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Tag Archives: obesity
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community July 2019
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a person with a disability and would like to be more physically active. What information and resources … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, #ResearchInFocus, ABLEDATA, access, accessibility, accessible sports, adaptive sports, adults, assistive technology, AT, children, community participation, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, exercise, healthy lifestyles, inclusion, intellectual disabilities, minorities, mobility disabilities, MSKTC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, obesity, participation, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, recreation, Research In Focus, social inclusion, wheelchair sport
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community
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, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged African American Children, African American youth, ASL, blindness, children, children with visual disabilities, communication, cultural competency, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, english, families, family, health, health and wellness, Hispanics, interventions, Latino Children, Latino youth, Latinos, minorities, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR research, obesity, people with disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, rehabilitation, rehabilitation readiness tool, Spanish, Trilingual, visual disabilities, visual impairments, vocational rehabilitation, VR, wellness, youth
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Differences in Health Status for People with Disabilities: Review of Webinar on CDC’s Public Health Approach to Disability
On January 24th, 2012 the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) co-sponsored the third episode in a four-part series of free Webinars on promoting health and preventing disease for … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Organization, Publications, Research Study, webcasts, webinar, Website
Tagged American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), Amputee Coalition, Behavior Risk Surveillance System (BRFSS), CDC, health, health disparities, health status, Healthy People 2020, key health indicators, NCPAD, NIH, obesity, Paralysis Resource Center, people with disabilities, Public education, webinar
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24 Acorns: Evidence-based strategies to prevent obesity in youth and young adults with disabilities
In the US, obesity remains one of the top health concerns across all age and ethnic groups. This is especially true for youth and young adults with physical and cognitive disabilities. To address this, Dr. James Rimmer and his group … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Website
Tagged cognitive disabilities, health, obesity, prevention, wellness, young adults
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Watch It: Webinar on prevention of obesity and cardiovascular disease in individuals with spinal cord injury (7/14)
WEBINAR: Introducing the RRTC on Spinal Cord Injury: Research Aimed at Improving Your Health. Part I: Prevention of Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Wednesday, July 14, 2:00 PM Eastern Presented by Suzanne Groah, MD, MSPH, Project Director, and Manon Lauderdale, MSE, … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Project, Publications, webcasts
Tagged cardiovascular disease, obesity, SCI, secondary conditions, spinal cord injury, webcasts
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Funding Opportunities: Two Rehab Engineering Research Centers and One Research and Training Center
While we were at the Special Libraries Association, our grants.gov alert popped up with these new funding opportunities. All three grant packages are now available to download. All three are due August 10th. Reducing Obesity and Obesity-Related Health Conditions Among … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 