Health Promotion

Women with Disabilities Need Better Access to Preventive Cancer Screening

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Source: University of New Hampshire, Disability and Public Health Project (NH UCEDD) In NH, women with disabilities are significantly less likely than the general population to comply with breast and cervical cancer screening recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.  Preventive screenings are especially challenging for women with disabilities due to barriers, such as: Lack …

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Adults with Disabilities Need Better Diabetes Prevention Care

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Source: University of New Hampshire, Disability and Public Health Project (NH UCEDD) In New Hampshire, adults with mobility and cognitive limitations are significantly more likely to experience diabetes (26%) than adults with no disability (9%).1 The disparity in diabetes prevalence results in higher costs to Medicaid programs and poorer health outcomes and quality of life for …

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Is Your Sunscreen Living Up To Its Promise?

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Source: Science Friday 6/9/17 Sunscreen use is on the rise, but so are cases of skin cancer. That’s because a poor-quality sunscreen might keep you from getting a sunburn, but it won’t shield skin from UVA rays that cause melanoma. Recently, scientists with the Environmental Working Group tested almost 1,500 sunscreens, moisturizers, and lip balms …

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Women in the U.S. with physical &/or sensory disabilities more likely to be sterilized than women without disabilities

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Source: Disability and Health Journal Abstract Background Female sterilization accounts for 50% of all contraceptive use in the U.S. The extent to which U.S. women with physical and/or sensory disabilities have undergone female sterilization is unknown. Objective Our primary objective was to determine the prevalence of sterilization for women with physical/sensory disabilities, and compare this …

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“They just said inappropriate contact.” What do service users hear when staff talk about sex and relationships?

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Source: JARID Abstract Background Research into how people with intellectual disabilities (ID) pursue intimate relationships in care settings presents some contradictory findings; despite increasingly liberal staff views, service users experience significant restrictions. This study attempts to explore this gap within a secure hospital, examining service user’s representations of staff discourses about sexuality and intimate relationships. …

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Let’s talk about dental inequality in America

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Source: The Week (Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in The Washington Post) Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan Two hours before sunrise, Dee Matello joined the line outside the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland, where hundreds of people in hoodies, heavy coats, and wool blankets braced against the wind. Inside, reclining dental chairs were …

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Good Food Great Kids-Making Practice and Policy Work for Farm to Early Childcare & Education

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Source: PFC social impact advisors Good Food Great Kids-Making Practice and Policy Work for Farm to Early Childcare & Education According to Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, “The science of child development now helps us to see healthy development as a causal chain— policies and programs across the public and private sectors affect …

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Factors associated with meeting physical activity guidelines by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

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Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities may face challenges to staying physically active. Rate for adults with IDD meeting PA guidelines (13.5%) was less than half that of the general population (30.8%). Source: Factors associated with meeting physical activity guidelines by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities Abstract Background Many individuals with intellectual and developmental …

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Obesity: Meal and Fruit and Vegetable Snack Interventions to Increase Healthier Foods and Beverages Provided by Schools

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Source: Obesity: Meal and Fruit and Vegetable Snack Interventions to Increase Healthier Foods and Beverages Provided by Schools Summary of Task Force Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends meal interventions and fruit and vegetable snack interventions to increase the availability of healthier foods and beverages provided by schools. This finding is based on evidence …

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Strong at the Broken Places

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Decades of research have shown that children living in poverty are significantly more likely to develop internalizing and externalizing problems than are their peers who are not poor, with the magnitude of the differential increasing with longer exposure to impoverished conditions. Many of these children are labeled as “at risk” – of academic difficulties, school …

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