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Tag Archives: health promotion
Research in Brief: What are Health Literacy, Health Education, and Health Promotion?
NARIC’s Research In Focus series highlights new and interesting findings from NIDILRR-funded studies, presented in lay language summaries. The series covers a wide array of topics, and aims to present peer-reviewed research in readable formats, so our readers can learn … Continue reading
Occupational Therapy Month: The Role of OT
April is Occupational Therapy Month. Occupational therapy (OT) is a client-centered health profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). Occupational therapists use a … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Fact sheet, Organization, Uncategorized
Tagged academics, activities of daily living, adults, advocate, American Occupational Therapy Association, caregivers, certification, children, chronic illnesses, community integration, community mobility, consultant, daily living, disability, driving, elderly, environments, factsheets, family supports, health promotion, injury, job and career resources, occupational therapists, occupational therapy, Occupational Therapy Month, occupations, practitioner, psychological well-being, qualifications, self-directed care, youth
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Are you getting screened?
January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists wants to make sure everyone knows about screening for thyroid disorders and cancers. Our own Media and Information Services Manager Jess Chaiken knows how important these screenings can … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, health promotion, healthcare, screening
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Hey, Guys, take care of yourselves!
It’s National Men’s Health Week! We’d like to take a few moments to remind all the men in our lives to take care of themselves: Get some exercise, make good food choices, go see your primary care provider for important … Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now
Tagged diet, health promotion, men, men's health, men's health week, nutrition, sexual health, sexuality
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Matters of the <3 (heart)
Here we are in the middle of February. Valentine’s Day is just a couple of days away. In the Mid-Atlantic, the air is crisp and cold, perfect for getting cozy with loved ones in front of a fire. The American Heart … Continue reading
To Your Health!
It’s National Health Education Week, sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education. Health education range from large-scale campaigns, like tobacco-free kids or getting 30 minutes of exercise, to outreach to underserved communities, like bringing farmer’s markets to inner city neighborhoods. … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community -April 2015
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged African Americans, android, Apps, Asian Americans, benefits of recreation, community, cultures, depression, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, European Americans, health, health promotion, Hispanics, Latinos, leisure generated meanings, lesiure, mental health, mental illness, minorities, National Institute on Aging, neurological disabilities, NIA, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, occupational therapy, OT, people with disabilities, physical activity, Positive Activity Jackpot, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychiatric disabilities, psychiatry, psychology, PTSD, recreation therapy, social impact, soldiers, Spanish, Spanish-language, stress, technology, therapeutic recreation, veterans
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CDC Grand Rounds: Where in Health is Disability? to be Rebroadcast
Originally broadcast on December 18th, the CDC’s Grand Rounds: Where in Health is Disability? Public Health Practices to Include People with Disabilities will be rebroadcast on January 30th with a live question-and-answer session to follow. The Grand Rounds include presentations … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Grand Rounds, health disparities, health promotion, webcast
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Disability in Rural Communities: Designing Research for Impact (Part II: Rural health: Living and Working Well Programs)
On Wednesday, June 22nd the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities discussed how they build evidence-based interventions supporting the purposes of the Rehabilitation Act and NIDRR’s Long Range Plan in their presentation “Disability in Rural Communities: … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Project
Tagged data, disability statistics, employment, Health Plans for Employment, health promotion, knowledge translation, living well, long range planning, NIDRR, NIDRR grantees, NIDRR research, presentation, Programs, RRTC, rural, self-management, web-based tools, working well
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Disability in Rural Communities: Designing Research for Impact (Part I: Rural Rehabilitation and Employment)
On Wednesday, June 22nd the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities discussed how they build evidence-based interventions supporting the purposes of the Rehabilitation Act and NIDRR’s Long Range Plan in their presentation “Disability in Rural Communities: … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Project
Tagged employment, evidence-based research, health outcomes, health promotion, independent living, living well, long range planning, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, presentations, Rehabilitation Act, RRTC, rural, self-employment, self-management, telerehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, working well
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 