- Abstract
- Health Promotion for People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities: Building a Model of Inclusion and Opportunity
- The Emergence of Health Promotion for People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities
- Major Areas of Health Promotion and Their Relationship to People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities - Physical Activity and Disability
- National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
- Major Areas of Health Promotion and Their Relationship to People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities - Nutrition and Disability
- Major Areas of Health Promotion and Their Relationship to People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities - Health Behavior and Disability
- Model Health Promotion Programs for People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities
- University of Montana Program - Living Well With a Disability
- University of Michigan Program - Wellness for Women with Polio - A Holistic Program
- University of Illinois at Chicago Program - Center on Health Promotion for Persons with Disabilities
- Conclusion
- Note
- Assessing Your Child's Health-Related Physical Fitness
- Obesity in people with intellectual disabilities: The impact of nurse-led health screenings and health promotion activities.
- Joy of . . . Not Only Cooking . . . But Also Eating!
- Food and Your Mood: Nutrition and Mental Health
- Walking the talk: Fit WIC wellness programs improve self-efficacy in pediatric obesity prevention counseling
- Health Promotion for People With Disabilities: The Emerging Paradigm Shift From Disability Prevention to Prevention of Secondary Conditions
- The Importance of Men's Health
- Rehab and Community Physical Activity - When and Where Shall the Two Meet?
- A Universal Health Promotion Plan for All Americans: My Chat with the President
- Exercise Intervention Research on Persons with Disabilities
- Without Health Promotion, the Health Care System Will Remain Broken for People with Disabilities
- Congratulations Mr. President!
- Nutrition for Healthy Aging
- Inspiration and Wellness: Completing the Mosaics
- The Disabled Poor* Need a Healthier Community to Return to in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- Health promotion practices in women with multiple sclerosis.
- Alzheimer's Disease and Nutrition
- The Right to Fitness
- Environmental Disability
- What the Late Marlon Brando Can Teach Us About Health Promotion
- Environmental Disability
- The Tipping Point
- Setting Goals and Sticking with Them
- Newspaper Misses Mark in Health Club Feature
- Choosing a Fitness Center
- F.I.T.T.: Move More in May, Ladies!
- Managed Care and Rehabilitation
- Building Health Promotion Interventions for Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions
- President's Proposed Drug Relief Plan Must Include Relief from America's Worst Ailment: Physical Inactivity
- The Winds of Change in Disability and Health
- Can Disability, Chronic Conditions, Health and Wellness Coexist?
- Race, Poverty, and Disability: Three Pillars of Need in Health Promotion
- Children with Disabilities and Obesity
- Research on Physical Activity and Disability: an Emerging National Priority
- Wellness Programming for Independent Living Centers
James H. Rimmer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Disability and Human Development,
University of Illinois at Chicago.
David Braddock, Ph.D.,Associate Vice President of the University of Colorado (CU) System, Executive Director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, and Endowed Coleman-Turner Chair in Cognitive Disability in the Department of Psychiatry at the CU Health Sciences Center
While there is a substantial body of literature on health promotion for the general population and for people with chronic disease (e.g., diabetes, arthritis, asthma), the vast majority of these programs have not been tailored to meet the specific needs of people with physical and/or cognitive disabilities. Secondary conditions resulting from a physical or cognitive impairment (e.g., paralysis, weakness, fatigue, spasticity, decreased cognition, maladaptive behavior) often require certain adaptations to various health promotion interventions to assure successful integration and outcomes. This paper addresses several issues related to health promotion for people with physical and cognitive disabilities and encourages health professionals to explore new ways to make their programs more accessible to this population.
