4378.0 Health Promotion for Persons with Disabilities II

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 4:30 PM
Oral
This session includes four papers addressing the critical elements of health promotion for persons with various disabilities. Included are environment, physical activity, mental health and nutrition.
Session Objectives: Name at least one contextual factors that is important for health promotion on people with disabilities.
Moderator:
Catherine Leigh Graham, MEBME

4:30 PM
Advancing Disability in the Nation's Health Disparity Agenda – Addressing Environmental Disparities Associated with Obesity in Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities
James Rimmer, PhD
     
4:48 PM
Cross-Disability approaches and solutions to mental health community inclusion
Scott Robertson, MHCI, PhD Candidate
     
5:06 PM
Physical Activity and Depression among People Aging with Disabilities
Dori Rosenberg, PhD, MPH, Charles Bombardier, PhD, Mark Jensen, PhD, Mark Goetz, PhD and Dawn Ehde, PhD
     
5:24 PM
Development, reliability, and validity of Nutrition Supports Scale for paid caregivers in community homes
Jasmina Sisirak, PhD, MPH, Beth Marks, RN, PhD, Yen-Ching Chang, PhD and Barth B. Riley, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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