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Leslie J Duncan, MIS, Information Services, National Limb Loss Information Center, 900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285, Knoxville, TN 37915, 888-267-5669, lduncan@amputee-coalition.org

The National Limb Loss Information Center (NLLIC), a program of the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA), addresses the needs of the limb loss population and participates in outreach activities to groups and allied agencies that address limb loss issues. Programs/services of the NLLIC include a national hotline, a Web site, the Youth Activities Program, the National Peer Network (NPN), national consumer publications, fact sheets, outreach, and the NLLIC Library Catalog. According to Healthy People 2010, people with disabilities have increased health concerns and susceptibility to secondary conditions. Having a long-term condition increases the need for health promotion that can be medical, physical, social, emotional, or societal. The NLLIC understands the importance of health promotion for people with disabilities, especially those with limb loss. Health and wellness activities within individual program activities are designed to prevent limb loss, prevent re-amputation, prevent ameliorate secondary conditions associated with limb loss. Programs that include health and wellness information include senior step (an outreach program that targets older amputees, their caregivers, and service providers), biofit (a youth fitness program), inMotion (a national consumer publication), an online support group, NPN, an educational conference, and minority outreach. The NLLIC is currently collaborating with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to develop a self-help course aimed at helping amputees deal with pain and depression and with Walter Reed Medical Center to develop a model peer-training program for servicemen that have lost limbs in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to

• Discuss the national resource center model and adopt some of its features.
• Refer clients appropriately to the National Limb Loss Information Center

Keywords: Health Education Strategies, Outreach Programs

Related Web page: www.amputee-coalition.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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