Online Program

289074
Promoting further inclusion of people with disabilities in public health programs: Lessons learned from federal efforts


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Sebastian Romano, MPH, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
Carolyn Lullo, PhD, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Monique Young, MPH, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Jacqui Butler, MPA, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Human Development and Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Inclusion of people with disabilities in public health programmatic efforts is an important priority, as indicated by the U.S. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities. Numerous entities are working towards greater inclusion, including federal agencies, state health departments, universities, and non-governmental organizations and all have made progress using innovative strategies and approaches. Collaboration among these diverse groups remains critical to the inclusion agenda for people with disabilities. This presentation will discuss strategies and approaches applied by the Division of Human Development and Disability at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to achieve the inclusion of people with disabilities in public health programmatic activities. Examples will be used to illustrate federal efforts as well as approaches taken through funded programs at both the state and national levels. These examples describe efforts at initiating and sustaining important relationships, branding and marketing, and creating procedural changes.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Identify strategies and approaches for including people with disabilities in public health activities. Describe the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s federally funded disability and health activities and programs that seek to include people with disabilities.

Keyword(s): Disability, Health Promotion

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a fellow at the Disability and Health Branch in the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities I understand our program history and efforts to include individuals with disabilities in programmatic activities. This was accomplished though the development of an evaluation plan and reporting system for state and private level grantees. In addition to these experiences, I have a strong methods-based epidemiological background with a Master in Public Health from Emory University.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.