2057.0 Promoting the Health of People with Disabilities I

Sunday, November 8, 2009: 4:30 PM
Poster
Poster session highlighting several projects describing health promotion efforts for people with disabilities, as well as background research on health knowledge and risk behaviors. Presentations describe community-based health promotion efforts, state-level programs, needs assessments, development of interventions, and studies of the risk factor prevalence, health disparities, and levels of awareness.
Session Objectives: Identify the principal areas of ongoing research in health promotion for people with disabilities. Describe successful health promotion strategies for people with disabilities.

Board 1
A Promotora and Community Approach to Promoting Health, Well-being and Awareness of Disabilities
Melinda Cordero, Lisa Kodmur, Joan Branin and Elsa Quezada
Board 2
Obesity in MS: Prevalence and Risk Factors in a Washington State Community Sample
Kara McMullen, MPH, Alyssa M. Bamer, MPH, Kurt L. Johnson, PhD and Dagmar Amtmann, PhD
  
Board 3
A Systematic Literature Review on Community-based Health Promotion Interventions to Reduce Secondary Conditions: What are the Effects of These Interventions on Subsequent Consumer Participation in the Community?
Glen W. White, PhD
Board 4
Analysis of Health Disparities and Co-Morbidities among Special Olympics Athletes
Amy Harris, MPH, Darcie L. Mersereau, MPH, Stanley Shepherd, MB,ChB and Qiuqing (Daisy) Tai, Graduate student from school of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego
  
Board 5
Barriers to physical activity among adolescents with mobility disabilities: Findings from the Health and Lifestyle Teens with Disabilities Study
Brienne Davis, MPH, James Rimmer, PhD and Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD
Board 6
Impact of a health education program on physical activity knowledge and participation of adults with intellectual disabilities
Amy E. Bodde, MPH, PhD(c), Dong-Chul Seo, PhD, Georgia C. Frey, PhD, Marieke Van Puymbroeck, PhD, CTRS and David K. Lohrmann, PhD
Board 7
Reaching the hard-to-reach: Lessons learned in promoting health of women with mobility impairments
Emily Walsh, MPH, CPH, Elizabeth A. McNeff, MPA: HA, Janet Campbell, BS, Rie Suzuki, PhD, Jana J. Peterson, MPH, PhD and Gloria L. Krahn, PhD, MPH
Board 8
Inclusion of adults with developmental disabilities in the development of visual (pictorial and video) instructions for a physical activity education intervention
Henan Li, Amy E. Bodde, MPH, Rotem Magnagi and Georgia C. Frey, PhD
  
Board 9
Physical activity and healthy eating knowledge, attitudes, and practices of adults with intellectual disabilities and direct support professionals
Sharon Holleran, PhD, Jeanne A. Lunz, MS and Philip Wilson, PhD
Board 10
Needs Assessment of Healthy Sexuality Education for Youth with Disabilities in Massachusetts
Pialee Roy, MA, Marci Diamond, MPA and Jeanne Ward, BA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Gerontological Health, Socialist Caucus, Social Work, Women's Caucus

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