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Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce

WebCompared to people without disabilities, people with disabilities are at a higher risk for poor health outcomes such as hypertension, obesity, falls-related injuries, and depression.1 …

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Health Disparities Including People with Disabilities: Public Health

WebThere are many misconceptions about people with disabilities. Healthy People 2020 identifies four that emerge: (1) all people with disabilities automatically have poor health, …

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Social Determinants of Health Including People with Disabilities

WebHaving a disabling condition should not imply that a person is unhealthy. A long-held challenge is the understanding of public health circumstances, beyond the disabling …

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Emerging Issues in Disability and Health Including People with

WebEmerging Issues in Disability and Health. There are three critical emerging issues in disability and health: The first is the need for better disability health data to inform policy …

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Learning Modules Including People with Disabilities: Public …

WebThese Learning Modules were created to provide public health professionals with foundational knowledge on disabilities, and provide competencies to assist with the …

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Competency 3: Identify how public health programs impact health

WebOver 56.7 million Americans have a disability, making up about 19% of the American population.4 This means that people with disabilities are a large part of the communities …

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Health Literacy Including People with Disabilities: Public Health

WebPeople with disabilities must frequently interact with the health care system, therefore, health literacy becomes an issue that defines their quality of life.24 Health literacy …

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Alignment with Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

WebThe Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies align within the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals developed by the Council on …

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Disability Models Resources Including People with Disabilities

WebDefinitions of the Models of Disability Defining Disability Today Models of Disability: Implications for Practice Disability: Definitions, Models, Experience Disability 6.1.1 The …

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Data and Surveillance Resources Including People with …

WebExpanding Surveillance of Adults with Intellectual Disability in the US. Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research (CDDER) Centers for Disease …

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1.1 Compare and contrast different models of disability

WebSeveral models of defining disability have been developed to try to address the many types of disabilities. Models of disability provide a reference for society as programs and …

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Development of the Competencies Including People with …

WebThe Competencies have been developed by a national committee comprised of disability and public health experts. Work to develop the Competencies began in 2010 through a …

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The Significance of Disability in Public Health

WebBecause the term disability can be used in different contexts by health professionals, disability advocates, or others there is not one single definition of the term “disability.” …

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Alignment with Service Standards in Public Health Departments

Web10 Essential Public Health Services Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies (AUCD and CDC) POLICY DEVELOPMENT · Inform, educate …

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Conclusion Including People with Disabilities: Public Health

WebConclusion. People with disabilities are at a higher risk for poor health outcomes. There is a clear need for public health efforts to reduce health disparities among people with …

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2.1 Identify surveillance systems used to capture data that includes

WebDefining disability is a significant challenge for public health. Surveillance systems must have some way of identifying people with disabilities, in order to produce comparative …

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2.2 Recognize that disability can be used as a demographic …

WebRecognizing disability as a demographic variable can help public health professionals to specifically target this population for health interventions with the goal of helping people …

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Policy Development and Health Promotion Including People with

WebMany community health promotion programs do not reach or include people with disabilities in their program design. Increased risk for serious health conditions, coupled with …

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Health Promotion Resources Including People with Disabilities: …

WebDisparities in Cigarette Smoking among Adults with Disabilities Disability and Health. Healthy People 2020 Guidelines and Criteria for the Implementation of Community …

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