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186964 Barriers Associated with General Activity Levels in Adults with Mobility Disabilities and Extreme Obesity: Implications for Coaching Interventions

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Jennifer Gray-Stanley, PhD, MPP , School of Nursing and Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Qian Feng, BEng , Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
James Rimmer, PhD , Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Edward Wang, PhD , Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Melissa M. McCall, MArch , Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brittany K. Haugen, BS , Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Learning Objectives:
1) Recognize the problem of barriers impeding activity level and health promoting activities for people with disabilities and mobility limitations. 2) Learn of the utility of addressing different levels of barriers (i.e., personal, interpersonal, environmental) in coaching interventions.

Keywords: Disability, Health Promotion

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Health Promotion on this project and with data analysis.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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