5046.0 Health promotion interventions for persons with disabilities

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
An array of community-based health promotion programs targeting behavior changes that prevent and/or delay the onset of chronic diseases are available for the general population. Despite the fact that persons with disabilities have a higher rate of chronic diseases than their counterparts without disability, health promotion programs for this population are scarce. Presenters of this session will share evidence that underscores the health promotion needs of persons with disabilities, and introduce a novel intervention approach for those with different types of disabilities.
Session Objectives: Name at least one health promotion intervention program targeting persons with disabilities.
Organizer:
Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD
Moderator:
Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD

8:30am
Welcoming Remarks
8:35am
Developing a novel telephone delivered self-management intervention for multiple sclerosis
Jamie Wazenkewitz, MSW, MPH, Aimee Verrall, MPH, Angela Garza, MSW, Amanda E. Smith, BS and Dawn Ehde, PhD
8:53am
Recruiting Deaf/ASL- users for Research Participation: Success!
Elaine Jones, PhD, RN, FAANP and Amy Drewek, MA, CI/CT, NIC Master
9:11am
Signs of Health Intervention (SoHi): Addressing CVD Risk Among Deaf Adults Who Use ASL
Elaine Jones, PhD, RN, FAANP and Derrick Pelton, RN, Doctoral Student
9:29am
Dietary habits and living arrangements in adults with intellectual disabilities
Kelly Hsieh, PhD, Sumithra Murthy, MBBS, MPH and James Rimmer, PhD
  
9:47am
Discussion

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

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Women's Caucus, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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