Welcome
to the home page of the Disability and Health Team. We
are part of the new National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our focus is promoting
the health of people who are living with disabilities.
Described below are ways to
promote the health of people with disabilities:
- Address public health issues among at risk populations
including people with disabilities using national and state
health survey data to identify population of people with disabilities,
high priority health issues,
and associated risk factors.
- Use the ICF Model to assess health
determinants or changes in
a person's functioning, disability and health.
- Read about current disability science and
health policy in
publications.
- Obtain information from
national resources to create
healthier lifestyles for people with disabilities that involves
their families and health professionals.
- Implement various
accessibility guidelines
to ensure accessible health venues such as, health-care facilities,
recreation facilities, health conferences and meetings, news media,
publications, and emergency evacuation settings.
- Conduct studies at research
oriented universities and community-based organizations.
- Adopt public health interventions that hold promise for reducing secondary conditions, promoting health, and reducing
disparities among children and adults with disabilities
through state, territory, and tribal disability and health activities.
- Establish community-based efforts
to achieve the
national health goals for people with disabilities as described in Healthy
People 2010.
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