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Tag Archives: health promotion
Are You Feeling the Beat? Quick Resources for Heart Month
Tomorrow is the start of American Heart Month! According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), heart disease is the leading cause of death for people in the United States. Studies have shown that people with disabilities are just as … Continue reading
FUSA: Improving Quality of Life Through Health Promotion, Prevention, and Comprehensive Healthcare from a Gender and Human Rights Perspective
FUSA (in Spanish) is an organization in Argentina with extensive experience in interdisciplinary work with people with and without disabilities of all ages and gender identities in the field of health. Their main objective is to improve people’s quality of … Continue reading
National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month – Managing Health for the Long Term
For National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, Director Mark Odum reflects on the importance of managing ones health to avoid infections, which can lead to loss of independence, hospitalization, and death for people living with SCI. Continue reading
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
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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
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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
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