Commentary: Defining Disability in Health Care Education. Long-Bellil LM, OʼConnor DM, Robey KL, Hahn JE, Minihan PM, Graham CL, Smeltzer SC; on behalf of the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education. The Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education is a collaborative network of health care educators promoting the inclusion of disability-related content in… Read More »»
Health Education
Health Education Resources: Health Literacy
February 18, 2009
“Health Learning and People With Disabilities” by Shelley Hourston on the access to learning Canada website Canadian Council on Learning – Health Learning and People With Disabilities Format Online article Originally published in the Forum department of Abilities, Issue 71 (Fall 2006), pp. 44-45, this article is the first in a series commissioned… Read More »»
Health Education Resources: Health Care Professionals
February 18, 2009
Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions (CDIHP) Western University of Health Sciences Format Center The mission of CDIHP is to enhance health professions education, and to improve access for people with disabilities to health, health education and health care services. The Center focuses on: improving the capabilities of health… Read More »»
Health Education: Consumers
February 18, 2009
Assessing Health Information for Individuals With Disabilities Research Triangle Institute (RTI) Format Evaluation In 2006, RTI worked with CDC’s Disability and Health Program to conduct an evaluation in New Mexico, New York, and North Carolina of state-level strategies and publications for meeting the health information needs of people with disabilities. The evaluation… Read More »»
Health Education Research: Education of Caregivers, Consumers, & Families
December 1, 2008
Sexuality issues and gynecologic care of adolescents with developmental disabilities. Greydanus DE, Omar HA. Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-1284, USA. Greydanus@kcms.msu.edu Pediatr Clin North Am. 2008 Dec;55(6):1315-35, viii. All human beings are sexual from birth to… Read More »»
Health Education Research: Health Communication
August 1, 2008
Computer and internet use by persons after traumatic spinal cord injury. Goodman N, Jette AM, Houlihan B, Williams S. Department of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA. naomirgoodman@yahoo.com Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Aug;89(8):1492-8. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether computer and internet use by persons post spinal cord injury (SCI) is sufficiently prevalent and… Read More »»
Health Education Research: Education of Health Care Professionals
April 1, 2007
Sexuality in children and adolescents with disabilities. Murphy N. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. nancy.murphy@hsc.utah.edu Dev Med Child Neurol. 2005 Sep;47(9):640-4. Comment in: Dev Med Child Neurol. 2008 Aug;50(8):563. This review presents a discussion of the sexual development of children and adolescents with disabilities,… Read More »»
Improving the health and health behaviors of women aging with physical disabilities: A peer-led health promotion program.
December 1, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To examine the efficacy of a health promotion program for women aging with physical disabilities. METHOD: A sample of 137 middle-aged and older women with physical disabilities was randomly assigned to either an 8-week health promotion program or to a wait-list control group. Both groups completed questionnaires before, immediately after, and 3 months after… Read More »»
Attitudinal and psychosocial outcomes of a fitness and health education program on adults with down syndrome.
March 1, 2004
Attitudinal and psychosocial outcomes of a fitness and health education program for adults with Down syndrome were examined. Participants were 53 adults with Down syndrome ages 30 years and older (29 females, 24 males, M age = 39.72 years) who were randomized into a training (n = 32) or control group (n = 21). The… Read More »»
Accessible online health promotion information for persons with disabilities.
January 31, 2004
Online health promotion materials have great potential to reach persons with disabilities and provide valuable information to this vulnerable population. While health promotion efforts are important for everyone, they are crucial for individuals with disabilities. Yet information needed to support these efforts is often presented in such a way that its access is limited or… Read More »»
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