Satariano WA, Guralnik JM, Jackson RJ, Marottoli RA, Phelan EA, Prohaska TR. Am J Public Health. 2012 Aug;102(8):1508-15. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300631. Epub 2012 Jun 14. SOURCE: School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. bills@berkeley.edu Optimal mobility, defined as relative ease and freedom of movement in all of its forms, is central […]
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West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services The Bureau of Senior Services partners with the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health to coordinate arthritis activities in West Virginia and offers exercise classes for people with arthritis. The Bureau also partners with Public Health to increase seniors’ knowledge about asthma and osteoporosis, and the Bureau is part of Mountains […]
Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare’s Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) DDD provides residential services; day/employment services, which includes assistance to an individual in obtaining and/or maintaining employment, and with transportation or job training; and family supports that are provided in the home or in the community to assist the […]
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Services for the Blind (SSB) SSB helps people who are blind, visually impaired, or Deafblind to live and work as independently as possible by providing training to adjust to blindness and vision loss, exploring assistive technology, and teaching adults how to prepare for, attain, and keep jobs. 2200 […]
There are a variety of formal health promotion interventions that state grantees and others have developed in the area of health promotion and wellness for people with disabilities. Below is a list of recognized health promotion interventions that have been implemented and evaluated in numerous settings. HealthMeet Healthy Lifestyles I Can Do It You Can […]
For a complete list of recent health disparities research abstracts, please click here. Keen, C. Older blacks face higher disability risk, UF study shows. University of Florida. http://news.ufl.edu/archive/2001/06/older-blacks-face-higher-disability-risk-uf-study-shows.html. Published June 11, 2001. Accessed December 3, 2015. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Person with a disability: Labor force characteristics summary. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/disabl.nr0.htm. Published June […]
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an individual with a disability is someone who: 1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or (2) has a record of such an impairment; or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment (the Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990). More than […]
BACKGROUND: National survey data indicate the number of individuals reporting a disability is rising. Those with disabilities experience a large number of barriers to health promotion and disease prevention programming. However, only a limited number of studies have used nationally representative data to examine the health status of individuals with disabilities in comparison to those […]
Roughly 54 million Americans have some type of disability and these Americans are less likely to receive health screenings than other Americans — despite being at higher risk of many chronic conditions and illnesses.1 Health screenings are the gateway to health resources, including medical care, social support groups and health promotion interventions. Read more: download full PDF […]