Everybody needs physical activity for good health. However, most children do not participate in any organized physical activity during non-school hours. See how inclusive after-school programs can help increase physical activity among children of all abilities. Source: Activity for All Children | Features | CDC Children and adolescents ages 6 years and older should perform …
Source: Home | All Of Us Art Experience Join us for the official launch of the All of UsResearch Program. Help us advance precision medicine. Watch live on Sunday, May 6, 2018. SPEAKERS INCLUDE Francis Collins,M.D., Ph.D. Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D. Eric Dishman
Since 1949, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. We welcome other organizations to join us in spreading the word that mental health is something everyone should care about by using …
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Here are ten individuals who would like to tell you what work has meant to them. “We Can Work.” New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC4FQpn0Fko. Download Let’s Talk Employment Guide
The Responsive Practice training is online, on-demand, free for a limited time, and eligible for continuing education & continuing medical education credits. Responsive Practice enhances health care providers’ ability to deliver culturally competent, accessible care to people with intellectual, mobility, and other disabilities. Learning objectives: Describe disparities in health experienced by people with disabilities compared to …
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Family Practice, 2018, 1–10 doi:10.1093/fampra/cmy027 Robert J Fortuna1,*, Ashley Holub2, Margaret A Turk3, Jon Meccarello4 and Philip W Davidson4 1 Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and 2 Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, 3 Department of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, State University of New York Upstate Medical …
Fujiura, G. T.,Li, H., & Magana, S. (2018) Health services use and costs for Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A national analysis. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 56, (2) p. 101–118. DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-56.2.101 Abstract Health services and associated costs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) were nationally profiled and the predictors of high …
Yamaki, K., Wing, C., Mitchell, D., Owen, R. & Heller, T. (2018) Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Illinois’s acute health services expenditures for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 56 (2), p. 133–146. DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-56.2.133 Abstract States have increasingly transitioned Medicaid enrollees with disabilities from fee-for-service (FFS)to Medicaid Managed Care …
Inclusive Innovation in Parks and Recreation Source: Inclusive Innovation in Parks and Recreation – News & Media | Health.gov By Allison Tubbs, Project Coordinator, National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability and Maureen Acquino, Program Specialist, National Recreation and Park Association Park and recreation agencies are leading the way to inclusive communities across the country. Since the …
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The New Hampshire (NH) Disability & Public Health Project created a new data brief entitled, “New Hampshire Adults with Disabilities Are Motivated to Quit Smoking”. To better understand smoking trends and attempts to quit among people with disabilities in NH, the NH Disability and Public Health Project (DPH) worked with the NH Tobacco Prevention and …
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