5167.0 Social Participation, Environment and Disability

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session includes various topics related to community participation and the health of persons with disabilities.
Session Objectives: Identify at least one social factor that may promote the health of persons with disabilities in the community.
Moderator:
Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD

12:30 PM
Healing disjuncture through synthesizing disability theory with engineering design
Stephen Gilson, PhD and Elizabeth DePoy, PhD
12:48 PM
Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity Frequency among Youth with Disabilities
Natasha Spassiani, MSc, James Rimmer, PhD, Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD, Christine Pellegrini, PhD and Brienne Davis Lowry, MPH
1:06 PM
Friendships & Dating: Enhancing social participation for adults with developmental disabilities in Alaska
Karen Ward, EdD and Julie Atkinson, MS
1:24 PM
Social Determinants of Self-Efficacy for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Aimee Verrall, MPH, Kara McMullen, MPH, Dawn Ehde, PhD, Kurt L. Johnson, PhD and Mark Goetz, PhD

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

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health

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