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National Public Health Week: Promoting the health of people with disabilities
April 7th through 13th, 2014 is National Public Health Week (NPHW). In 1995, President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as NPHW and the American Public Health Association (APHA) has served as the leading organizer for members … Continue reading
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Tagged #NPHW, AAHD, American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), American Public Health Association, APHA, disability and health, eating well, emergency preparedness, health disparities, health outcomes, Health Promotion Resource Center, Healthy People 2020, National Public Health Week, nutrition, people with disabilities
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
During 2013’s National Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM), we have looked at various topics affecting Hispanics with disabilities including NARIC’s Spanish language services, explained how people-first language works, looked at cultural competency of rehab professionals in treating/working with Hispanics/Latinos with spinal … Continue reading
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Tagged brain injury, Disabilities, disability, health disparities, Hispanic Heritage Month, knowledge translation, minorities, model system, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, NARIC, National Hispanic Heritage Month, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System, people with disabilities, rehabilitation, Spanish, Spanish-language, TBI, TBIMS, traumatic brain injury, traumatic brain injury model system, VCTBIMS, VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University Brain Injury Model System
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Health Outcomes Research, Capacity Building, and Underserved Populations with Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injuries
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research’s (NIDRR) funding priority Capacity Building for Rehabilitation Research and Training covers various project types including those dealing with disability and rehabilitation research. Today, we will look at the Center on Health Outcomes … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, brain injury, capacity building, Disabilities, disability, health disparities, health outcomes, Hispanics, Latinos, minorities, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, person with SCI, person with spinal cord injury, person with TBI, person with traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation, rehabilitation research, SCI, spinal cord injury, TBI, training, traumatic brain injury, underserved populations
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Health Disparities Research Meets Race, Ethnicity, and Disability at a National Conference
On April 25th and 26th, 2013, Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: A National Conference took place in Washington, DC. Conference organizers included the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois … Continue reading
National Minority Health Month 2013
The Office of Minority Health designates every April as National Minority Health Month. It is a call to action and unity for state and local offices of minority health, health departments, and all of the organizations and partners involved to … Continue reading
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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2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit 10/31-1/3 – Registration Closing Tomorrow!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the leadership of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites you to the 2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities … Continue reading
A Webinar on Health Care Access After Spinal Cord Injury
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 3 PM, Lee L. Saunders, PhD. of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) presented a webinar entitled “Health Care Access After Spinal Cord Injury”. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabilities, health disparities, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, people with disabilities, RRTC, SCI, spinal cord injury, statistics, webinar
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April is National Minority Health Month!
National Minority Health Month happens every April and this year’s theme is Health Equity Can’t Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY! The theme for this year is a call to action and unity for all organizations, departments, and partners, whether … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabilities, disability, events, health disparities, minorities, obvservance, people with disabilities
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