for 5 or more facilitator training packages are available.	$109	• Participant cost varies, participant manuals are $2.30 per person • $99-129 training for prospective AFAP	See website for details: Enhance Fitness Cost	• Participant costs: Varies. Around $35 to cover cost of participant manuals. • Leader/ Host Costs: License at $2,000 for the main site and $400 for each satellite site for the first year or $1,000 if only offered at one site. • Manuals for each participant at $35 each.	• GLA:D is a not-for profit initiative based at University of Southern Denmark • Instructor cost vary between countries, typically similar to 2-day courses for physiotherapists • Participants cost is at most similar to the cost of a used bicycle	No Cost	Dependent on format and location.	Around $10 per class per participant		• $89 training for prospective instructors • $11.95 per participant book (required). Discounted books for community based organizations are available.
Research/Journal Article	ALED Intervention Evaluation	AEA Exercise Program research	Aquatic Exercise Program research Additional research	Enhance Fitness Research	See Fit & Strong website page on research evidence	See GLA:D website page on research evidence	My Knee Exercise Program research My Knee Exercise Program research summary	Otago Program research Otago Modality Research	See Tai Chi for Arthritis website page on research evidence	See Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance website page on research evidence	WWE Self-Directed research

Click here to compare the details of the Self-Management Education AAEBIs in a cross-sectional table

Self-Management Education Cross-Sectional Table

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	Better Choices, Better Health (Online CDSMP)	Chronic Disease Self-Management Program	Tomando Control De Su Salud (Spanish Version of Chronic Disease Self Management Program)	Chronic Pain Self-Management	Workplace Chronic Disease Self-Management Program	Enhance Wellness	Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS)
Priority Audience	Anyone living with one or more chronic health conditions or ongoing symptoms	People with any physical or mental chronic condition or multiple chronic conditions	Spanish-speakers with any physical or mental chronic condition or multiple chronic conditions	People with chronic pain conditions such as back pain, arthritis, or headaches	Employees of the hosting workplace with any physical or mental chronic conditions or multiple chronic conditions	Older adults and people aging with disability	Older adults living in poverty with multiple chronic conditions who are reached through social services and underserved by clinical care (e.g. people of color, homebound, limited English proficiency)
Program Content	• Goal Setting • Action Planning • Decision Making • Problem Solving • Communication • Symptom Management • Exercise • Healthy Eating • Managing Medications • Stress Management • Managing Emotions • Navigating Resources • Working with Your Healthcare Team • Planning for the Future	• An interactive workshop where participants learn skills to manage their chronic conditions on a day to day including: • exercise • healthy eating • symptom management (pain, fatigue, sleep, shortness of breath, stress and depression) • weight loss • communication skills. Core self-management skills taught include: • action planning • problem solving • decision making	• An interactive workshop where participants learn techniques to deal with symptoms of chronic conditions such as: • fatigue • pain • sleeplessness • shortness of breath • stress • emotional problems such as depression, anger, fear and frustration. Core self-management techniques that are taught include: • topics to help with healthy eating • appropriate use of medications • managing depression • decision making • appropriate exercises for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility and endurance	• For those living with chronic pain, participants can learn the skills to manage their pain on a day to day basis including: • exercise • healthy eating • cognitive pain management Participants will also learn how to deal with such concerns as: • fatigue • sleep problems • difficult emotions • weight loss • communicating with family, friends, and coworkers Core self-management skills taught include: • action planning • problem solving • decision making	• An interactive group workshop where participants learn self-management skills to manage their conditions on a day-to-day basis including: • balancing work and home life • exercise • healthy eating • pain • fatigue • sleep • shortness of breath • stress • depression • weight loss • communication skills Self-management skills taught include: • action planning • problem solving • decision making	• Connects participants with a personal health coach to improve physical, emotional and social well-being. • based on the Chronic Care Model, • EW’s participant- centered approach uses motivational interviewing techniques and validated assessment tools in 10+ domains to guide Health Action Plan creation and accountability. • Through the use of problem-solving strategies participants can clarify goals, responsibilities, and activities as they work toward health-related behavioral change.	• Brief behavioral interventions for depression including: • problem-solving and • pleasant physical and social activity planning (behavioral activation) • teaching about what depression is and isn't (psychoeducation) • social support • connection to other social and health services
Program Benefits/Goals/Outcomes	• Improved Health Status • Increased Health Behaviors • Improved A1-c • Increased Self-Efficacy • Reduced Pain and Fatigue	• Improved Health Behaviors: (exercise, medication adherence, communication with health professionals) • Reduced Symptoms: (pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, depression) • Reduced health care utilization (ED visits, physician visits, hospital days)	• Improved Health Behaviors: (exercise, medication adherence, communication with health professionals) • Reduced Symptoms: (pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, depression) • Reduced health care utilization (ED visits, physician visits, hospital days)	• Less pain: (Improved quality, problem, severity) • Other outcomes: (Less depression, less dependency, increased self-efficacy, improved role behaviors and life satisfaction)	• Improved exercise and eating behaviors • Reduced fatigue	• 72% decrease in hospital days • 35% decrease in psychoactive medication use • 11% decrease in depression • Significant reduction in rehospitalizations and HMO utilization – overall increased health	• Lower depression, social isolation and loneliness • Improved well-being
Program Format	• Virtual Self-Directed/Self- Paced for 6 weeks	• In-person Group Workshop • Virtual Group Workshop • Mailed Toolkit with or without Phone Call Check-in	• In-person Group Workshop • Virtual Group Workshop • Mailed Toolkit with or without Phone Call Check-in	• In-person Group Workshop • Virtual Group Workshop • Mailed Toolkit with or without Phone Call Check-in	• In-person Group Workshop • Mailed Toolkit with or without Phone Call Check-in	• In-person 1-on-1 format	• 1-on-1 In person • Virtual Remote Format • Over-The-Phone Remote Format
Class Size	• 20-30 participants	• 12-14 participants for face-to-face workshop • 8-12 for virtual workshop • 3-5 participants per Toolkit with scripted phone call workshop	• 12-14 participants for face-to-face workshop • 8-12 for virtual workshop • 3-5 participants per Toolkit with scripted phone call workshop	• 12-14 participants for face-to-face workshop • 8-12 for virtual workshop • 3-5 participants per Toolkit with scripted phone call workshop	• 12-14 participants for face-to-face workshop • 3-5 participants per Tool Kit with scripted phone call workshop	• N/A, 1-on-1 format	• N/A, 1-on-1 format
	Better Choices, Better Health (Online CDSMP)	Chronic Disease Self-Management Program	Tomando Control De Su Salud (Spanish Version of Chronic Disease Self Management Program)	Chronic Pain Self-Management	Workplace Chronic Disease Self-Management Program	Enhance Wellness	Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS)
Program Sessions/Duration	• 30 min sessions 3 times a week	• In-Person and Virtual Workshop: 2 and ½ hours per session • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 45-60 minute small group phone calls per session • Mailed Toolkit without phone calls: Self-Directed	• In-Person and Virtual Workshop: 2 and ½ hours per session • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 45-60 minute small group phone calls per session • Mailed Toolkit without phone calls: Self-Directed	• In-Person and Virtual Workshop: 2 and ½ hours per session • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 45-60 minute small group phone calls per session • Mailed Toolkit without phone calls: Self-Directed	• In-Person Workshop: 50-55 minutes per session • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 25-30 minute small group phone calls per session • Mailed Toolkit without phone calls: Self-Directed	• In-Person Workshop: 50-55 minutes per session • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 25-30 minute small group phone calls per session • Mailed Toolkit without phone calls: Self-Directed • Variable, dependent on need.	• 6 to 8 one hour sessions tapered weekly to monthly
Total Program Length	• 6 weeks plus ongoing alumni community group	• In-person workshop: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Virtual workshop: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit without weekly phone calls is self-directed.	• In-person workshop: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Virtual workshop: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit without weekly phone calls is self-directed.	• In-person workshop: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Virtual workshop: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 1 session per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit without weekly phone calls is self-directed.	• In-person workshop: 2 sessions per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit with phone calls: 2 sessions per week for 6 weeks • Mailed Toolkit without weekly phone calls is self-directed	• 6 months	• 6-8 months
Instructor Qualifications	• Canary Peers certified online facilitator (complete 6-week facilitator training)	• Trained by SMRC-certified Master Trainers, 2 trained Leaders, one or both of whom are non-health professionals with a chronic condition themselves, for both in person and virtual workshops For Phone-led workshops, only 1 leader is needed.	• Trained by SMRC-certified Master Trainers, 2 trained Leaders, one or both of whom are non-health professionals with a chronic condition themselves, for both in person and virtual workshops For Phone-led workshops, only 1 leader is needed.	• Trained by SMRC-certified Master Trainers, 2 trained Leaders, one or both of whom are non-health professionals with a chronic condition themselves, for both in person and virtual workshops For Phone-led workshops, only 1 leader is needed.	• Trained by SMRC-certified Master Trainers, 2 trained Leaders, one or both of whom are non-health professionals with a chronic condition themselves, for both in person and virtual workshops For Phone-led workshops, only 1 leader is needed.	• Social Workers, Registered Nurses, Community Health Workers, Registered Dietitians, others with Motivational Interviewing Experience • See website for more details. Enhance Wellness - Become a Coach	• PEARLS Coach training (distance): an online, self-paced training course and an additional 90-minute, live-over-Zoom practice session.
Program Licensing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Language Offerings	English	English, French Canadian Chinese, French, Italian, Hmong, Hindi, Russian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Creole-Haitian, Finnish, Danish, Samoan, Tongan. For Spanish and Portuguese see Tomando Control de Su Salud	English, See: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Portuguese	English, Spanish, French, Canadian	English, Spanish	1:1 program, materials are in English but program offered in variety of languages by bilingual coaches	• We have community-translated PEARLS forms available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Somali and Russian. • In addition, organizations have delivered PEARLS in Cantonese, Ilocano, Korean, Khmer, Mandarin, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Tagalog. The training and toolkit are currently only in English.
	Better Choices, Better Health (Online CDSMP)	Chronic Disease Self-Management Program	Tomando Control De Su Salud (Spanish Version of Chronic Disease Self Management Program)	Chronic Pain Self-Management	Workplace Chronic Disease Self-Management Program	Enhance Wellness	Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS)
Approximate Cost	Canary offers a turn key service and provides facilitators, workshop administration, book fulfillment, access to platform with 6 week workshop and ongoing alumni community. Organizations purchase workshop slots at approximately $275 per workshop participant that shows up to the program	• License Cost $550: lasts three years and includes 20 workshops. • Participants books cost: 15 to 20 dollars a person depending on volume ordered.	• License Cost $550: lasts three years and includes 20 workshops. • Participants books cost: 15 to 20 dollars a person depending on volume ordered.	• License Cost $550: lasts three years and includes 20 workshops. • Participants books cost: 15 to 20 dollars a person depending on volume ordered.	• License Cost $550: lasts three years and includes 20 workshops. • Participants books cost: 15 to 20 dollars a person depending on volume ordered.	See website for details: Enhance Wellness Program Cost	$500/person for PEARLS Coach Training. Other costs for in-person delivery include staff outreach, screening, and session time-associated costs, mileage reimbursement, and clinical supervision time-associated costs (~1-2 hrs/mo)
Research/Journal Article	Better Choices Better Health Research Article 1 Article 2 Article 3	CDSMP Research Articles (Virtual and In-Person) CDSMP Related Research Articles (Toolkit)	Tomando Control De Su Salud Research Articles	CPSMP Research Articles (Virtual and In-Person) CPSMP Related Research Articles (Toolkit)	wCDSMP Research Articles	Citations - Project Enhance	PEARLS Research Article

Program Descriptions

• Physical Activity Programs
• Self-Management Education Programs

AAEBI Evaluation Overview

The purpose of the Arthritis-Appropriate, Evidence-Based Intervention (AAEBI) Evaluation Process is to review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s published process for program evaluation, update the process as needed, and employ the process to screen promising intervention programs for elevation to recognized interventions that are proven to improve the quality of life of people with arthritis. Learn more about the AAEBI program review process and criteria here.

Programs were evaluated by a national group of reviewers with extensive expertise in arthritis research, AAEBIs, program evaluation, and program implementation. This activity was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $461,914 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.