 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Elaine Jurkowski, PhD, School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University, Quigley 4, M/C 4329, Carbondale, IL 62901 and Patricia M Welch, MSSA, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, 7525 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105, 314-721-2717, welchp@gwbmail.wustl.edu.
Healthy People 2010 has made some significant strides in ascertaining the importance of disability surveillance. Coupled with these indicators of incidence and prevalence of community impairment, is the growing numbers of community census with impairments and chronic conditions. This phenomena pushes for the need to ensure that the public health workforce is adequately prepared to work with and address planning needs for people with disabilities and impairments. This paper builds upon the work of Meyers et al. (1999) and Jurkowski & Welch (2001) who examined the status of disability content in public health and social work curricula. This paper will outline a model and blueprint for the integration of disability content within the core course content areas of public health curricula and allied health professions. The model addresses the areas identified within HP2010's goals for the nation, WHO’s ICF , behavior, lifestyle, and social determinants of health. The blueprint will provide an overview of content areas to address and resources which can be used to infuse content about disability into curricula. Recommendations and resources which make use of the model presented will also be outlined as a component of this paper.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Disability, Curricula