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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